The season of thanks and giving is now upon us, and so is the season of giving back.

At Downtime Cocktails, we place a lot of value on "doing good" with Batch 22. As a spirit producer, there's lots of demand for us to attend fundraisers and charity events, and we're happy to do it as much as we can.  

In the past few weeks, we've been especially busy with charity events, so we wanted to highlight the organizations we've been helping. They all do wonderful work and are worthy of everyone's support.

Our fundraising calendar began in earnest back in the first week of August, when we poured to raise money for the Living Coast Discovery Center "Farm to Bay" event in Chula Vista. These folks work to rescue wildlife in need and they provide a wonderful learning environment for families. More information here.

In September, we poured for thousands of attendees at the "Food, Wine, and Brew" celebration that raises money every year for the San Diego Zoo, which not only cares for hundreds of animals downtown, but also conducts critical research and care for a huge variety of species, many threatened or endangered. Check here for more information about the zoo and its many programs.

At the end of the month, we spent two days in La Jolla helping to raise money for the local school district by pouring at the La Jolla Art & Wine festival.  It was a total of more than 12 hours at the booth, but turnout was great and the festival was a huge success. Find information about next year's event here.

On October 16, we joined our good friends from Fierce&Kind to support the first annual "Angels in Flight" golf tournament at the Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club. Along with our buddies from Tipsy Truck, we poured cocktails to raise money for breast cancer research through the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

On Saturday, October 26, we took the Batch 22 pop-up to the Bobby Riggs Pickleball Center in Encinitas where we provided cocktails to participants who were raising money for Angels Foster Family Network, which is dedicated to providing safe, stable, and loving homes for San Diego infants and toddlers. Look for more information about the great work they do here.

Still to come on November 4: Batch 22 will be slinging cocktails for golfers in Newport who will tee off for the Newport Harbor Athletic Fund, which raises money for athletic programs and injury rehabilitation at the local high school.

Of course, Downtime Cocktails will continue to maintain its strong support for our official nonprofit organization, Charity:Water, which has been providing clean drinking water to developing nations around the world for nearly 20 years. You can get more info and donate to our campaign here.