Fredericksburg Rotary Club Foundation on Monday donated a portion of its proceeds from the first Fredericksburg Craft Beer Festival to The Grace Center, a 36-bed facility being constructed as a domestic violence shelter.
 
Rotary presented a check for $10,150 to Grace Center board members at its Monday meeting and heard a presentation about the project from Executive Director Hattie Allen. Surpassing the $10,000 donation threshold will mean a room at the center will be named in honor of the Rotary Club of Fredericksburg.
 
Pictured from left, Susan Franer, Grace Center board member; Tom Hutton, Fredericksburg Rotary Club Foundation chairman; Dale Cook and Ken Esten Cooke, event co-chairmen; Hattie Allen, Grace Center executive director; Judy Vordenbaum, Lou Newman, Linda Christensen, Estela Avery, Todd Eidson and Debbie Reeh, Grace Center board members; and Debbie Sultemeier, Fredericksburg Rotary Club president.
 
The festival was held June 10-11. The 2023 event is planned with a June 9 Awards Dinner at Altstadt Brewery and the June 10 festival event at Marktplatz in downtown Fredericksburg. — Photo by Jim Franer