Saturday, September 24 is the day for Growl Fest. There are still ways you can help support this new fun fundraiser our club is sponsoring with the Norfolk Sunrise Rotary Club and Virginia Zoo from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Please share information about this new evening, family-friendly beer festival with friends, family, co-workers and neighbors and also on Facebook and Twitter if you use those social media platforms. Also, please sign up to volunteer if you can for a two-hour shift. Sign-up sheets will be at our Tuesday meeting.

 

What makes this event unique -- in addition to Rotary sponsorship -- is being in the zoo in the evening, having all five Norfolk breweries and three Virginia beer breweries participate, welcoming children to the event, and sending home regular ticket holders with their own 64-ounce glass growler (a jug they can use to fill at participating breweries for discounts through October). Please plan to buy tickets and come if you can. Zoo animals will be on display from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. And, if you are going to the Old Dominion University football game in the afternoon, please consider making Growl Fest your after-game fun spot.

 

Advance tickets are $25 for adults, which include after-hours zoo access, two beer tickets and the souvenir Growl Fest growler. Non-beer and youth tickets (up to age 20) are $10 in advance. Click here to buy tickets. Tickets go up $10 on the day of the event. Proceeds will benefit the Zoo and the two Rotary Clubs. For questions or to volunteer contact Rotarian Jamie Wright. Click here for a Facebook event page you can share. You can also follow Growl Fest on Twitter at @growlfest.