BottlesUp

The BeyoU Fund was first and foremost created to support other women…but it also happened to fulfill our lifelong dream of writing an obnoxiously oversized “check” and making someone’s day. 🙃

Yes, this post means it’s our favorite time of year when we begin accepting applications for our Fund – an annual grant that supports a Chicago-based female in need! 🤸‍♀️

Interested applicants should email [email protected] to receive the questionnaire and return it by August 14. With the help of our Boss Lady Panel - ♥️ Kim of birchroadclub, Nicole of alvcoaching, and Rendi of Anderson Ganne Wines ♥️ - the recipient will be announced at our BeyoU Summer Bash on August 21 (tastings, shopping, tarot, and more - huzzah!)!

Full details are in our bio link, but when all is said and done our ultimate goal here is simply to encourage and others. There will always be much in our way as we work toward our dreams, but if we come and lift each other Up, roadblocks become easier to get through.

Champagne helps too, btw. 🍾

Also, TBD if this is the year we don’t have to Google “how to write a check.” Sure, they’re not actually going to the bank…but details matter, damn it.

*The grant starts at $1,500 each year but often grows thanks to event kickbacks and generous customer donations This year's Fund is currently $3,300! 🥹🥰

“Happiness is achieved not by getting but by giving.”

We call this piece: “Retail-tainment: Drink Good Things, Do Fun Sh*t.” 🙌 Also our answer to the (daily) question, “So what do you have coming Up?”👆

Look forward to keeping this thing full for y’all. ☺️

*Big love - yet again - to Lisa Wronski, who turned our complete garbage sketch into something infinitely better using her math skills, powers, and...uh...game face?

FOURTH. ANNUAL. 🤸‍♀️

Top questions we get are:

Q: Why did y'all create this?
A: To raise money for the Alzheimer's Association. ♥️ And to party. On a Sunday morning. With rosé.

Q: Do I have to run?
A: Nope.

Q: Really?
A: Yep.

Q: What if I do run?
A: You get to the rosé faster.

To sign up and read about all the enjoyable/wearable/drinkable/useable goods included, hit that events tab in our profile. Then let's hit the pavement! 🏃🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

Or just the rosé.

*REGISTRATION ENDS APRIL 8*

🎶 Last-minute shopping getting down to the wire.
Alcohol intake ebbs and flows (and flows and flows).
Yuletide cocktails being drunk by the fire.
Your umpteenth batch of cookies? We don’t oppose.

Everybody knows a bottle of some great Champagne
Pairs with everything in sight.
Folks saving “the good stuff” who’ve since abstained,
Will find it hard not to crack tonight. ( )

We know it’s the people in our day to day
Who deserve more praise and thanks than we can say.
And every real Chicagoan is gonna buy
Malort for the out-of-towners who think they’re so fly.

And so we’re offering this simple phrase
To friends and customers old and new.
Although it’s been said many times, many ways:
Happy All-idays to you.

❤️