SURLY GIVES A DAMN

Surly Gives a Damn is the public-spirited side of Surly. 

 

Our mission is to “tap” the passion and good will shared amongst Surly Nation to give back and to support our community. We follow through with this mission in two ways; firstly with donations of Surly beer and swag to local businesses and charitable organizations in need. Secondly, we provide ongoing opportunities for our volunteers to participate in Service Projects throughout the year.

If you are looking for a donation, our donation request information can be found here.

 

NEW Service Project

 

Give a Pint & Get a Pint! 

An empty Surly pint glass that is...you figure out why!

 

Surly and Memorial Blood Center, are teaming up for our first BLOOD DRIVE, Wednesday, July 28th 12:00pm - 7:00pm at the brewery. 

 

Here is the link to the sign up schedule:  https://allstarclub.mbc.org/mbc/mobilesch/bdc_company.php and enter the name "surly".

 

Come help us save lives!

 

 

2010 Service Project Recap

 

Minneapolis Marathon

On Sunday, June 6th our Surly Volunteer Army took to the streets of Minneapolis to support the Minneapolis Marathon at the Surly water stop (stop #9) at miles 12.5 & 19.5.  Our 40 volunteers handed out water, powerade, bananas and oranges to the 1,148 runners.  They also doled out an immense amount of encouragement along the way.

 

Thank you to all the volunteers!

 

Midtown Greenway

Surly teamed up with the Midtown Greenway Coalition and adopted a section of the Greenway.  Adopting a portion of the Greenway allows us the opportunity to keep it beautiful twice a year. 

On April 20th, 50 of our very own volunteers, rolled up their sleeves and pitched in by picking up garbage, hand plucking invasive weeds such as Burdock, Motherwort and Garlic Mustard and even took to uprooting a tremendous amount of Buckthorn.  That was hard work, but well worth the effort!

Since we were so close to Earth Day we decided to see how many folks could walk, bike, carpool or take mass transit.  I am happy to report 95% of our participants went green! 

Way to go everyone.

 

Emergency Foodshelf Network

On March 3rd, with the help of 50 Surly loving volunteers, Surly Gives a Damn kicked off its very first service project!

We partnered with The Emergency Foodshelf Network to work on several different packing projects. In just two short hours, our volunteer army packed up over 700 boxes of food, sorted through 8808 pounds of donated food and then packed it all up for various food shelves.  We ended up serving 3387 folks in need, all in one night.

   

Have an idea for a Service Project?  Let us know about it and email us at surlygivesadamn@surlybrewing.com.