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By Kaycee Ingram

Girls Pint Out is a national craft beer organization for women. Our mission is to build a community of women who love craft beer and who are an active, contributing part of the greater craft beer community. Through social media, blog posts, and local events hosted by chapters, Girls Pint Out offers a forum for discussion, education, and fun. Events are educational, charitable, and/ or social. The majority of events are womenonly, but sometimes men are invited. There is no membership process – just join us for a pint! Girls Pint Out originated in Indianapolis, Indiana in early 2010. The Girls Pint Out movement quickly spread to Arizona and Texas. Today Girls Pint Out has more than 100 chapters in over 30 states and Washington D.C. The Goldsboro Girls Pint Out Chapter was founded in October 2019 by Kaycee Ingram. Ingram first became involved with Girls Pint Out through the Greenville chapter while in graduate school at ECU. Girls Pint Out had provided her the opportunity to meet new friends and to share her love of craft beer, so it only seemed right to bring this same opportunity to the women of Goldsboro! Their first event was held in November at Well Travelled Beer in downtown Goldsboro with over fifty women in attendance. This event featured beer from Bombshell Brewing Company, to highlight the only all female owned brewery in North Carolina, with an added bonus of a pint glass giveaway. January's event was back at Well Travelled Beer and featured a can recycling drive. Women were asked to bring in any cans for recycling or make a donation. All money earned from the recycling of the cans and from the donations went to benefit Cures for the Colors. Through this event, Well Travelled Beer and Goldsboro Girls Pint Out raised $300 for Cures for the Colors. Cures for the Colors is a non-profit organization which supports eastern NC cancer patients and their families in the form of assistance with food costs, rent, and transportation costs. February featured a Galentines Day event at Goldsboro Brew Works and March was a private event R&R Brewing in Mt. Olive. The event hosted at R&R was a private event for the ladies, which included a tour of the facility to learn more about the story behind the brewery and the brewing process. Just this past weekend we wrapped up our latest event at Well Travelled Beer, which was a women's consignment sale. During the month of March, Goldsboro GPO collected gently used women's clothing, shoes, and accessories, for a clothing sale, where everything was sold for $1. All remaining clothing donations and the $320 raised from the clothing sale will go to benefit the Wayne Uplift Resource Association Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Program. This association offers domestic violence, sexual assault, and rape crisis services that promote safe, health families and communities. Services include but are not limited to a domestic violence/ sexual assault shelter, a 24 hour hotline, court and victim advocacy, and counseling. Goldsboro GPO is looking forward to our upcoming scheduled events, which includes a fundraising event at Brewmaster's of Goldsboro and a Wine & Design Mother's Day event at R&R Brewing.

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