The Big Grove For Good Foundation announced that its Neighborhood Micro-Grant Program has distributed more than $36,000 to 68 individuals and organizations within the year, funded by sales of Big Grove Brewery’s “Neighborhood Beer.” The program provides grants ranging from $250 to $1,000 to support initiatives that benefit communities where the brewery operates. Funded projects have included community events, environmental efforts such as invasive species removal, and neighborhood improvement initiatives. In Des Moines, grants have been awarded to the Sherman Hill Association’s “Halloween on the Hill,” which raises funds for the DMARC Food Pantry, and the Hope to Shine Iowa Buttoneer Project, in which participants created art that was turned into buttons to be used as awards for completing civic challenges.