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The Big Apple Cider project

Hi y'all,


First things first. This amazing aquarel was made by my beautiful and very talented sister Annemieke van Eunen. She is the other half of the project this blog post is about. I just really wanted to give Annemieke a huge huge shout out. I am so super proud of her! This aquarel of the Brooklyn Bridge was painted by her and for those funding our project: you'll be seeing this baby throughout the year.

So by now y'all know I am actually running the NYC marathon come 2020 and I'm doing that as a fundraiser to help fund ALS research. Why? well that's a no brainer - because my mom died of ALS and it is something you absolutely don't want to witness.

What you might not know is that me and my sister are united under CiderZussen (cider sisters) and we started brewing cider a year ago. Why? because we like doing new things, because we love cider and because we enjoy the crap out of brewing our own very delicious hard cider.

Our first year we dedicated a few batches for our Amsterdam City Swim. This year all of our batches will be sold specifically within our Big Apple Cider project. You can join in and help us support my fundraising goal for one entire year. As a reward for your participation (read donation) we will make you 4 seasonal ciders (shipping = not included). An absolute win-win-win because:

1. You are part of an amazing adventure in cider tasting throughout the year. You'll get to know our handbrewed craft ciders. Trust me you'll never go back to the cheap stuff.

2. The cider is just our way of thanking you for donating towards the fundraiser I've gotten myself into. Selling our cider is not our goal here. We don't make any money on this project. We see this as an investment of time and resources. We love making cider and if we can combine the road to an amazing accomplishment by hooking up with this charity than we simply have to. So the cider you'll receive is our way of thanking you for donating your money towards ALS research.

3. What does CiderZussen gain? Why would ya galls be doing this? What is in it for you? Financially...zilch, bubkes, nothing, didley squad... but our return on this investment is FUN, skills and knowledge. The latter we will need for future endevours so this whole entire project is profitable to all because:

If you help fund research to ALS you will have 4 amazing bottles of craft cider to enjoy (ex shipping) and by doing so you'll help us have fun weekends together. What is not to like? So if you wanna know more than by all means visit:

@Czussen on twitter
https://www.facebook.com/ciderzussen
and read up on the specs. We'd love to hear from you.

Running the big apple as a fundraiser to #beatALS is no small thing to do which is why we are asking big. We are well aware of that and we still hope you'll join us on this most excellent adventure. Wanna know more? Please look us up and if you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask. We don't either :-)

That's it for now.
Make your mark and find your spark
Be kind to yourself

Until we read again, as always
Love Marlies

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