Donations
With our values anchored in community, we made a commitment long ago to jump at any opportunity that allows us to contribute to a happy and healthy Bellingham & Whatcom County. When the people and organizations within our town are supported, this community flourishes into something beautiful and unique, and we try our best to turn these moments into an every day reality.
To ensure we are doing all that we can as one small part of this amazing community, we offer donations of all shapes and sizes in order to best fit the needs of those asking. Donations range anywhere from select merchandise, gift cards, the use of our beer garden with no rental fee, and even the beer that started it all way back in 1995. (If asking for a keg donation, please include what type of liquor license you will be using.)
We were honored to receive Washington's 2014 Small Philanthropic Business of the Year Award thanks to the nomination of our community partners and hope to continue providing our community with a sense of support and acceptance for years to come!
DONATION REQUESTS
With an ever-growing list of over 100 non-profits supported each year, we do our best to support the many donation requests that come through our door. Please fill out the form below, our donations team meets monthly.
Ed Bennett receiving the 2014 “Outstanding Philanthropic Small Business For Washington State” award from Recreation Northwest.
BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL BREW & SCHOLARSHIP DONATION
One unique donation we were very proud to make was our contribution to the “Black is Beautiful” national collaboration brew.
The Black is Beautiful initiative is a collaborative effort amongst the brewing community and its customers, in an attempt to bring awareness to the injustices that many people of color face daily.
Started by Weathered Souls Brewing Co., breweries and brewers far and wide across the U.S. were asked to "raise a glass with [Weathered Souls Brewing] in unison and participate in this collaboration". Their mission is to "bridge the gap that's been around for ages and provide a platform to show that the brewing community is an inclusive place for everyone of any color."
As a brewery that values choosing community first - no matter what it looks like - participating in this brew was a no-brainer for us. Pushing for the growth of diversity within our industry - here, and everywhere - is just one of the many steps we can take to encourage more equitable and just communities around the world.
In collaboration with our brewery neighbors, Gruff Brewing, our brewery team answered this call from Weathered Souls Brewing with a Chocolate Orange Stout, brewed and then released in August & September of 2020, respectively.
For the donation side of the “Black is Beautiful" initiative, we chose to donate 100% of proceeds from this brew to the Bill Reed Family Scholarship at Western Washington University, which provides support exclusively for African American undergraduate students who have been admitted to Western.
Learn more about the #BlackisBeautifulBeer movement here:
https://blackisbeautiful.beer/
An image of our “Black is Beautiful” stout brew, a Chocolate Orange Stout, being showered in Orange peels and cocoa nibs, placed directly in front of six cans with the national “Black is Beautiful” can design on them.
