Choose Cheese & Kindness

Every $5 donated goes to a family in need.

Providing food for the table can be a very real challenge for families in 2025. We are all feeling the rise of inflation and cost of goods.
Over the last year of 2024, we have been honored to partner with local food banks such as Central Illinois Foodbank in Springfield, IL, Jefferson County Foodbank and others by providing cheese. Through the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program, Foodbanks had funds to purchase food from local providers, then distributing to local food pantry's; not only supporting families who need food, but supporting local farmers through purchasing their products. The grant was invaluable in providing work to our employees and many other local farms and businesses that produce food.

Along with many others, we’ve recently learned that many of these grants are being shut down, severely limiting the food that these organizations are able to provide to the families in need they serve. We, ourselves had 6000 pieces of cheese cut and ready to go for the next delivery, now sitting in our fridge.

Which brings us to the main reason we are reaching out to you, our MJC online family. We would like to launch a campaign called “Choose Cheese and Kindness!” The purpose of this campaign is simple: donate $5, the price of one piece of cheese, and we will donate that piece of cheese to the foodbank, as originally intended. We all have a strong desire to help our community, in ways big or small. Being able to donate this cheese to the foodbank ensures they have something to give and we are able to continuing selling cheese to our communities. We ask you to partner with us in Choosing Cheese and Kindness!

Donate here.