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READY! SET! CRAWL! Already the most charitable pub crawl in the nation, the Ghent Winter Bar Tour will try to outdo itself once again on Saturday, February 25th as it hits the streets of midtown Norfolk for the biggest night out this winter! As always, all proceeds from this event will benefit a fantastic organization making a big difference in our local community - Edmarc Hospice for Children! More than 1,250 participants helped make last winter's tour a raging success with a record-breaking $30,390 raised for charity and we expect even more good things this time around. Our largest annual pub crawl will journey once again down Colley Avenue, 21st Street, and the surrounding locale in the historic midtown Norfolk neighborhood of Ghent from 4:00 PM until 9:00 PM (or whenever the last bar closes). And to cap it all off, we're throwing our biggest block party yet in the parking lot behind the Belmont House of Smoke featuring three live bands, games amd prizes! All of the details on this grandest of charity pub crawls, including how to register for the event, are available through the links in the menu above. So get yourself and all of your friends signed up now... because it's time to crawl! For all of the details on this king of all charity pub crawls, click on over to GhentWinterBarTour.com.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! We are currently looking for volunteers to help out before and during the 2012 Ghent Winter Bar Tour on Saturday, February 25th. If you have the time and desire to help us out, we'd definitely appreciate your efforts and will give you free registration to the event and a special volunteer shirt in return. Simply fill out a volunteer registration form on the Winter Bar Tour's event website to let us know your interest. Thank you!
SANTAS ON PARADE! Our much-anticipated fifth annual Norfolk Santa Crawl will stroll up and down Granby Street in downtown Norfolk on December 3rd this holiday season and will raise some pints for pups in support of the Animal Rescue of Tidewater! This particular event is very different from our other annual events in size, format, and most especially attire, but has quickly become a "fan favorite" for everyone involved. For all of the details on this one-of-a-kind annual event, please visit the event's website at NorfolkSantaCrawl.com.
Sadly, our first attempt at a golf tournament (and weekday round of drinking) did not garner enough interest to get it off the ground and flying like we had hoped. Thank you to all of the individuals and businesses that showed your support nonetheless. We do still hope to do a golf event in the near future and will keep you informed of any and all progress being made.
FALL CRAWL FUN! Big thanks are in order for Mid-Atlantic Recycling, the 11 bars and restaurants, the 60 gracious volunteers, and of course the nearly 500 participants that made the fifth annual Olde Towne Fall Crawl through the streets of historic Olde Towne Portsmouth on Saturday, October 1st another resounding success! This event has grown quite a lot in the last couple years to become one of the largest and most anticipated events in the Olde Towne area. With all of your help, we were able to donate all of the $11,265 in proceeds from this event directly to Children's Performance Workshops! This fantastic locally founded and locally operated organization works in the Hampton Roads area to teach children to recognize, prevent, and disclose child abuse and bullying. For all the rest of the details on this great event that was deemed yet again by our local pub crawl enthusiasts to be the most fun one of the year, click on over to OldeTowneFallCrawl.com.
SIZZLING SUCCESS! Kind-hearted folks came out en masse to the 2011 Ghent Summer Bar Tour on Saturday, July 30th and hopped between our favorite bars while chilling out with some cool refreshments along the way. This huge event donated all of its $15,220 in proceeds directly to one of our most favorite local charities - Hope House Foundation! With over 650 participants, this event was definitely one of our largest and most successful crawls ever. For the newcomers, our annual summertime pub crawl journeyed yet again down Colley Avenue, 21st Street, and the surrounding locale in the historic midtown Norfolk neighborhood of Ghent. And when it was all done, we threw an awesome luau tent party and closing ceremony to cap off the night just right. For the full scoop on what took place at this big event, please visit the Summer Bar Tour event website.
WE ROCKED THE BEACH! It was great weekend on Saturday, April 30th for the 2011 Annual Oceanfront Spring Crawl with fantastic weather and over 250 participants coming out to support Toby's Dream Foundation. Thanks to everyone's generosity, we raised $5,700 for Toby's Dream Foundation. These funds will help to grant at least one deserving local child their most fantastic dream. A big THANK YOU to the all of our participants, volunteers, sponsors, and bars for participating in this year's event. Congratulations to our 50/50 raffle winner who took home $200 and to all of our prize winners who won some great prizes from local businesses. See everyone next year!
For those a bit less familiar with the Hampton Roads area of Virginia, Ghent is a historic neighborhood located on the west side of midtown Norfolk, just north of downtown and just south of Old Dominion University. Its name comes from the signing of the Treaty of Ghent in Belgium, which ended the War of 1812. The first suburb of Norfolk, Ghent was created around the turn of the 20th century and most of its buildings date back to the era between 1890 and 1920. More on the history of Ghent, as well as a cartoon map and other useful information, is available through the links on this site.
