Half Moon Bay Brewing Company – Committed To Community
The Half Moon Bay Brewing Company opened its doors in 2000, after a group of longtime friends saw the need to create a warm, family-friendly restaurant in which locals and visitors alike could celebrate the many pleasures of the San Mateo coast. Since its inception, the Brewing Company has not only served the coast’s finest California Coastal Cuisine and hand-crafted beers to more than one million hungry locals and tourists, but has also become a role model business dedicated to giving back to the community and maintaining a strong environmentally-friendly stance – per the guidance, hard work and passion of its owners.

A core value for all the Brewery owners is giving back to the community. During the past eight years, the collective owners have had the pleasure and ability as a business to donate their time, services and tens of thousands of dollars to causes that they are passionate about personally and to coastside organizations that truly need the assistance.

All of the Brewing Company’s owners value the importance of education for all within the community and donate time to education causes. Half Moon Bay Brewing Company Co-owners Lenny and Christine Mendonca in particular, have been committed to education on the state, regional and local level for years. Christine Mendonca played an integral role in the creation of the Cabrillo Education Foundation and its Endowment Fund. She has been involved with the local public schools in various capacities since 1993.

Furthering the commitment to education, the Brewery owners created an annual scholarship program for graduating seniors at Half Moon Bay High School. Each year, the Brewing Company donates $10,000 in scholarships to graduating seniors, some working at the Brewery, and other in-need students at the school’s discretion.

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