{"id":5237,"date":"2008-09-30T13:42:37","date_gmt":"2008-09-30T17:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/v3\/?p=5237"},"modified":"2008-09-30T13:42:37","modified_gmt":"2008-09-30T17:42:37","slug":"first-annual-%e2%80%98pints-for-pets%e2%80%99-brewfest-%e2%80%93-a-grand-slam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/?p=5237","title":{"rendered":"First Annual \u2018Pints for Pets\u2019 Brewfest \u2013 a grand slam!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/pints-for-petsw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/pints-for-petsw-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"pints-for-petsw\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/pints-for-petsw-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/pints-for-petsw.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>On Saturday, May 17 the first \u201cPints for Pets\u201d Brewfest to benefit the Central PA Humane Society was held, and this event \u201cknocked it out of the park!\u201d<br \/>\nIt was held at the Blair County Ballpark. There were over 2,000 people in attendance, and it raised a whopping $40,000, making it the biggest fundraiser in the Central PA Humane Society history.<br \/>\n\u201cEveryone in attendance gave rave reviews to the Brewfest, and when we say everyone we mean everyone!\u201d said Brewfest organizer, Rick Vanevenhoven. \u201cThere were over 50 breweries and importers of beer providing samples of their products to the attendees. Four fantastic bands provided great entertainment free of charge. The Curve had their concessions stands open for the event and provided some great food to compliment the huge variety of beers offered. Every minute of the event was pure fun.\u201d<br \/>\nOrganizers would like to thank everyone that attended and everyone that lent a hand in making this fundraiser such a success.<br \/>\n\u201cSincere thanks to Todd Parnell and everyone at the Curve for their support \u2013 they made everything possible!\u201d said Pints for Pets Chairman, Mark Dellinger. \u201cThe breweries have our appreciation for their contribution of products and their time.\u201d<br \/>\nMost of all CPHS would like to thank the \u201cPints for Pets\u201d Committee \u2013 Mark Dellinger, Bill Kroft, Rick Vanevenhoven, David Cassidy, Ben Mazur, Jeff Metzler and James Gerraughty. It took many hours and a full year to bring this event to the Ballpark.<br \/>\n\u201cThey did an amazing job. Thank you,\u201d said Debbie Pierce, Director of Marketing at CPHS.<br \/>\nThe Committee will begin planning next year\u2019s \u201cPints for Pets\u201d shortly. They expect even greater things for the second round and have set their sights on a profit goal that should surpass this year\u2019s result.<br \/>\nFor more information about \u201cPints for Pets\u201d sponsorship opportunities, or if you would like to serve on the Committee, call Deb Pierce at 942-2477.  Tentative date for next year\u2019s event is Saturday, May 30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, May 17 the first \u201cPints for Pets\u201d Brewfest to benefit the Central PA Humane Society was held, and this event \u201cknocked it out of the park!\u201d It was held at the Blair County Ballpark. There were over 2,000 people in attendance, and it raised a whopping $40,000, making it the biggest fundraiser in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-in-the-tyrone-pennsylvania-area","category-excerpts-from-the-tyrone-daily-herald"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5237\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}