A city donates time, energy, money, and thoughtfulness after brewery owner’s accidental death last week.
Since Wooden Robot Head Brewer and co-founder Dan Wade’s death in an accidental fall last week, Charlotte and its craft beer community have come together in an amazing way. A GoFundMe created just four days ago for his wife, Sam, and their infant son stands at more than $180,000 to help pay for funeral costs, a night nurse, essential overall expenses, and a future college fund. Donations have flowed in from breweries across the country, from California to Washington, D.C., along with numerous other businesses and people—including new Charlotte Hornets co-owner Gabe Plotkin, who generously donated $5,000. Click here to donate.
A GoFundMe has also been set up for the Wooden Robot staff, as they continue to grieve the loss of their friend. You can click here to donate. Wooden Robot’s NoDa and South End locations have been closed since the accident Feb. 20, which has meant no income for staff since then. Employees from many Charlotte breweries have worked to contribute to the fund and volunteered to help Wooden Robot reopen sometime this week. To help in this effort, a meal train has been set up where you can donate meals, baked goods and snacks for these volunteers during their shifts. Click here to contribute to this meal train, which will run through the next couple of weeks.
Local establishments have set up various ways to help. Hoppin’ announced last Wednesday that it will donate a portion of all sales through March to the Wade family. A number of Charlotte breweries, including Devil’s Logic, Protagonist, Triple C and Vaulted Oak, among others, have set up special sections on their POS systems to donate to the family fund as you close out your tabs.
Finally, for those who want to pay their respects, a memorial service for Dan is taking place at 3 p.m. today (Monday, Feb. 26) at Temple Beth El, 5101 Providence Road. You can view the service over livestream here. Please note, out of respect for the family, the in-person service is closed to the public and press. Wooden Robot will announce the details of a public vigil for Dan in the near future.
Matt McKenzie
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