Anheuser-Busch Delivered More Than 50,000 Cans of Emergency Drinking Water to Kentucky to Support Flood Relief Efforts

March 11, 2025 – At the request of the American Red Cross, Anheuser-Busch delivered one truckload – more than 50,000 cans – of emergency drinking water to support Kentucky residents after extreme flooding threatened supplies of safe drinking water in the eastern parts of the state. 

The donation of emergency drinking water was delivered to Anheuser-Busch wholesaler partner, Perry Distributors, based in Hazard, Kentucky, which is working alongside the American Red Cross to distribute the resources to community members and organizations in need. 

“The American Red Cross is deeply grateful to Anheuser-Busch and Perry Distributors for their generous donation and delivery of safe drinking water following the devastating floods in eastern Kentucky,” said Lauren Ulrich, Executive Director of Operations Management and Logistics for the American Red Cross. “We appreciate their ongoing support of our mission and feel fortunate to count them as a partner.”  

The 50,000+ cans of water were sourced from Anheuser-Busch's brewery in Cartersville, Georgia, which alongside the Fort Collins, Colorado brewery, periodically pauses beer production to can emergency drinking water and help communities in times of disaster. 

Anheuser-Busch has a longstanding tradition of providing support for disaster relief efforts in partnership with the American Red Cross, dating back to 1906. Since the inception of the emergency drinking water program in 1988, Anheuser-Busch and its wholesaler partners have provided more than 97 million cans of water to U.S. communities affected by natural disasters and other crises. 

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