Craft Cares: Sleeping Giant Brewing Gives Back, One Beer at a Time

Earlier in January, Sleeping Giant Brewing Co. kicked off their fifth annual Craft Cares campaign. From January 1 – February 28, 2023, for every Sleeping Giant Brewing Co. product sold at participating licensee locations, the brewery will donate $0.50 to local charities and organizations.

“Now there’s a way your beer can benefit the entire community. Sleeping Giant Brewing Company thinks that being a part of Thunder Bay is pretty awesome, so we want to give back and contribute to the fine organizations and charities that make the North a better place to live. We want to show you that Craft Cares,” says brewery co-owner, Andrea Mulligan.

Licensees are establishments that serve Sleeping Giant Brewing Co. beer, such as bars, restaurants, curling clubs, golf courses, etc. Each participating licensee was given the opportunity to participate in Craft Cares by signing up and selecting a local charity of their choice. At a wrap-up event in March, Sleeping Giant Brewing Co. will announce the total funding raised through Craft Cares and the charities and organizations that will benefit from the initiative.

“At SGBC, we love living and working in Thunder Bay and we want to continue to give back to the community that has given us so much support, especially throughout the pandemic,” says Maureen Mills, sales manager. “Craft Cares is our way of helping all of our licensees make a positive impact with the charities and organizations that they care about, giving back one beer at a time.”

Since 2018, the Craft Cares campaign has raised $48,716 for over 100 charities and organizations.

PARTICIPATING 2023 LICENSEES AND THEIR SELECTED CHARITIES/ORGANIZATIONS

5 Forks – Thunder Bay and District Humane Society
Aramark: Airport Bar – RFDA
Aramark: Lakehead University – TBD
The Armoury – TBD
Army, Navy & Airforce Veteran’s Club – Underground Gym
Bight – Dorset Pier Community Cares
Bistro One – TBD
Boston Pizza, Arthur St. – TBD
Boston Pizza, Memorial Ave. – Underground Gym
Both Hands – TBD
The Caribou – TBD
The Chanterelle – TBD
Daytona’s – Dorset Pier Community Cares
Delta Hotel – TBD
DIY Studio – TBD
Eat Local Pizza – TBD
The Eddy – TBD
El Tres – TBD
Fort William Curling Club – TBD
The Foundry – Family of Kurt Martell
Galaxy Lanes – Northern Cancer Fund
Giorg Cucina é barra – TBD
In Common – TBD
Italian Hall – TBD
Joey’s Seafood – TBD
Kakabeka Falls Curling Club – TBD
The Keg – Gear Up for Outdoors Winter Coat Drive
Kelsey’s – Thunder Bay and District Humane Society
Loch Lomond Ski Area – Pro Kids
Lot 66 – Sick Kids
Madhouse – TBD
Magnus Theatre – TBD
Montana’s – TBD
Mount Baldy Ski Area – TBD
Naxos – TBD
Neebing Roadhouse – TBD
NOMAD – Roots Community Food Centre
Norteños Taqueria – TBD
Nor’wester Hotel – TBD
On the Links – Evergreen, A United Neighbourhood
The Outpost Campus Pub – TBD
Port Arthur Curling Club – Port Arthur Junior Curling Club
Red Lion Smokehouse – Beendigen Anishinaabe Women’s Crisis Home & Family Healing Agency
Royal Canadian Slovak Legion – TBD
The Sal – George Jeffery’s Children’s Foundation
The Social – TBD
The Sovereign Room – Canadian Mental Health Association
Thai Kitchen – TBD
Tilted Turret – TBD
Tomlin – TBD
Valhalla Inn – TBD
Victoria Inn / Chicago Joe’s – TBD
Wacky’s – TBD
Wild Thyme – TBD
Woodside Bar – Family of Kurt Martell