What day dedicated to a specific cause is associated with an event created by company founders Freddy Bensch and Kevin McNerny?
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SweetWater 420 Fest The SweetWater 420 Fest is an annual event presented by SweetWater Brewing Company in Atlanta, Georgia held on a weekend closest to Earth Day. In 2014, the festival announced it would be celebrating its 10th anniversary at its new home in Centennial Olympic Park.
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SweetWater Brewing Company SweetWater Brewing Company is a craft brewery founded in 1997 by Freddy Bensch and Kevin McNerny in Atlanta, Georgia. SweetWater’s beer is unpasteurized, so distribution is limited to select states.
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Michael Bengwayan Michael Bengwayan is a Filipino environmental activist best known for his advocacy of using the Petroleum nut (Pittosporum resiniferum) as an alternative bio-fuel in the Philippines, and his involvement with advocacies to save trees from being cut, notably the Save 182 Movement which petitioned to stop the earth-balling 182 trees at Luneta Hill, Baguio City, by mall developer SM, and the campaign to stop the cutting of 1,200 trees along the Manila North Road, in the towns of Binalonan and Pozorrubio, Pangasinan.
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Gay Days A gay day is a scheduled time at an establishment dedicated to attracting and catering to the gay community.
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Heroes Convention Heroes Convention, or HeroesCon, is a comic book convention that takes place in June (often over Father's Day weekend) in Charlotte, North Carolina. The convention has been held since 1982 and is one of the oldest and largest independent comic book conventions in the United States. The convention has a history of charitable work, donating to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and the Charlotte Firefighters Burned Children's Fund. HeroesCon is organized by Shelton Drum, owner of Heroes Aren't Hard To Find, a comic book retailer just southeast of downtown Charlotte.
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Creation Festival Creation Festival (officially "Creation Festivals") consists of two annual, four-day Christian music festivals held in the United States, called Creation Northeast and Creation Northwest.
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Rally.org Rally.org is an American social online fundraising platform for use by a wide range of individuals and organizations. It allows users to set up their own fundraising page, through which supporters can find information about their campaigns and make donations through Rally.org's proprietary payment system. The platform is best known for its use by causes including the Make A Wish Foundation and Jon Bon Jovi's Hurricane Sandy relief effort, filmmakers including the director of "Buzkashi Boys", and political campaigns in the United States 2012 election cycle. In May 2012, Rally.org closed the largest Series A round of venture capital ever raised online. The company was founded in Austin, Texas, as Piryx, in 2009 by Tom Serres, Brian Upton, Jonas Lamis and Naveed Lalani.
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Motoblot Motoblot is an annual motorcycle rally held in Chicago, Illinois, for three days in June. It is the largest vintage motorcycle and scooter rally in the United States. One of the co-producers of the festival was Riot Fest founder Sean McKeough.
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Jefferson–Jackson Day Jefferson–Jackson Day is the annual fundraising celebration (dinner) held by Democratic Party organizations in the United States. It is named for Presidents Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson; the Party says they are its founders. During presidential election campaigns, key dinners are important venues for candidates to attend.
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Cause4 Cause4 is one of the UK's first B Corporations that works in partnership with the charity sector, corporates and philanthropists in the United Kingdom and internationally. It was launched in May 2009 and aims to be a modernising influence within the charity sector. The company works with long-established national charities as well as smaller local charities and recently established social enterprises, both as a fundraiser and strategy consultant. "Cause4" also specialises in developing philanthropic foundations for individuals and companies and implementing company social responsibility strategies.
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Atlanta Black Pride Atlanta Pride is an annual official festival for the African American LGBT community held in Atlanta each year at the end of August and beginning of September (week of Labor Day holiday). As of 2005 it was noted as one of the three largest black gay pride festivals in the country, while the festival itself bills itself as the largest official black pride celebration in the world. The event plays a major part in the annual $65 million economic impact on Atlanta's economy during Labor Day weekend.
