Beau’s Oktoberfest raises over $75,000 for charities, attendance tops 12,000
Beau’s All Natural Brewing revealed today more than $75,000 was raised for charity this past weekend through its annual two-day Oktoberfest Vankleek Hill. After five years of fundraising, Beau’s has given $242,000 to charities.
Proceeds will be split across eight charities meeting Beau’s ethics of environmental, social and local community requirements, including:
- Canadian Canoe Foundation – Develops watershed-health education projects that culminate in youth leadership canoe trips
- United Way Ottawa – Improve lives and build community by engaging individuals and mobilizing collective action
- Kiva – Connects people through lending to alleviate poverty
- Just Food – Works towards building a vibrant, just and sustainable food system in the Ottawa region
- Rethink Breast Cancer – Supports young adults concerned about or affected by breast cancer though education and research
- Ottawa Community Skateboard Association – Works to build more efficiently designed skateboard parks
- Vankleek Hill Cougars – Junior ice hockey team based in Vankleek Hill
- Vankleek Hill Agricultural Society – Supports and promotes the local farming community
“Beer tastes best when you can feel good about drinking it,” shared Beau’s co-founder, Steve Beauchesne. “I love that our little brewery has such generous and enthusiastic fans and that we can help our community by throwing a party.”
Beau’s 2013 Oktoberfest by the numbers:
– $75,000: Amount of dollars raised for charity
– $300,000: Amount spent on local businesses for Oktoberfest goods and services
– 66,000: Number of glasses of beer served
– 12,000: Number of attendees
– 400: Number of kegs tapped
– 55: Number of casks sampled
– 17: Number of people submerged in dunk tank of beer
– 1: Number of wedding ceremonies performed
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