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Good Beer For A Good Cause - Central Florida Beer Festival |
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Every once and a while you come accross something that isn't your average beer festival. In this case we were contacted by Fred Thibodeaux about the Central Florida Beer Fest . Now we often get contacted about a lot of things, but this is a little different. This fest is looking to raise $50K for charity. So for all our Florida readers check this one out! Full press release bellow: Orlando Young Professionals will be hosting the 2008 Central Florida Beer Festival. The purpose of OYP is to encourage and facilitate a meaningful exchange of information and perspectives relative to the Orlando economic region and provide members with increased opportunities to foster quality business and personal relationships.
The festival is intended to raise over $50,000 for Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Central Florida. The donation by the festival will be used to improve the lives of children through professionally supported one-to-one mentoring relationships with measurable impact. The vision of Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Central Florida is to provide a quality, adult volunteer mentor to every Central Florida Child who wants or needs one. The donations will help with mentoring services, and assisting youth in achieving their highest potential as they grow to become responsible, productive, happy, and healthy young men and women.
The festival will also be benefiting 911 Cell Phone Banks by providing an on-site cell phone deposit box. Participants will be able to donate used cell phones to the charity and in return will receive raffle tickets that will be part of a drawing for multiple prizes and gift cards. The cell phones will be used to provide an ongoing readily available source of emergency cell phones and funds to meet unexpected and urgent needs of participating law enforcement and affiliated victim services agencies. With the help of the festival 911 Cell Phone Bank will continue to generate thousands of dollars and provide thousands of emergency cell phones for victim services organizations nationwide.
The Central Florida Beer Festival is Orlando’s premier celebration of golden beverage and an effective branding/sampling forum where brewers and consumers gather to taste and toast the many world-class beers available in Florida. The event will be focused on providing a venue for beer enthusiasts to compare and rate their favorite and unfamiliar beers and brewers while enjoying the atmosphere of the beautiful Central Florida Fairgrounds. This is a tasting event where each participant will be limited to a 4oz serving of beer from each exhibitor. Improper behavior will not be tolerated and participants will be removed from the premises by on-site security if necessary.
Please contact the management department if you should have any questions or concerns pertaining to the event.
We thank you for this opportunity to provide a venue that will contribute to hundreds of children and victim services agencies.
Respectfully,
Fred Thibodeaux
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