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Non-profit organizations continue to witness the impacts of COVID-19 firsthand, and the need for emergency food continues to sit at a  historically high level. Rising food costs, supply chain disruptions, inflation, schools moving to e-learning, and continued exposure to COVID-19 contribute to the crisis. Here’s how hunger is affecting Minnesota and the U.S. right now: … Continued

We thought 2020 presented a unique challenge for Surly Gives A Damn. The ongoing pandemic and its attendant safety restrictions made it very clear that this challenge was an ongoing one. The lessons we learned in 2020 allowed us to continue adapting and figuring out what we could do and where we could do the … Continued

Surly Gives A Damn (SGAD) works with many charitable organizations across the Twin Cities to give back to the communities and neighborhoods that support us. We’re going to highlight some of the longest-running SGAD partners and what they do. Who:  Keystone Community Services What: Founded in 1939, Keystone began as a small neighborhood community center. … Continued

Surly Gives A Damn (SGAD) works with many charitable organizations across the Twin Cities to give back to the communities and neighborhoods that support us. Throughout 2021, we’re going to highlight some of the longest-running SGAD partners and what they do. Who:  The Loppet Foundation What: Founded in 2002, The Loppet Foundation changes lives. Underserved … Continued

Surly Gives A Damn works with many charitable organizations across the Twin Cities to give back to the communities and neighborhoods that support us. Throughout 2021, we’re going to highlight some of the longest-running SGAD partners and what they do. Who:  Mississippi Park Connection What: Mississippi Park Connection began as the local fund of the … Continued

Surly Gives A Damn works with many charitable organizations across the Twin Cities to give back to the communities and neighborhoods that support us. Throughout 2021, we’re going to highlight some of the longest-running SGAD partners and what they do. Who:  Memorial Blood Centers What: Memorial Blood Centers have been saving and sustaining lives since … Continued

Surly Gives A Damn works with many charitable organizations across the Twin Cities to give back to the communities and neighborhoods that support us. Throughout 2021, we’re going to highlight some of the longest-running SGAD partners and what they do. Who:  The Food Group What: The Food Group is a local nonprofit focused on using … Continued

Surly Gives A Damn works with many charitable organizations across the Twin Cities to give back to the communities and neighborhoods that support us. Throughout 2021, we’re going to highlight some of the longest-running SGAD partners and what they do. Who:  Bridging What: Bridging provides donated furniture and household goods to families and individuals transitioning … Continued

2020 presented a unique challenge for Surly Gives A Damn. The needs in our community were never greater, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic and the civil unrest following George Floyd’s murder. And working together to help in whatever way we could was made exponentially more difficult by the pandemic’s safety restrictions. Still, like so many … Continued

The 2020 holiday season is going to be difficult on many fronts. In addition to the “usual” problems of hunger, housing insecurity, and a lack of toys under the tree, this year adds a surging pandemic and its attendant health and economic crises. Today, one in eight Minnesotans are hungry, compared to one in eleven … Continued

The 2020 holiday season is going to be difficult on many fronts. In addition to the “usual” problems of hunger, housing insecurity, and a lack of toys under the tree, this year adds a surging pandemic and its attendant health and economic crises. Today, one in eight Minnesotans are hungry, compared to one in eleven … Continued

Good news: We’re extending our Virtual Food Drive through May 8th to provide continued support to The Food Group as they provide emergency meals for families affected by COVID-19. The Food Group is participating in the #GiveAtHomeMN campaign, taking place May 1-8th. This GiveMN.org online fundraiser supports nonprofits and schools all across Minnesota. #GiveAtHomeMN is about … Continued

Surly Gives A Damn’s annual Earth Day Clean Up is cancelled due to sheltering in place, as working side-by-side to save our planet needs to be metaphorical for a while. However, there are still ways to observe the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day in a socially distant, environmentally positive way. We present… SGAD’s Six Tips … Continued

Minnesotans pride themselves on where they’re from and supporting each other when the rubber meets the road. In this time of extreme challenges and uncertainty, we’ve witnessed this compassion firsthand. We also know we need to keep at it. The Food Group, Surly Gives a Damn (SGAD) and 10 local liquor stores are providing an … Continued

If you’re familiar with our brewery, then you’re likely familiar with Surly Gives A Damn. Our charitable arm, SGAD focuses on giving back to the communities that built us, both in time and money. Stocking food shelves, planting trees, cleaning up parks, Toys for Tots drives, building an entire damn house–the list goes on and … Continued

Surly Gives A Damn (SGAD) is looking to close 2019 out with a sustained barrage of damn-giving before and during the holidays, as we’ve lined up a series of events to flex our public service muscles. (If you’re new here, SGAD is the public-spirited side of Surly, dedicated to volunteer and charitable donation support in … Continued

Ice dams suck. You don’t need us to tell you this. As your roof sags beneath the weight of more snow and ice than should be legal, and with the forecast looking dire, Surly wants to make the best of your bad situation. Take a photo of your ice dam. Post it on Twitter, tag … Continued

We tracked how many damns Surly gave in 2018. (Not included are the Surly beers we bought for our volunteers at the end of the day, but rest assured that every one of them was well-earned.) We share them with you now.   If you’d like to make a difference in your community (and get … Continued