As part of our ongoing community involvement and efforts towards creating meaningful impact locally and beyond, we collect donations in our taproom and also donate 10% from each bottle pour purchased in our taproom, which we then direct to a selection of charitable organizations throughout the year.

For December and January, we selected AWARE and Umbrella, two powerful local organizations that directly contribute to the well-being and safety of women, children, and families. For more than 40 and 50 years, respectively, these organizations have provided essential lifesaving services and support across the Northeast Kingdom. 

AWARE offers 24-hour crisis support, legal support, youth- and child-specific services, and a range of educational services at its Hardwick location. All of its services are free and confidential.

Umbrella offers services from two locations—St. Johnsbury and Newport—including 24-hour hotlines, family assistance in Caledonia and southern Essex counties with subsidized childcare, appropriate child care referrals, and specialized childcare placement support, as well as a dedicated space, The Family Room, offering supervised visitation for families.

Over the past two months, we have been able to donate $(amount coming).

Please visit https://awarevt.org/ and https://www.umbrellanek.org/ for more information and to make direct contributions. 

In February and March, we’re directing our giving to two groups doing essential, rights-protecting work in our region: Vermont Immigration Legal Defense Fund and ACLU of Vermont. Living and working along the Northern Border means our neighbors feel the downstream effects of immigration enforcement and policing choices; supporting legal access and civil liberties is one concrete way we can help. The ACLU of Vermont defends constitutional rights statewide—free speech, due process, equal protection—with specific work on immigrants’ rights and northern-border enforcement practices.

The Vermont Immigration Legal Defense Fund strengthens on-the-ground legal capacity by resourcing nonprofit partners (including the Vermont Asylum Assistance Project) to represent people in immigration proceedings, train pro bono attorneys, and expand paralegal/intake support across the state.

Please visit https://www.acluvt.org/ and https://www.vermontlegaldefensefund.com/.