Charity

This year for our Batch 300 contest we are donating the $10 entry fee to a local clinic called Lestonnac. They are a free medical clinic that provides care for the poorest of the poor in Orange County.

Yesterday, Patrick and Benjamin had a chance to go down and visit the clinic to learn a few things about what they are doing and we were incredibly impressed. The clinic provides everything from dental care to general medical care to minor surgeries to pharmaceutical needs to psychiatric care to prenatal care. They even have a food drive on Thursdays and run a toy drive over the holidays where the director of the clinic dress up like Santa and rides in on a sleigh. Wow.

We also learned that the majority of the money we raise through the contest will be going specifically to a 4 year old boy who desperately needs surgery to keep from going deaf. He is currently hearing at only about 70% and that will continue to decline if he doesn't get treatment. With our funds, plus the support of a local hospital's surgery staff, we will be able to restore his hearing and keep him healthy. Pretty amazing what a few homebrewed batches of beer can do!

We are really looking forward to working with Lestonnac on this project and hopefully for future charitable events.

Good luck to all of you in the contest and thank you for your donations!

By the way, if you are not a homebrewer and are just interested in supporting Lestonnac, you can simply mail a check for any amount you choose and we'll include it with our entry fee donations. Simply write the check to The Bruery and write "donation, no entry" on the comment line. Send attn: Batch 300 to 715 Dunn Way, Placentia CA 92870

And of course, if you are entering the contest, you can always send a check for more money than the required $10 if you so choose.

Beer for a Cause

Ever thought to yourself, "Boy, I really wish that drinking this beer could also help the world" ? Well, this Saturday, June 27th, The Bruery will be helping out in the Relay For Life by donating 50% of all draft sales to the American Cancer Society.

Our very own Benjamin Weiss has been participating in the Relay for a couple of years now and we are proud to support such a worthwhile cause.  

If you can make it down to the Tasting Room on Saturday to enjoy a few pints, we'd love to see you there.  Ben will be around and able to accept checks made out to the American Cancer Society if you feel like donating some more on your own and you can also donate by visiting Ben's online donation page here:  http://main.acsevents.org/goto/benjaminweiss , there is also a printable form on that page for donation by check.