Brewery Ships Emergency Drinking Water To Storm-Ravaged Areas

CARTERSVILLE, GA -- Anheuser-Busch has answered the American Red Cross’ call for clean, safe drinking water by sending three truckloads of emergency canned water to help communities in St. Louis, Missouri, impacted by the damaging flood and storms this week.

Anheuser-Busch pauses beer production periodically through the year at its Cartersville, Georgia, brewery to produce this canned drinking water, so it is ready to help American communities across the country in times of disaster.

More than 150,000 cans of drinking water will be sent to the Missouri city for relief.

In 2016, Anheuser-Busch donated over 2 million cans of drinking water across the United States, including during the Louisiana floods, California wildfires and Hurricane Matthew.

"As the home of Anheuser-Busch and Budweiser, the St. Louis community means so much to all of us at Anheuser-Busch," said Jim Bicklein, general manager of the Anheuser-Busch St. Louis Brewery. "Putting our production and logistics strengths to work by providing clean, safe drinking water is the best way for us to help our neighbors right now.”

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