Community

Commitment to Ohio

Jackie O’s goal is to make a positive impact within the Athens community and the Greater Ohio community as a whole through outreach and support.

We strive to partner with local family-owned businesses with a focus on sustainability. We’re in this to make great beer with our friends, for our friends, and share it with the world for years to come. Athens is a place where individually owned businesses have been working together in order to grow and better the community for decades. We strongly believe in building long-lasting partnerships, friendships, and communities.

Community Partners

Stuart’s Opera House

Stuart’s Opera House is the cornerstone of the historic Public Square in Nelsonville. It is dedicated to its role as a regional leader in the arts community, a center for public expression, and an economic development partner for Southeastern Ohio.

Learn more about Stuart’s Opera House.

Southeast Ohio Food Bank

Southeast Ohio Food Bank focuses on getting healthy food to communities – from sourcing food donations to advocating for policies that end hunger. The SE Ohio Foodbank, a HAPCAP program, works to reduce food insecurity and empower people facing hunger in SE Ohio.

SE Ohio has some of the highest food insecurity rates in the state. The SE Ohio Foodbank is a member of Feeding America and serves ten counties in Southeast Ohio, including Athens, Gallia, Hocking, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Morgan, Perry, Vinton, and Washington Counties.

Learn more about the Southeast Ohio Food Bank.

Friends of the Shelter Dogs

Friends of the Shelter Dogs is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that provides assistance to the dogs in the Athens County Dog Shelter by providing veterinary support for sick and injured dogs, spaying and neutering, rescue operations and the promotion of the dogs in the shelter. Their mission is to prevent the euthanization of adoptable dogs at the county operated dog shelter by rescue and adoption.

Learn more about the Friends of the Shelter Dogs.

Athens Ohio Roller Derby

Athens Ohio Roller Derby (AORD) is a skater owned and operated amateur non-profit organization comprised of women+ from Athens, Ohio and the surrounding region in the form of an amateur roller derby league following the rules and ethics set forth by the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). AORD consists of two teams, The Appalachian Hell Betties and The Black Diamond Betties.

They are a grassroots organization built by the hands of women who have and will continue to inspire the love of roller derby to their community. AORD is committed to fostering the empowerment of people of all races, communities, national origins, gender expression, sexual orientation, ages, and body types by serving as positive athletic role models. AORD instills a sense of community, camaraderie, loyalty, hard work, competitiveness, and family among the skaters and throughout the organization and the Athens community.

Learn more about the Athens Ohio Roller Derby.

The Nelsonville Music Festival

Billboard has called Nelsonville Music Festival “one of the best-kept secrets of the U.S. music festival circuit,” and NMF continues to gain fans who want a music festival with a more personal experience. Set in the beautiful rolling hills of Southeast Ohio, this intimate festival offers live music from a variety of genres on multiple stages from national, regional, and local acts.

The Nelsonville Music Festival strives to have a positive impact on the Athens community and environment, so they are a Zero Waste event, diverting over 92% of the waste created at the festival from the landfill with recycling and composting.

Since its inception, the Nelsonville Music Festival has been a production of and fundraiser for Stuart’s Opera House, a non-profit historic theater and performing arts center in Nelsonville, Ohio. All proceeds raised at the festival support not only NMF, but year-round programming at Stuart’s Opera House, including its tuition-free Arts Education programs.

Learn more about The Nelsonville Music Festival.

Passion Works

Passion Works Studio’s mission is to inspire and liberate the human spirit through the arts.

Passion Works Studio creates opportunities for all people to explore and socially connect through the process of making art. They follow the aesthetic lead, talents, and interests of people with developmental differences and support collaborations to encourage vibrant and inclusive communities. They upcycle otherwise discarded materials and produce environmentally responsive items. No voice, no resource, and no region are abandoned as the studio fosters connection, purpose and belonging.

Learn more about Passion Works.

Athens Area Chamber

The mission of the Chamber is to strengthen the Athens business community through collaboration, engagement, and strategic partnerships.

Learn more about Athens Area Chamber.

Athens Area Chamber

Established in 1973, the Athens International Film + Video Festival has been presenting the best in international film for 50 years. Known globally as a festival that supports cinema from underground and marginalized populations, the AIFVF represents the values that we share as a community. It is a champion of justice and provides a voice for underrepresented artists and viewpoints on a global level. For five decades, AIFVF has embraced experimental, narrative, animation, music video, documentary, short-form, and feature-length films from every corner of the globe, offering filmmakers a stellar platform for public exposure and an environment that values artistry above marquee names and industry relationships.

