HOORAY for Giving Tuesday!
Help us raise money for our 2025 Back in the Vat Grants!
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Join Our Team!
APPLY TODAY! We have TWO positions on our board open. We would love for you to join us in bringing cheese education opportunities to our community!
Open Positions:
Race Director
Events Coordinator
Cheese. Educate.
Enrich.
How It All Began
Two Friends With A Love For Bringing People Together
Jess Perrie and Rachel Juhl are cheese professionals who are incredibly passionate and committed to encouraging and enriching the educational experience within the cheese industry. In 2016, the “Run For The Cheese Party 5k” at the American Cheese Society Conference in Des Moines, Iowa, raised over $8,000 for the Daphne Zepos Teaching Award (DZTA) and American Cheese Education Foundation (ACEF). They knew they were up to something awesome – so they decided to make it official. After a successful Kickstarter campaign in early 2017 that raised over $8,000 to launch their fiscally-sponsored program with United Charitable, they were ready to hit the ground. With six 5k races and numerous cheesey fundraisers to benefit cheese-centric nonprofit organizations completed, The Cheeseletes have raised over $76,000.
Kaastumes
Puns are a big thing in the cheese community. So no surprise, a prize is awarded every year to the person(s) who bring out their best flare in the form of a costume.
Team Spirit
Sponsors give away gift packages to the team that demonstrates the best team spirit leading up to and the day of the race.
Cheese Rainmakers
Fastest time gets you awesome prizes but so does raising the cheddar! Sponsors give away highly sought after gifts for individuals that raise the most money for the annual benefiting nonprofit.