When anybody ever comes to us and says, 'We need help. We needed a bit of help to get this place opened.and everybody needs help. We were certain that it was ready for what we wanted to do. When we first signed our lease on this building, people were questioning it, like 'you sure you want to open a brewery on the south side of Bethlehem in the current climate?' When I first met Sam and Gina, they had this dream that they wanted to accomplish. When manufacturing had a downturn Bethlehem had to reinvent itself. Sam from Bonn Place Brewing Company here, and this is my wife.īethlehem is one of the greatest steel towns in America. So to be a part of this, our business being able to give back to our community like that is something that we can't even describe. I feel like that's something that we could have never done by ourselves. We're so grateful to give twenty-five hundred meals. We're going to be covering the cost of twenty-five hundred meals for needy here in Titusville. Listen, everybody around supporting us was a really great thing to see. I walked out the door and my mind was blown. You've got these business owners who do these really incredible things because they can. We are ever so grateful that the homeless can actually come in and get homemade breads and homemade soups. So, we feel like that's a big part of a way that we can give back to our community.Įvery week they participate in a ministry that feeds over a hundred individuals. Sunrise was one of the few businesses to remain a constant.Īnd through thick and thin, it's been a place where the community come together. When the shuttle program shut down, there were thousands of people that were laid off. He smiles sheepishly while straightening his tie and lets the Customer in. The Store closed just 10 minutes ago.Ĭarlos and the Customer lock eyes and Carlos stops mid-dance move, he's a little embarrassed.

The man tried to enter, but the doors are locked. Lost in the moment, Carlos doesn't realize a Customer has walked up to the front doors. He turns the song up, jumps out of his chair, and we watch him dance all around the Store. The music hits him and he starts moving to the beat.Īs the song progresses, his movement gets bigger. Carlos suddenly hears the song playing on the radio. It's a little past seven, the store has just closed.Ĭarlos is finishing up his work for the night.

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