Drink a new brew, save neglected dogs
Coinciding with the winter melt and milder spring weather, the first weeks of April will see a special new beer pop up from the team at Broken Stick Brewing, the craft beer maker located inside Hammond Golf Club.
With a lineup of over a dozen beers already in their portfolio, Broken Stick will unleash the new suds in collaboration with the not-for-profit registered charity “It Takes a Village Dog Rescue” (ITAV).
With the brewery’s name pairing nicely with the canine focus of the event, Broken Stick’s role in the collaboration comes at the tail end of a recently completed contest called “Pints and Paws Rescue Brew Photo Contest.”
The contest raised $9,309 to support ITAV’s program to find good “forever” homes for lost, abandoned, neglected and mistreated dogs.
Over 50 dogs (and a cat, apparently) entered the photo contest which began in the middle of March and generated thousands of votes: contest winner, Kelso, a three-year-old Akita-Chow Chow cross with the latter breed’s distinctive blue tongue, was declared the winner grabbing more than 3,000 votes.
That means that Kelso’s photo – courtesy of Ottawa-based Josée Lavoie PhotoArt – will grace the label on cans of Broken Stick’s specially-crafted lager called “Rescue Brew.”
The new beer is scheduled to be unveiled at a special event at the brewery that runs 4 p.m. – 7 p.m. on April 12.
Homes found for 600 abandoned or neglected dogs
Established in 2021 and based in Athens, Ont., ITAV Dog Rescue finds homes for all dogs, but they are especially concerned with abandoned and neglected dogs in remote northern Canadian communities where there is canine overpopulation and limited access to veterinary care.
To date, ITAV has found homes for 600 abandoned or neglected dogs, and they continue to work on raising money to allow them to help more.
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[Photo/Josée Lavoie PhotoArt]
