Cartersville Brewery Praised For Hurricane Harvey Response

CARTERSVILLE, GA -- Stepping up and helping disaster-stricken communities in need isn't anything new for Anheuser-Busch's Cartersville brewery, as the facility is well known for pausing beer production to package and cans of emergency drinking water to ares in crisis.

This time, however, the brewery's decision to help victims of Hurricane Harvey has drawn the attention of U.S. Labor Secretary R. Alexander Acosta, who marked Labor Day by recognizing the work of Cartersville brewery employees who took part in the relief efforts.

Acosta was joined by Anheuser-Busch President and CEO João Castro Neves at the facility on Monday (SIGN UP: Get Patch's Daily Newsletter and Real Time News Alerts. Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app).

"On this Labor Day, we reflect on how we built our great nation, and how we will rebuild after Hurricane Harvey," Acosta said. "The miners and the growers, the makers and the builders, the movers and the drivers, make all that we have possible. To Americans across the nation, including those who are filling nearly 1 million cans of water for survivors impacted by Hurricane Harvey, today we thank you."

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Monday's visit coincided with the facility halting normal beer production in order to produce additional emergency drinking water to aid disaster response efforts.

“On behalf of all our Anheuser-Busch employees, our thoughts are with all those affected by Hurricane Harvey,” said Castro Neves added. "Our whole team at Anheuser-Busch is grateful that we are in position to help communities in Texas and Louisiana in their time of need. A big part of that support is thanks to the amazing work of our team in Cartersville...and our partnership with the American Red Cross. We are humbled to play a small part in their relief efforts around the country.”

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Anheuser-Busch regularly pauses beer production to produce safe, clean emergency drinking water to help American communities in times of need. To ensure they are prepared to provide continued support to local communities, the Cartersville brewery paused beer production over the weekend to can more water.

Since Hurricane Harvey made landfall last weekend, Anheuser-Busch has donated eleven truckloads – more than 560,000 cans – of emergency drinking water to communities in Texas and Louisiana; and recently made an additional $1 million commitment to relief efforts as part of the American Red Cross’ Annual Disaster Giving Program. Anheuser-Busch has also delivered a truckload of water and other supplies directly to its Houston brewery to help affected employees and their communities.

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