UNCLE NEAREST HOLDING SECOND ANNUAL OLD FASHIONED CHALLENGE TO RAISE $1.4 MILLION FOR HISTORICALLY UNDERFUNDED BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
SHELBYVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey, the top-selling Black-owned spirits brand in the world, has announced the launch of its second annual HBCU Old Fashioned Challenge, a nationwide initiative to raise funds for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). This year's challenge will see the company work to raise $1.4 million, amounting to one full in-state tuition scholarship per accredited HBCU. The initiative kicked off on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Monday, January 15) and this year it will run through Juneteenth (Tuesday, June 19).
- This year's challenge will see the company work to raise $1.4 million, amounting to one full in-state tuition scholarship per accredited HBCU.
- "Before we sold our first bottle of Uncle Nearest, we were already funding the college education of Nearest Green's descendants," said Fawn Weaver, Founder and CEO of Uncle Nearest.
- This same feeling resurfaced when I began writing tuition checks to HBCUs for our Old Fashioned Challenge.
- For more information on the HBCU Old Fashioned Challenge, including a list of participating bars, restaurants, and retailers, and to follow along on the road to $1.4 million raised, please visit www.oldfashionedcocktail.com .