March Nonprofit: Safe Homes

March Nonprofit: Safe Homes

Safe Homes provides support to LGBTQ youth who need it, ensuring that they are safe, protected, nurtured, and validated. As you’ll read below, the services they provide to these young people literally saves lives.

While the taproom is closed during the COVID-19 crisis, customers can donate to Safe Homes online at https://www.redemptionrock.beer/beercurbside.

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January Nonprofit: The CASA Project (and The Queen's Cups!)

January Nonprofit: The CASA Project (and The Queen's Cups!)

In January, we’re supporting The CASA Project, which helps thousands of foster children in the Worcester County courts system get the legal assistance and advocacy they need. This is an enormous undertaking carried out by The CASA Project’s small team and hundreds of dedicated volunteers, and it changes the lives of literally hundreds of kids each year. 

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December Nonprofit: Abby’s House

December Nonprofit: Abby’s House

Abby’s House, our nonprofit in December, has been serving the Worcester community for more than 40 years, and they’ve provided shelter and affordable, supportive housing to more than 14,000 women and children in need. It’s a bona fide Worcester institution, and one of the first nonprofits that came to mind when we decided to donate our tips to charity. 

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A Crowler Art Q&A with Laura Marotta

A Crowler Art Q&A with Laura Marotta

Laura is a life-long artist and former public school art teacher, and is currently the executive director of the Creative Hub. Creative Hub Worcester is a nonprofit organization that aims to provide affordable and accessible opportunities in the Arts to our community with special attention to at-risk and underserved youth.

Read on to learn more about Laura’s journey as an artist, and her crowler can art.

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Blind Hiring: An Experiment In Craft Beer Inclusion

Blind Hiring: An Experiment In Craft Beer Inclusion

We know that it isn’t enough to smile and say “all are welcome” - increasing diversity and being more inclusive needs to be an intentional and proactive effort focused on identifying and removing barriers. And it needs to be authentic, not resorting to pandering or tokenism. We don’t know the exact recipe to make this happen, but we thought a good place to start would be trying to increase the representation of women and minorities on our own team.

So when we started hiring our taproom staff last year, we tried something new to us: blind hiring.

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October Non-Profit: Living in Freedom Together (LIFT)

October Non-Profit: Living in Freedom Together (LIFT)

Living In Freedom Together (LIFT) is a survivor-led organization comprised of survivors of commercial sexual exploitation (CSE) and allies sensitive to the needs of this vulnerable and marginalized population. Its mission is to end prostitution by creating exit ramps for individuals in prostitution, targeting demand, and changing social norms regarding prostitution and prostituted individuals.

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August Non-Profit: African Community Education

August Non-Profit: African Community Education

ACE works to help African refugee and immigrant youths that arrive in Worcester with significant gaps in their education. ACE empowers these students to close that gap by providing educational resources, mentorship, and leadership development. Over the years, they’ve helped hundreds of students successfully continue their education. That’s awesome and admirable work.

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June Non-Profit: Worcester Youth Center

June Non-Profit: Worcester Youth Center

Unleash your inner child at Redemption Rock!

This month, we’re supporting the Worcester Youth Center (WYC) with our tipping for charity program. And not only are we donating 100% of our tips in June to WYC, but on June 23, we’re hosting the Worcester Youth Center 25th Anniversary Fundraiser in our taproom.

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