The La Crosse Bar & Restaurant Relief Fund Opens Application Window
Brent Hanifl
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Funds to be dispersed in up to $5000 Increments
La Crosse WI: In March 2020, the Sprout for Kids Foundation and Pearl Street Brewery announced the La Crosse Bar & Restaurant Relief Fund in response to the initial covid shutdown. Pearl Street Brewery owners Tami Plourde and Joe Katchever created the fund to raise money for area restaurants and bars with 100% of the proceeds going toward grants for La Crosse area bars and restaurants who have suffered hardships during the pandemic. Currently, the project has raised $25,000. The application process will be evaluated by a committee on the basis of a point system.
Businesses may now apply for the grants. The money will be dispersed in up to $5000 increments, businesses looking to apply for grants may apply until April 8, 2021 at 5pm. Awardees will be announced on April 29, 2021.
What: La Crosse Bar & Restaurant Relief Fund Applications
Application Window: Now - April 8, 2021 at 5pm
Awardees Annouced: April 29, 2021
Sprout for Kids is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that is 100% volunteer run, and all the dollars raised go right to where they are needed. Since its inception Sprout for Kids Foundations has worked with a multitude of area nonprofits and organizations including; Habitat for Humanity, The Boys and Girls Club, Hunger Task Force, Valley View Rotary, Rotary After Hours, Joe Was Just Joe Foundation, Kiwanis, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, Kane Street Community Garden, The North La Crosse Business Association, New Horizons and many more.
Media Contact:
Owner / Director Sales and Marketing
Pearl Street BreweryTurisimo Fermentations
1401 Saint Andrew Street
La Crosse, WI 54603
608-385-2505 Cell