Anheuser-Busch Stops Beer Production To Send Water To Harvey Victims

Bryan Michalek | August 29, 2017
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Anheuser-Busch, the parent company of Budweiser, announced it will be halting beer production at its brewery in Cartersville, Georgia to send emergency drinking water to Hurricane Harvey victims. 

The company will be sending more than 50,000 cans of drinking water to a Red Cross facility in Baton Rouge, where they will be distributed to people who've been affected by the massive storm. This particular brewery was chosen for its ability to produce massive amounts of clean emergency canned drinking water to disaster areas. 

Sarah Schilling, a brewmaster from the Cartersville Brewery, said in a statement, "Throughout the year, we periodically pause beer production at our Cartersville, Georgia brewery to produce emergency canned drinking water so we are ready to help out communities across the country in times of crisis. Putting our production and logistics strengths to work by providing safe, clean drinking water is the best way we can help in these situations."

In addition to Baton Rouge, Anheuser-Busch will be sending two more shipments to Arlington, Texas, resulting in a total of 155,000 cans of water they'll have sent toward Harvey relief efforts.

The company's relief work didn't start with Harvey. Anheuser-Busch has often used their Cartersville brewery to provide water to disaster victims, and the company overall has often helped the country in times of need.

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