Surly Announces Damns Give 2022

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DAMNS GIVEN, 2022

With winter finally loosening its grip, Surly Gives a Damn (our brewery’s charitable arm) is kicking into high gear. In addition to our year-round indoor projects, we can now get to work on community gardens, environmental cleanup, and more.

As we do that, we wanted to put a ribbon on our 2022 efforts. Our SGAD volunteers never cease to amaze us, giving blood, sorting food, and building entire damn houses. Here’s what they did last year:

• Hours: 2,425
• Volunteers: 447
• New Volunteers: 237!
• Non-Profits Served: 21 (including new partners Rainbow Health, Minneapolis Public Schools, and the Raccoon River Valley Trail Association)
• Total Projects: 53
• Cash, Merchandise, and Beer Donations to Non-Profits: $71,187
• Funds Raised by SGAD Community:
  • Special Olympics: $4,680
  • Second Harvest: $1,989
  • The Food Group: $1,887
  • Community Giving: $8,556
• Blood Drive: 218 units, 654 lives saved/sustained
• House That Beer Built: 598 hours
• Trees Planted: 115
• Keystone Community Services: 1,936 families served (600 backpacks, 1,336 meals)
• The Food Group: 902 lbs donated
• Bridging: 254 hours of service
• Minneapolis Public Schools: 1200 Thanksgiving meals donated
• City of Duluth: 1300 feet of STH trail built
• SGAD Donation Garden: 1,272 lbs of food grown

Interested in joining the volunteer ranks? Find your next shift here. First beer’s on us