Learn more about AIFVF.

Community Food Initiatives

It is the mission of Community Food Initiatives to foster communities where everyone has equitable access to healthy, local food.

Learn more about Community Food Initiave.

Athens County Humane Society

The Athens County Humane Society (ACHS) is a charitable 501(c)(3) animal welfare organization located in Athens, Ohio. They provide low-cost spay/neuter services, employ the county Humane Agent and strive to ensure the best possible treatment, care and placement of animals in need.

Learn more about Athens County Humane Society.

ORCA

The mission of the Outdoor Recreation Council of Appalachia is to develop outdoor recreation opportunities across governmental boundaries that create sustainable and equitable economic development, inspiring communities throughout Appalachian Ohio.

Learn more about Outdoor Recreation Council of Appalachia.

ORCA

The Survivor Advocacy Outreach Program empowers the community and all survivors to live free of sexual violence, domestic violence, human trafficking, and stalking.

Learn more about SAOP.

Rural Action

Rural Action was founded in 1991 on the principle that locally-based, sustainable, and inclusive development is the main strategy for building resilient rural Appalachian communities. Rural Action’s mission is to build a more just economy by developing the region’s assets in environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable ways.

Learn more about Rural Action.

Visit Athens County

Visit Athens County promotes the region as a destination for tourists, strengthens the Visit Athens Ohio brand locally and nationally, and creates economic development through the leisure, group, and business markets.

Learn more about Visit Athens County.

Baileys Trail System

The grassroots community-based collaborative planning efforts of the Baileys Trail System project highlights the mutually beneficial economic, social, environmental, and healthy lifestyle opportunities sustainable development of a world class recreation asset brings to rural areas.

The Baileys Trail System is managed by the Outdoor Recreation Council of Appalachia (ORCA) in partnership with the Wayne National Forest. The Baileys Trail System is just the beginning of revitalizing Appalachian Ohio. With sustained regional collaboration, ORCA will continue to secure public and private investments in the region’s assets to transform the region’s once coal based economy and improve quality of life.

Learn more about Baileys Trail System.

Monthly Draft Donation Program

We are excited to announce a new program to spotlight the hard work happening in our community! We want to provide an opportunity to organizations throughout Ohio to partner with us monthly and to do so, we have created the Draft Donation Program. Each month, organizations will be chosen to be highlighted at our Jackie O's locations. Customers can choose to purchase a specific draft beer and $1 toward their purchase will go toward the organization!

What is the donation format: Donations based on the purchase of a draft beer by the customer. Please note: the draft beer is chosen monthly by the Uptown Brewer.

How it works: Jackie O's chooses Ohio based organizations to partner with each month. We provide a draft beer that is always available at our locations in Athens (we are hoping to expand to Columbus in the future!). For every customer who purchases this draft beer, they receive a chip that they can use to choose which of the organizations they would like to donate to by placing their chip in that organizations donation box. For each chip in the donation box, the organization receives $1 from the sale of that draft beer. At the end of the month, Jackie O's donates the proceeds of the donations to the organizations and new organizations are chosen for the next month.

If your organization would like to be considered:

Must be based in Ohio
Must submit the form at least 3 months in advance
We prefer to align our monthly draft donation with organizations during a month in which they are holding special events
It is the organization's responsibility to promote their partnership with Jackie O's using social media, word of mouth, and any other promotional materials of their choosing. The more visitors that purchase the donation draft beer during the organization's month, the larger the donation amount at the end of the month!

Please read the donation guidelines before completing the form below.

Organization Name *

Organization Website

Organization Address *

Address Line 1

Address Line 2

City

State

Zip Code

Primary Contact Name *

First

Last

Primary Contact Title

Primary Contact Email *

Tell us about your organization! What is your mission? *

Tax ID *

501(c)(3) *

Tax code designation if not a 501(c)(3)

What month would be best to host your organization for our monthly draft donation program? *

Please provide the month of one of your largest events, so we can try to coordinate the draft donation to coincide with the event month!

Event Name *

Event Date *

What type of event is this?

Beer Festival
Music Festival
Beer Dinner or Tasting
Local/Community Event
Other

Description of the Event *

Will Jackie O's Beer be served at the event?

Has Jackie O's participated in this event before?

How will you promote the Jackie O's brand if we choose your organization as one of our monthly draft donation organizations? *

Examples: The Jackie O's logo will be on the marketing material or Jackie O's will be mentioned during any events held by the organization.

Additional Information

Please upload any additional information you wish to share about your organization or event.

Click or drag files to this area to upload. You can upload up to 4 files.

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