Giving back: Dogfish Head, Volunteer, Operation Warm, Beebe and poinsettia sale

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Dogfish, Volunteer team up with Sierra Nevada to aid Camp Fire victims

Dogfish,  Milton and  Volunteer,  Middletown, are joining with Sierra Nevada to help raise funds for victims of the devastating Camp Fire. [Not a valid template]

The fire came close to  Sierra Nevada’s brewery in the northern California city of  Chico. The brewery was briefly evacuated and some employees lived in Paradise, a nearby community that was largely destroyed by the fire.

Late last month, Sierra Nevada brewed  Resilience Butte County Proud IPA and donated donating 100 percent of the beer sales to the  Camp Fire Relief Fund.

Dogfish and Volunteer also agreed to brew Resilience.

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Sierra Nevada is working with malt, hop and yeast suppliers to provide raw ingredient donations to all participating breweries, that sign up prior to December 7, and asked those breweries to donate 100 percent of their sales to the fund.

Sierra Nevada is a rival to Dogfish on store shelves here and elsewhere. Still,  the craft brew industry is known for collaboration and it is no surprise that the Delaware breweries signed on.

More than 1,631 coats donated in Kids Fund program

Operation Warm, a program by the Delaware Kids Funds donated 1,631 winter coats during their annual holiday drive.

The coats were distributed at Warner Elementary School near Wilmington.

The effort included a campout in Newport.

See photos in gallery above.

 $10,700 raised at Beebe Go Red event

 Beebe Healthcare  CEO Jeffrey Fried, the co-chairs of the Go Red for Women Luncheon, and the American Heart Association celebrated another successful event.

The Go Red Luncheon, held earlier in the year at Baywood Greens, raised $10,700 for the American Heart Association. The check was presented recently at Lewis-based Beebe Healthcare.

The health care system serves coastal Sussex County.

Poinsettia sale  again aids young people coming out of foster care

The annual holiday sale of poinsettias grown at the greenhouse on the Department of Health and Social Services’ Herman Holloway Campus near New Castle will begin Dec. 3 and run through Dec. 20.

The greenhouse is operated by Bright Spot Urban Farm and proceeds from the sale of the 1,800 poinsettias grown this season will help support young people aging out of foster care. Bright Spot Farms was founded by West End Neighborhood House in Wilmington.

Available in red, white, pink and multiple specialty colors, costs range from $9 to $30. Delivery is a flat fee of $7 in New Castle County, no matter the number of plants. In Kent County, delivery is $10.

“We encourage you to come out to the greenhouse,” said Sindhu Siva, program director at Bright Spot Farms. “All the sales that we do go back into supporting our youth programs. So come out, buy your poinsettias and while you’re here you can meet some of the young people helping to grow these plants.”

The Bright Spot Farms program includes up to nine months of training with an emphasis on soft skills such as punctuality, conflict resolution, a strong work ethic, and on business-related job and financial skills such as using a cash register and maintaining inventory. The program also teaches horticultural skills through a curriculum developed by program staff and approved by the Delaware Nursery & Landscape Association. As part of the program, youth have the opportunity to obtain a food handlers’ certificate issued by Delaware’s Department of Agriculture.

The greenhouse is on the Herman Holloway Campus, 1901 N. DuPont Highway (U.S. 13) and is open to the public. Follow the signs for the greenhouse. The greenhouse will be open for walk-in sales Dec. 3-20. The hours are noon-5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturdays. The greenhouse will be closed on Sundays. Bright Spot accepts cash, check or credit cards.          

Orders can be made online using the order form at Bright Spot’s website or by emailing brighstpotventures@gmail.com. For more information, call 302-255-2993.

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