He’s been awarded an MBE and now the “herculean endeavours” of a Grimsby teacher have been immortalised on a beer can.
Zane Powles’ lockdown school meal deliveries made national headlines, now Docks Beers has added to the plaudits from Queen and country.
Miracle Worker is the latest line from the Grimsby brewery, with the hard miles celebrated in a 5.7 per cent double dry hopped IPA.
Zane, assistant headteacher at Western Primary School, completed a 7.5 mile round on foot daily for 17 weeks - with the former Grenadier Guardsman clocking up more than 600 miles.
Of the unusual accolade, he said: I’m so proud that what I did during lockdown has been the inspiration for Docks Beers latest beer.
“Obviously, it was a huge honour to get an MBE but, as a proud Grimbarian, it’s awesome to be recognised by a great local business like Docks!”
Shaz Shadan, director of Docks Beers, said: “We wanted to celebrate Zane’s magnificent efforts on delivering so many free school meals to children on foot during the first lockdown and we thought Miracle Worker was an apt name.
“Also, we wanted to draw attention to Zane’s cause. He believes in free school meals for children and so do we which is why we will be giving 10p from every can sold to a charity of his choice.”
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With Christmas looming Zane is now planning to deliver hampers to hundreds of Grimsby families, with several local companies - including Docks - supporting.
“In the summer, we made sure 110 local children didn’t miss out on their one decent meal a day,” Zane said. “Now we’re going to be delivering a Christmas food hamper to the children in our community who have been worst affected. We want to make sure they get a special day after what’s been a difficult year.”
As for the beer, it carries flavours of grapefruit, pineapple and lemon according to head brewer Mike Richards, with golden naked oats in the complex malt grist giving it rich, toasted flavours.
“It is the taste of summer, but the comfort of the winter months,” he said.