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Roseville Bent Brewstillery set to toast MN First Responders Sat
Fund raising events including annual golf tournament provide Foundation the ability to support Minnesota's brave and courageous heroes.
The Front Line Foundation (TFLF) announced today that it has partnered with Bent Brewstillery for a Saturday, August 17 event that celebrates the 10th anniversary of the company and will donate proceeds from the event to TFLF. This all-day family-friendly event promises to be a day of celebrating and giving back.
Bent Brewstillery owners Bartley and Brenda Blume are longtime supporters of our community’s first responders and made headlines during COVID when they shut down the Brewstillery and converted it into a production facility for hand sanitizer. The change in production helped the business stay afloat as they sold hundreds of gallons retail. In addition, Bent donated as much sanitizer as all Minnesota law enforcement agencies, fire fighters, EMT's requested during the pandemic.
"Our business milestone would not have been possible without the sacrifices of our community’s first responders,” said Blume. “We want to use our anniversary to honor and say thank you Minnesota first responders for all of their sacrifices.”
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Since its inception in late 2018, The Front Line Foundation has supported Law Enforcement Officers, Firefighters, EMTs and members of the National Guard across Minnesota, to grant financial support to families of first responders who have died in the line of duty. The Foundation’s mission is to bridge the gap between the death and benefits being paid, which can help families with ongoing expenses. The Foundation also provides support in the purchase of tactical equipment for first responders which is not included in department budgets. To date The Frontline Foundation has paid out $575,000 in death benefits and equipment funding.
"The love and support a fundraiser like this represents is what makes our community special,” said Suzanne Holt, TFLF CEO. “We owe a debt of gratitude to Bartley and Brenda Blume for stepping up and recognizing all of our heroes.”
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Plans are already in motion for TFLF’s biggest fundraiser of the year, The Remembering 9.11 Golf Tournament on Monday, September 9 at Edinburgh USA Golf Club in Brooklyn Park. Registration for golf and the post-golf reception are currently on sale at www.thefrontlinemn.org
“We are so grateful to all of our supporters who help us in big and small ways to help our first responders,” said Holt. “We are looking forward to another great day on the course.”
Bent Brewstillery Celebration and Fundraiser at-a-glance:
Who: Bent Brewstillery<https://www.facebook.com/bentbrewstillery>'s 10th Anniversary
Where: 1744 Terrace Dr, Roseville, MN, United States, Minnesota 55113
When: August 17th, 2024 noon - midnight
Why: A percentage of all proceeds to benefit The Front Line Foundation
Attention Editors & Reporters: – the day’s festivities deliver a great photo opp anytime…. event stakeholders are available to be interviewed on Saturday morning shows if requested. Contact publicist Robb Leer 612.701.0608 to make coordinating easy and hassle free.
Family Friendly from noon-4pm with Balloon Animals, Facepainting, $1 Brats & Hot Dogs and Kiddie Cocktails.
Adult Activities 4pm to Closing with Music, Giant Jenga, Oversized Connect4, Axe Throwing, and Raffles.
About The Front Line Foundation:
The Front Line Foundation began as an attempt to help and support our Fallen Heroes, including Law Enforcement Officers, Firefighters, EMTs, and the Minnesota National Guard. The Frontline Foundation provides support to those who died while in the line of duty, by giving benefit payments to dependents of fallen first responders. Law Enforcement Officers, Firefighters, and EMT First Responders face armed and dangerous criminals, impaired individuals wielding weapons, even emotionally charged, and threatening domestic disputes. They are The Front Line Defenders of our neighborhoods, towns, and cities who face and diffuse the high-risk, frequently appalling situations we know or hear about, with disbelief, on the news. In addition to providing endowments and support for the families of fallen heroes, The Front Line Foundation will underwrite scholarships and training registration costs for Front Line personnel as well as support preparedness training for safety officers in hospitals, schools, and places of worship. Further, we assist with the purchase of needed safety and tactical equipment not currently within the budget of the local unit of government. For more information, please visit www.thefrontlinemn.org
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