How Others Are Helping

They say it takes a village, and the Jack Langerman Community Foundation is no different.  Countless friends and family members have worked overtime to build the Foundation, and the Foundation simply wouldn’t exist without their time, help and generosity. In addition, many have helped expand the Foundation’s fundraising and reach by starting or participating in a number of ancillary initiatives.

We’re always interested in learning about other great ways in which people would like to help – please let us know about them here.

Known and Loved Beer Collaborations

As a child, Jack was subjected to countless brewery visits, beer festivals and beercations in pursuit of his father’s passion for craft beer (in fairness, his parents founded a brewery-restaurant the year before Jack was born). As an adult, Jack adopted the passion as one of his own - his beer can collection ultimately became the pride of Cooper Street - so we thought it only fitting to develop a beer in Jack’s honor in each of the places that were important to him.

Thanks to the efforts of a group of close friends, Known and Loved was thus born at a brewery in suburban Maryland, to be followed by editions in Ohio (Jack’s mom’s homestate where Jack spent every Christmas of his childhood), Connecticut (where Jack spent time each summer) and Washington, DC. Hopefully additional editions of Known and Loved will be hitting the taps in the years ahead - keep watching this space for more details.

  • Bluejacket Brewing

    Washington, DC - 2023

  • Great Falls Brewing

    Canaan, CT - 2022

  • Land Grant Brewing

    Columbus, OH - 2022

  • True Respite Brewing

    Rockville, MD - 2021

Jack’s Wildcats

Inspired by Jack’s tutoring of elementary school children when he was in high school, some of Jack’s neighbors and friends launched a club at Churchill High School (Jack’s high school alma mater) that provides classroom tutoring to students at Seven Locks Elementary School (Jack’s elementary school alma mater). By the end of the ‘22 - ’23 academic year, Jack’s Wildcats had become the single-largest student-run organization at Churchill!

Races

  • Jack Runs for Jack (Cape Cod, MA)

    On August 2023 and August 2024, Jack’s good friend Jack Barlow ran the Falmouth Road Race to raise funds and awareness for the Jack Langerman Community Foundation.

  • Fairfield Half Marathon (Fairfield, CT)

    In June of 2021 Jack's girlfriend Elizabeth Bobroske, Middlebury Baseball teammate Alan Guild and good friend James Wroblewski put their feet to work by running in the Faxon Law Fairfield Half-Marathon. Middlebury teammate Kevin Woodring was also in attendance to provide much-needed hydration and moral support.

  • Half Ironman (Benton Harbor, MI)

    Apparently believing that a mere half marathon simply wouldn’t be challenging enough, Middlebury friend Andrew Greene spent his June in 2021 completing the Steelhead 70.3 Half Ironman in Michigan on behalf of the Foundation. At this point we can’t confirm the rumor that following the race he DM’d the Connecticut half marathoners with a picture of him flexing.

  • Music City Marathon (Nashville, TN)

    Several Vanderbilt Kappa Sigma fraternity brothers trained for months to run this marathon in Jack’s honor, finishing with strong times and raising significant – and greatly appreciated – funds for the Foundation. At the last minute Jack’s cousin JT also decided to run the marathon in tribute to Jack, despite not having trained at all.  Clearly the “natural athlete” genes were inherited by the wrong side of the family.