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Founders Day (South Africa) Founders Day ("Afrikaans: Stigtingsdag") or Van Riebeeck's Day was a formal public holiday of the Union of South Africa and the Republic of South Africa until 1994. The holiday was established on 6 April 1952 during the Van Riebeeck Festival in honour of the 300th anniversary of the arrival of the Dutch in South Africa. Jan van Riebeeck arrived at Table Bay on 6 April 1652 as a result Cape Town was founded. From 1980, the day became known as Founders Day (Stigtingsdag).
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Remembrance Day at the Gettysburg Battlefield Remembrance Day is an annual Gettysburg Battlefield event for the anniversary of the 1863 Consecration of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg during which President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address. Initially commemorating the Grand Army of the Republic, the event is held on a weekend (e.g., Saturday November 16, 1957), and the Consecration anniversary was resolved "Dedication Day" by the U.S. Congress in 1949. A costume ball held the Friday evening before Remembrance Day, a "Remembrance Illumination" of Gettysburg National Cemetery graves (instead of on Memorial Day), a fundraiser at the Gettysburg Cyclorama, a Citizenship Ceremony, and other events promote tourism to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
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Newman's Own Newman's Own is a food company founded by actor Paul Newman and author A.E. Hotchner in 1982. The company gives 100% of the after-tax profits from the sale of its products to Newman's Own Foundation (a private non-profit foundation) which in turn, gives the money to various educational and charitable organizations. In 1982 Newman summarized his initial intentions regarding distribution of his company's profits:
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Oxegen Oxegen was a music festival in Ireland, first held from 2001–2011 as a rock and pop festival and again in 2013 with dance and chart acts only. The event was regularly cited as Ireland's biggest music festival, and, by 2009, it was being cited as the greenest festival, being a 100% carbon neutral event in Ireland. It was previously called Witnness, which ran from 2000 and was sponsored by Guinness. The event is promoted by MCD and is sponsored by Heineken. Oxegen was originally a three-day festival, but from 2008 onwards, it was expanded to four days.
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Founders Pledge The Founders Pledge is a program based in the UK and which was started by a non-profit known as Founders Forum for Good, where entrepreneurs make a commitment to donate at least 2% of their personal proceeds to charity when they sell their business. It launched on June 10, 2015.
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Pan American Day Pan American Day is a holiday observed by several countries in North and South America. It commemorates the First International Conference of American States which concluded on April 14, 1890, creating the International Union of American Republics, the forerunner to the Organization of American States (OAS). The holiday was originally proposed by the organization in 1930, and was first observed on April 14, 1931.
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National Edge Day Edge Day is an official holiday founded by people who live straight edge lifestyles. The occasion has been celebrated annually on October 17 since 1999. The inaugural event, originally called Edge Fest, was held in Boston, Massachusetts. It is most prominent in Boston, but annual events are now held by individuals in U.S. states such as Georgia and California, and globally in cities such as Gothenburg and London.
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International Cat Day International Cat Day is a celebration which takes place on August 8, every year. It was created in 2002 by the International Fund for Animal Welfare.
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John McConnell (peace activist) John McConnell (March 22, 1915 – October 20, 2012) was the founder and creator of Earth Day, with a passion for peace, religion, and science throughout his life. He originated and promoted ideas to relieve human suffering and promote the common good.
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Charles Day (boot blacking manufacturer) Charles Day (1782/3–25 October 1836) was a British industrialist who was co-founder and then sole proprietor of the Day and Martin boot blacking company, founded around 1801 in partnership with Benjamin Martin (c1774-1834).
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Good Fight Entertainment Good Fight Entertainment is a business conglomerate that was founded in 2010. The company consists of a record label, band management, sports management, a clothing line and an art studio. Good Fight was founded by Paul Conroy and Carl Severson who have previously worked for Ferret Music and Warner Music Group.