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Fighting COVID-19, one bottle of hand sanitizer at a time

by Noah Johnson on April 10, 2020

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With school canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, seventh-grader Sommer Owens turned her efforts to producing hand sanitizer, a product in short supply in stores. (Provided photo)

When seventh-grader Sommer Owens isn’t remote learning, drawing and painting, or adding videos to her YouTube channel, she’s trying to help fight the coronavirus by making hand-sanitizer and giving it to others free of charge.

With school canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, seventh-grader Sommer Owens turned…

Fighting COVID-19, one bottle of hand sanitizer at a time

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