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.

 

Mark your calendars for these upcoming Service Projects! 

  • Greenway Clean Up - Wednesday, September 29th from 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm.
  • Emergency Foodshelf Network - Distributing Baskets of Hope, Saturday, December 18th from 9:00 am - 1:00 pm.

 

2010 Service Project Recap

 

Surly Blood Drive

Surly and Memorial Blood Center teamed up for our first ever Give a Pint & Get a Pint (empty pint glass that is) Blood Drive on July 28th at the brewery.  We had an amazing turn out, for a first time drive, with 60 registered donors and 21 first time donors.  Collecting a total of 53 units of blood, saving 159 lives.

Special props go out to our first time blood donors (you know who you are) and many thanks to ALL OF YOU for donating your time and your blood.

 

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.