15,000 Reasons to Love HGD’s 2nd Annual “Red White and Brew” Community Food Truck Fest and Fundraiser
On Tuesday, July 3, Heninger Garrison Davis held their 2nd Annual “Red, White, and Brew” Food Truck Fest and community fundraiser at Avondale Brewing Company. Over 3000 guests attended the all ages event which included the best food trucks in town, live music from bands Legal Limit and Heath Green and the Makeshifters, Avondale’s fabulous cold craft beer, and a multitude of fun activities. The best part of the event: $15,000 was raised and donated to Birmingham Education Foundation (Ed) to support their mission of “increasing the number of students in the in Birmingham City Schools that are on the path to college, career and life-readiness.”
Heninger, Garrison, Davis is honored to have helped pull the community together for a second year in conjunction with the Birmingham Food Trucks and GoPro Events for such a worthy cause and thrilled to present the donation to J.W. Carpenter, Executive Director, Whitney Williams, Development Manager, and KC Dada, Programs Director, for the foundation.
“Our HGD team set out to create a community event that would bring families and friends together to celebrate our country’s birthday while raising money to support our amazing Birmingham students,” said Tzena Gauldin, Firm Administrator for HGD. “Because our home office is in beautiful downtown Birmingham, it was also very important to us to make this event all about supporting the greatness of Birmingham: local students, local Food Trucks, local bands. Great things are happening in Birmingham, and “Red, White, and Brew” proves that our community is going to come out to support local initiatives and events.”
A part of The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham, Ed is creating opportunities for Birmingham students to take advantage of the wealth of resources the city has to offer. “Education is supposed to be the great equalizer, offering every person an opportunity to receive a strong educational foundation so that they may pursue their dreams,” said Erik Heninger, partner at Heninger Garrison Davis, LLC. “Ed maintains a dedication to helping students foster individual skills for future accomplishments. Their resources help ensure our local students achieve academic, professional, and personal successes that build confidence and create a better future for us all as a community.”
HGD is excited to announce that “Red, White and Brew” 2019 is already on the calendar! Save the date as this is one event you will not want to miss!
