Congratulations to Our 2025 Charity Bean Bag Tournament Winners!

We’re excited to congratulate our 2025 co-winning teams of Andy Bertram and Zach Freeman and Brenda Zawatzke and David Berning on their impressive performances in this year’s charity bean bag tournament.

With 40 participants taking part, the tournament raised $400, which CG proudly matched, bringing the total donation to $800. Because this year’s competition resulted in two winning teams, we are donating $400 to each team’s nonprofit of choice.

The original intent was to crown a single champion, but amid the fun and chaos of Christenmas, the tournament concluded with two standout teams. Regardless of brackets and matchups, both teams proved they had the skill, focus, and uncanny ability to throw straighter than the rest of us.

Andy and Zach selected The Bridge for Youth, an organization that empowers youth experiencing homelessness through safe shelter, basic needs, and healthy relationships while centering youth voice, justice, and equity.

Brenda and David chose Rivers of Hope, a domestic violence center serving Wright and Sherburne Counties that provides a coordinated community response to end domestic violence.

Congratulations again to our winners, and thank you to everyone who participated and helped make this event such a meaningful success.