The Delaware Center for the Inland Bays (CIB) announced this week a donation and partnership with Dogfish Head Craft Breweryâs Beer & Benevolence program that will benefit future generations of Delawareans and visitors.
On Saturday, May 15, Dogfish Head released Pontoon Lagoon, a limited-edition gose-style ale brewed in collaboration with the CIB, and presented the nonprofit organization with a $15,000 donation toward its Lessons in Nature capital campaign. The campaign supports a grand re-envisioning of the James Farm Ecological Preserve near Ocean View that is designed to make the recreational and educational opportunities offered at the 150-acre oasis more easily accessible to diverse audiences for generations to come.
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Since its inception, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery’s philanthropic Beer & Benevolence program has focused on giving back to the coastal Delaware community through creative collaborations with nonprofit organizations.
With its B&B program, Dogfish Head endeavors to foster community, nourish artistic advancement and cultivate environmental stewardship, and it partners with local nonprofits that share those same ideals. In 2020, the B&B program supported more than 70 nonprofits with monetary and product donations, contributing over $350,000 to the coastal Delaware community it calls home.
“Each year, we work to support our community in every way we can – through events benefitting local charities, like our Dogfish Dash that benefits The Nature Conservancy’s Delaware chapter; our ‘tour team tips,’ through which our tour and tasting room team graciously donates all its tips to local nonprofits; Benevolence Day, a day when we close our c