LEXINGTON, Kentucky – West Sixth Brewing, one of Kentucky’s largest craft breweries, is celebrating ten years of giving back to the state they call home. As part of a week-long celebration commemorating their ten year anniversary, the brewery hosted an event on Wednesday night to officially launch the West Sixth For a Cause Foundation, formalizing over a decade of supporting more than 300 different nonprofits statewide.
The launch of the Foundation was kicked off with the announcement of a major milestone: West Sixth Brewing has now donated over $1,000,000 total to the Kentucky-based organizations they’ve supported over the past ten years.
“We resolved from the very beginning that West Sixth was going to donate at least 6% of our proceeds to local nonprofits and charities. When we took the time to count it all out as a part of our 10 year celebration, it turns out we have given a lot more than that,” said Ben Self, co-founder, West Sixth Brewing. “The work is by no means done, of course – but this big number is an incredible testament to the spirit of our entire team and the great work that our non-profit partners have been doing over these past ten years.”
West Sixth For a Cause is made possible in part due to a partnership with Blue Grass Community Foundation, who has had a relationship with the brewery since the beginning.
“The Community Foundation enjoys working with companies that put a focus on doing good,” said Lisa Adkins, President and CEO of Blue Grass Community Foundation. “We have a long association with West Sixth Brewing Company and it’s the perfect reflection of their culture to celebrate their 10th birthday by creating the West Sixth For a Cause Foundation.”
The creation of the Foundation will bring together all of their other charitable programs, such as Pay It Forward Cocoa Porter and the Wooden Nickel Program, under one community umbrella. It will also allow West Sixth to focus on new initiatives, including a scholarship created in partnership with Kentucky-based colleges to support the education of typically underrepresented people in the craft beer industry, specifically women and persons of color.
About West Sixth Brewing
Founded in 2012, West Sixth Brewing is an award-winning brewery based in Lexington, Kentucky, operating a taproom in our home city, a farm in Frankfort, a Louisville taproom in the NuLu neighborhood, and a taproom in the Box Park development in Newport, KY. We produce a wide variety of beers that we distribute throughout Kentucky and across the Ohio River in Cincinnati. We’re driven by brewing high quality creative beers, making a positive social impact on the communities we’re a part of, and creating an awesome place to work for our team.
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