JIM BEAM SUPPORTS THE TROOPS

Master Distiller Fred Noe, seventh-generation Jim Beam family distiller, and musician Kid Rock recently presented Jim Beam’s $1OO,OOO donation to Amy Palmer, COO of Operation Homefront, backstage before Kid Rock’s concert in Tinley Park, Illinois. Since forming a partnership in 2OO8 with Operation Homefront, provider of emer-gency financial aid and critical assistance to US troops, their families and wounded veterans, Jim Beam has donated more than $1 million in cash and in-kind contributions to the organization.