Baton Rouge Beer Fest

What: Charity

When: Saturday - July 02, 2011 @ 01:00PM to Saturday - July 02, 2011 @ 03:30PM

Where: Baton Rouge River Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
On July 2, 2011 we will be staging the first ever Baton Rouge Beer Fest. The event, which will be held at the Baton Rouge River Center and will feature samples of up to three hundred varieties of beer will benefit Dreams Come True of Louisiana, a Louisiana based non-profit organization which grants special dreams to children and young adults with debilitating and life-threatening illnesses.

There will be two, two and a half hour sessions. The first session will be from 1:00 PM until 3:30 PM and the second session will be from 6:30 PM until 9:00 PM. Each session will feature live music, food tasting and local vendors.

The highlight of the Baton Rouge Beer Fest will be a special competition in which judges will select outstanding beers in a number of categories including Best Home Brew, Best Local Brewery or Micro Brew and Best Tasting Beer in several categories.

Dreams Come True, Inc. was founded and incorporated in 1982 as a 501 (c) (3) tax exempt organization with a goal of providing dreams to local area children with life-threatening illnesses. While many worthwhile organizations work toward a similar goal, Dreams Come True is proud to have one paid employee and to have expanded throughout the entire State of Louisiana. The organization was envisioned, and still is considered, a local, home grown alternative to larger organizations of much broader boundaries that provide dreams and wishes to children. To reflect this, the name was changed in 2006 to Dreams Come True of Louisiana, Inc.

While most of the dream children reside in Baton Rouge and surrounding areas, dreams are granted to children living anywhere in the State of Louisiana. The volunteers will travel statewide to interview the children. The all-volunteer board has remained focused on this single goal with great success. Approximately 30 to 40 dreams are granted throughout each year.

Corporate Sponsor:Abita Brewing Comany

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Submitted by: iwmcreaper