This November, Breweries In PA is teaming up with Feeding Pennsylvania and PA Eats for a month-long fundraising campaign to raise funds for Pennsylvanians facing hunger through the inaugural Hops For Hunger.
Craft breweries across the state (full list below) will donate proceeds from a variety of ways: beer of their choice, hosting special events, offering roundup options on bills, and more. Proceeds from all of this will benefit Feeding PA’s mission, and support the development of nutrition education resources created by PA Eats for Feeding PA’s network of food pantries.
The concept of the campaign came from Feeding Pennsylvania’s Community Manager, Corinne Foster, who doubles as a Central Pennsylvania food blogger, Fosterthefoodie. Through her food blog, Foster incorporates different ways to raise awareness on the issues of hunger by partnering with local restaurants to get the message out to members of the community and encourage individuals to support their favorite local restaurants. This once localized approach eventually sparked an idea to take these efforts statewide.
“Feeding Pennsylvania strives to find innovative partnerships with businesses across Pennsylvania to spread the message on the issues of hunger”, said Jane Clements, Chief Executive Officer of Feeding Pennsylvania. “We are so pleased to have someone with this innovation on staff and grateful to be able to collaborate with organizations like Breweries in PA and PA Eats to expand this work and raise awareness and funds to ensure that no one in Pennsylvania goes without food.”
Why is Hops For Hunger Needed? As Feeding PA’s website states, “…just as our brewery scene is increasing, so is the number of food-insecure families and individuals across the state. In fact, nearly 2 million Pennsylvanians struggle with hunger every day – including nearly 500,000 children.”
Participating Breweries:
• Black Rock Brewery (Pottsville)
• Bitchin’ Kitten Brewery (Morrisville)
• Burd’s Nest Brewing Co. (Carlisle)
• Desperate Times Brewery (Carlisle)
• Downriver Brewing Co. (Stroudsburg)
• Fat Bat Brewing Company, LLC (Hanover)
• Lovedrafts Brewing Co. (Mechanicsburg)
• Mindful Brewing Co. (Pittsburgh)
• Monday’s Brewing Company (McMurray)
• Moo-Duck Brewery (Elizabethtown)
• Neshaminy Creek Brewing Company (Croydon)
• New Trail Brewing Co. (Williamsport)
• Odd Logic Brewing Company (Bristol)
• Our Town Brewery (Lancaster)
• Pour Man’s Brewing Company (Ephrata)
• Second Sin Brewing (Bristol)
• Shy Bear Brewing (Lewistown)
• Susquehanna Brewing Company (Pittston)
• The Vegetable Hunter (Harrisburg)
• Whitehorse Brewing (Washington)
• Wolf Brewing Co. (Mechanicsburg)
Visit participating breweries during the month of November, as they donate proceeds from a beer of their choice, host special events, and so much more to engage their guests about the issue of hunger in Pennsylvania. Events will be announced and updated on feedingpa.org/hopsforhunger.
Breweries can still sign up to participate during the month of November. Those interested in joining should visit Hops For Hunger to join the campaign. Additionally, you can donate to the Hops For Hunger campaign here.
