Submitted by Rotary Club of Houghton

Cold beers on the waterfront was the best way to beat the heat Aug. 3, and it was all for a good cause! The Rotary Club of Houghton selected Copper Shores Meals on Wheels as a featured beneficiary of the 2024 Keweenaw Brewfest fundraising, supporting the Produce Washing Station Project. This project includes purchasing equipment and renovating workspace to provide a permanent, sustainable food washing area for Meals on Wheels and will have a huge impact on food quality for 350+ seniors every day. Proceeds also support Houghton Rotary Club community projects including our youth programs. The review of 2025 beneficiary applications has already begun.

It’s been truly humbling to see the community rally to support this project (and have fun doing it!). Sponsors and volunteers especially make this event a huge success, and the club is grateful for you all. To the 90 volunteers that sweated it out setting up the event, pouring beer, running for ice and selling raffle tickets: you are the reason this event is so well run and fun. To the 62 sponsors that contributed money, materials, services and souvenirs: we are so grateful for your enthusiastic support!

Insight Wealth Solutions was our Gold Sponsor ($5,000), and Keweenaw Adventure North was our Silver Sponsor ($2,500). Bronze Sponsors ($1,000) included American Forest Management, Attitude Wellness/Lume, Flourish Financial Partners, Houghton Building Supply, Industrial Signs and Graphics, Keweenaw Chevrolet GMC, Keweenaw Cooperative, Keweenaw Petroleum Services, Pat’s Foods, Tervo Agency, The Fire Station Cannabis Co. and UPPCO.

Copper Sponsors ($400) included 41 Lumber, 906 Shipping Shop, Auto-Pro Glass & Tire, Breakwater Federal Credit Union, Copper Country Ford, Dave’s Super Service, Gartner’s Gallery, Goodwin Motors, Great Lakes Accounting, IncredibleBank, Jim’s Septic Tank Cleaning Service, Keweenaw Automotive Inc., Keweenaw Title Company, Le Claire GeoServices, McGann Building Supply Inc, MTM Contracting, Nitro Consulting, Northern Auto Inc., Northern Hardwoods, Ochodnicky Design, OHM Advisors, Orbion Space Technology, Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of Houghton Inc., Pettibone, Range Bank, Retirement Solutions, Sarazin Dental, Sayen’s Auto Sales, Superior Block Co. Surplus Outlet, Super 8 by Wyndham Houghton, Swift Hardware, The Frank A. Douglass Agency, The Miners State Bank, U.P. Engineers & Architects Inc., U.P. Ward Legal PLC, Up Ward Coffee, Upper Peninsula State Bank, Vollwerth’s, Wickley Agency, Wilmers Heating & Cooling Service.

The City of Houghton is owed a huge thanks to supporting this event, with Eric Waara and Amy Zawada co-planning and venue logistics, as well as all the services provided by staff in the Department of Public Works. The City of Houghton is paving the way for community events and fundraising activities that better our community!

The Rotary Club of Houghton is already looking forward to the 13th annual Brewfest in 2025!