Hefty Wicked Weed donations continue with $200K to Eblen Charities

ASHEViLLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Wicked Weed's massive donations to local nonprofits continue, this time with the announcement by Eblen Charities that it's received two checks for $100,000 each from the company.

Very recently, Wicked Weed donated $50,000 to Pisgah Legal Services, the YMCA of Asheville, and Brother Wolf Animal Rescue.

The owners of the formerly local and independent brewery sold their company to Anheuser-Busch InBev in a controversial move that brought congratulations from some and disgust from others.

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Eblen says in its most recent newsletter that one of the checks will be used for its employee assistance program, which "assists their employees in need of help." The other $100K donation will "take the concept of their employee assistance program and (expand) its outreach to help families in our community facing troubled times."