An Anheuser-Busch brewery in Georgia is shipping canned drinking water to the American Red Cross to help Hurricane Harvey relief efforts in Texas and Louisiana.
The St. Louis-based beer giant says a truckload of water from its Cartersville, Ga. brewery arrived in Baton Rouge, La. Monday. More truckloads are scheduled to arrive in Arlington, Texas. More than 155,000 cans of water are being sent in total.
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Anheuser-Busch’s VP of Community Affairs Bill Bradley told NBC that the company has had a partnership with the American Red Cross for nearly a century.
Anheuser-Busch says it periodically stops beer production at times throughout the year in order to can drinking water at the Georgia facility so it can be ready to go in times of need. The company says it has provided more than 76-million cans of drinking water for disaster relief since 1988.
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MillerCoors is also helping out with disaster relief efforts. The Colorado-based brewery said it is canning 50,000 cans of water that are destined for Texas at its Shenandoah, Iowa brewery.
“Providing clean water to communities enduring a crisis will aid in recovery and hopefully give some sense of comfort to those in need,” MillerCoors’ director of community affairs Karina Diehl told FOX 31.
-With files from Global News.
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