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'Pours for Parks' raises funds for future projects

Elise Harmening (left), of Orland Park, and Tony Meintanis, of Mokena, enjoy craft beers and conversation Saturday, Oct. 19, at the "Pours For Parks" event at the Founders Community Center in Frankfort. Photos by Mary Compton/22nd Century Media
Mike Byrnes (right), of New Lenox, serves a craft beer from Trails Edge Brewing Company to Tinley Park resident Chad Trueblood on Saturday, Oct. 19, during the third annual “Pours for Parks” craft beer tasting at the Founders Community Center in Frankfort.
Gary Meyer, of Hickory Creek Brewing Company in New Lenox, prepares to serve Marzen-style Octoberfest and Imperial Porter craft beers.
Mary Compton, Freelance Reporter
12:00 am CDT October 21, 2019

Craft beer breweries throughout the area came together Saturday, Oct. 19, to support local parks at the third annual “Pours for Parks” craft beer tasting.

Funds from the event, held at the Founders Community Center in Frankfort, will benefit Operation Playground, a Frankfort-based nonprofit organization founded in 2010 that creates various park projects in the community.

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