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For as long as we’ve been Surly, we’ve been Giving a Damn. Connecting with and supporting our community is deeply embedded in our values and in how we spend our time.

Primarily through volunteerism, Surly Gives a Damn (SGAD) partners with local organizations that feed the hungry, fill our blood banks, house families, clean up our neighborhoods, and so much more. Our volunteers are both employees as well as Surly superfans who are simply as passionate about giving back as we are. All of us together make a damn difference.
Will you join us?

We Give a Damn About

Food

Food fuels us. Food connects us. When we share a meal, we share our thoughts and our culture, creating stronger ties and building a vibrant community.

Food is a human right and no individual or community should go without. SGAD believes in not only feeding and connecting people at our Beer Hall, but also partnering with and supporting our local food shelves/food banks and community organizations. We work to get food into the hands and mouths of those who need it.

People

It is hard for people to connect and be part of the community when they’re struggling.

SGAD believes in leaning in and lending a hand to organizations that help folks locate the resources and support they need to find sure footing during challenging times and to live their lives independently and with dignity.

Environment

There may not be anything better than drinking a beer in the beer garden, or on a lake, or in the park on a beautiful day. SGAD believes we need to preserve these spaces so we can continue to enjoy them for years to come.

Because of this, we’ve worked on maintaining Trail Head gardens and planting trees along The Greenway. We maintain and create hiking trails. We plant trees along the Mississippi River and we gather to beautify our city by picking up garbage.

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Charitable donations are currently paused. When they resume, we’ll update it here! Please keep checking back periodically.

Volunteer Opportunities

Spring Blood Drive with MBC

Surly Brewing Co. 520 Malcolm Avenue Southeast, Minneapolis, MN

Blood is in short supply, still, so we are celebrating Spring with a Blood Drive. Come save a life! Not only will you get ALL THE FEELS for helping a community member out, you will also get a pint glass and a free beer coupon (to be used at a later date) as a thank…

Event Series CEAP & MN Food Share Month

CEAP & MN Food Share Month

Surly Brewing Co. 520 Malcolm Avenue Southeast, Minneapolis, MN

We are helping CEAP spread the word and get folks involved with their Community Challenge during MN Food Share Month. Their goal is to raise $150,000 and 150,000 pounds of food. Let's help them get there! If you can't make it out to our CEAP Stuff the Truck Event, we will have donation bins right…

CEAP Stuff the Truck Event

Surly Brewing Co. 520 Malcolm Avenue Southeast, Minneapolis, MN

Help us STUFF THE TRUCK with non-perishable food items for CEAP during MN Food Share Month! The CEAP staff and their big truck will be out in the Surly parking lot to gather up as many donations as they can get and talk to anyone who is interested about what they do and how they…

Open Arms Kitchen

Open Arms of Minnesota 380 East Lafayette Frontage Road, Saint Paul, MN

Come on out and Give A Damn in the Open Arms Kitchen. Open Arms of Minnesota's mission is to provide food as medicine, to nourish their clients and build community.…

Minneapolis Earth Day Clean Up

East River Parkway (SW corner) and Franklin Ave. Minneapolis, MN East River Parkway & Franklin Ave., Minneapolis, MN

Join Surly Gives A Damn to clean up the mighty Mississippi and surrounding area with Prospect Park Association and Minneapolis Park and Recreation Earth Day Cleanup event. Join us and…

Lanesboro Earth Day River Clean Up

Juniper’s Restaurant 109 Parkway Ave S., Lanesboro, MN

Come on out and Give A Damn about the Root River and Root River Trail. We will be grabbing our gloves and trash bags and picking up all the winter debris…

eQuality Pathways to Potential Farm Fun!

eQuality 4138 Braddock Ave NE, Buffalo, United States

We are looking for 30 folks to join Surly Gives A Damn in lending a helping hand out at the eQuality Farm! eQuality Pathways to Potential is a non-profit day…

Free Work Shirts+

Sign up to volunteer with Surly Gives a Damn and you get the following: a free Surly beer, a bunch of community, all the good feels and a free SGAD t-shirt. Wear the shirt each time you volunteer with us and feel prouder each time, guaranteed.

Fine Print: If there are opportunities to volunteer at special events, you need to first put in some time. (Simply sign up and complete an SGAD event first and that will get you on the “inside scoop list”.)

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