SAN ANTONIO – From the foster care system to entrepreneur, artist, and influencer, Phillip Hodge is working onerous to make a reputation for himself. Now, a significant San Antonio lodge is taking discover.
Hodge, additionally identified by his rapper title, Thuggizzle, grew up in San Antonio. In 2021, he launched the water firm, ‘Thuggizzle Appalachian Mountain Spring Water.’
Hodge says a part of it’s he wished to assist younger folks make higher well being selections, “In the event you take a look at our bottles, it’s very colourful. And, you already know, quite a lot of sodas and juices. That’s how they appeal to the children. So I wished to do one thing in that means, to have the ability to say; “Effectively, if they will appeal to them with colours to drink unhealthy stuff, let’s appeal to them with colours, then get them to drink wholesome stuff’.”
The Hyatt Regency San Antonio Riverwalk is partnering with Hodge as a part of its purpose to help small companies and non-profits. Based on its assertion, the Thuggizzle water will likely be supplied on the lodge.
“Hyatt Regency San Antonio Riverwalk is dedicated to caring for folks to allow them to be their greatest, and that extends to the care it has for the area people. The lodge is devoted to supporting small native companies and non-profit organizations and has a number of associated partnerships and applications in place.”
Just lately, the lodge partnered with Thuggizzle, a San Antonio-based water firm that serves Appalachian Mountain Spring Water in aluminum bottles. The water bottles assist hold water chilly and are extra eco-friendly than plastic water bottles.
Thuggizzle is made by native rapper, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Phillip Hodge (aka Thuggizzle) to assist encourage younger adults to ditch sugary drinks and select more healthy ingesting options. Hodge can be the creator of the Thuggizzle Cares Group, which runs a number of community-focused initiatives, from kids’s studying applications to veteran help applications.
The lodge will likely be providing Thuggizzle water bottles in its on-site market, which serves grab-and-go eating picks. It’s going to additionally present Thuggizzle bottles to VIP in a single day friends.
Along with the partnership with Thuggizzle, the lodge helps native minority-owned companies. Annually, Hyatt Regency San Antonio Riverwalk co-hosts the “Change Begins Right here” vendor expo with the Grand Hyatt San Antonio River Stroll and San Antonio Resort & Lodging Affiliation. The occasion helps and highlights native minority-owned companies starting from whiskey firms to branding companies.
On the age of 9, Hodge and his siblings entered the foster care system. He says his story and mentors have formed his motivation to succeed in for the celebrities.
“Past the challenges, it’s one thing to encourage others to by no means hand over as a result of, I imply, whoever thought that, you already know, Thuggizzle would have spring water in Hyatt accommodations,” Hodge stated.
Hodge has additionally launched Thuggizzle Cares, a non-profit aimed toward serving to households with parenting lessons and case administration.
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