American Red Cross Acknowledges The Gambrinus Company for its Donations to Hurricane Katrina and Rita Relief Effort.SAN ANTONIO -- Bonnie McElveen-Hunter, chairman of the American Red Cross American Red Cross: see Red Cross. , visited The Gambrinus Company's headquarters in San Antonio, Texas “San Antonio” redirects here. For other uses, see San Antonio (disambiguation). San Antonio is the second most populous city in Texas, the third most populous metropolitan area in Texas, and is the seventh most populous city in the United States. As of the 2006 U.S. , to personally thank the brewer and importer for its contributions to the relief efforts following the devastation caused by the hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico Noun 1. Gulf of Mexico - an arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of Mexico Golfo de Mexico Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean - the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east . In addition to its $100,000 donation to the Red Cross, right after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, Gambrinus assembled a team consisting of headquarter and field sales personnel. With advice from its respective local beer wholesalers, the team identified charitable organizations as recipients of an additional $200,000 donation to the affected communities. Carlos Alvarez, president of The Gambrinus Company, stated, "The personal involvement of our folks in the management of the contribution was extremely gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. . The experience of our local distributors in these communities was invaluable in helping identify the potential recipients." The $200,000 donation was distributed to local chapters of the United Way in Texas and Mississippi. In Louisiana, donations were made both to the local United Way and Habitat for Humanity Habitat for Humanity, nonprofit ecumenical Christian organization that enables low-income people to own affordable, livable housing. Headquartered in Americus, Ga., it was founded in 1976 by businessman Millard Fuller and his wife. . In addition, the Spoetzl Brewery donated canned water to the relief effort in New Orleans. The Gambrinus Company is an importer of beers from Grupo Modelo of Mexico and Moosehead Breweries of Canada, and brewer of Shiner, Bridgeport, Pete's, and Trumer Pils. |
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