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Heart of the Valley Homebrewers
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Heart of the Valley Homebrewers (HOTV) is a non-Profit, charitable organization devoted to the advancement of education and science for public benefit. Heart of the Valley Homebrewers raises monies for other charitable organizations and/or scholarship funds. Heart of the Valley Homebrewers is an American Homebrewers Association (AHA) registered homebrew club based in the Willamette Valley in Oregon. Heart of the Valley Homebrewers also host the Pacific Northwest's oldest homebrew competition every year, the Oregon Homebrew Festival. History HOTV was founded in 1982 in Corvalis, Oregon by a group of local homebrewers. Festivals The Annual Oregon Homebrew Festival The Heart of the Valley Homebrewers are the host of the Annual Oregon Homebrew Festival, the longest running Homebrew Competition in the Pacific Northwest. Started in 1982, the event is held in May each year. The main focus of the event is the judging of home brewed beer. The competition is sanctioned by the American Homebrewers Association (AHA) and the Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP), using BJCP Style Guidelines. SeptemBeer Fest Heart of the Valley Homebrewers decided in 2007, after 25 years, to split up the competition and the charitable fund-raising festival, into two separate functionsl. There now is a Homebrew Competition & Festival in May and a fundraiser for charities named SeptemBeer Fest that occurs in the fall. Past charities that benefited from the event are Linn Benton Food Share, the regional food bank for Linn and Benton counties, along with Start Making a Reader Today, an early literacy program and a scholarship fund for the Oregon State University Fermentation Sciences Program. Non-Profit Status Heart of ther Valley Homebrewers is registered in the State of Oregon as a Non-Profit Organization. It is currently in the process of optaining 501(C)(3) IRS status. 
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