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Massachusetts cannabis retailer Stem in Haverhill recently hosted its second “Bong and Pong” event, attracting more than 250 people and raising $3,000 for Patriots Helping Vets, a nonprofit that helps veterans heal through cannabis horticulture.
The money will help the group provide 15 complete cannabis grow sets to veterans across the nation.
“Once again, the cannabis community has come together to support a great cause and a great group of people—people who have put their lives on the line for our nation and who now want to find safe, natural therapy and healing methods,” said Stem owner and founder Caroline Pineau.
Pineau hosted the first Bong and Pong in 2023 and has put together a number of cannabis-themed fundraising events for other local and regional nonprofits. Since opening in 2020, Stem has raised and donated more than $250,000 for charitable and nonprofit organizations.
The April Bong and Pong event was held at the Renaissance Golf Club in Haverhill and featured 30 sponsors, along with activities such as glass blowing, a disco ball lounge party and a ping pong seminar and tournament featuring a professional from the Newton Table Tennis Center. The team from Treeworks of West Hatfield, won the tournament and Northeast Alternatives, a cannabis retailer with numerous New England locations, came in second.
Pineau recently announced her intent to renovate unused floors of Stem’s historic downtown location into social consumption, educational, juice bar and to create a “state-of-the-art cannabis-themed destination and education center to better serve existing and new customers, drive more consumers to downtown, and create new jobs and tax revenue for the city of Haverhill.”