09/02/2026
THANK YOU FOR AN AMAZING FIRST YEAR OF THE CHEESEBALL 500!
As the First Annual CheeseBall 500 comes to a close, we just want to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone who helped make this event what it became.
Thank you to everyone in the community who grabbed a passport, visited the participating businesses, shared our posts, entered the giveaways, and helped spread the word.
Thank you to all of the local businesses that took a chance on a first-year event and welcomed CheeseBall 500 participants through their doors.
Thank you to every business that donated gift cards, gift baskets, meat packages, cheese, and other prizes for our giveaways throughout August.
And a huge thank you to the multiple news outlets, radio stations, newspapers, and reporters who helped share the CheeseBall 500 story and gave this event exposure we never expected in its first year.
What started as a simple idea to get people out supporting local businesses turned into something much bigger, and that would not have happened without all of you.
OUR FINAL TRIVIA GIVEAWAY WINNER
The correct answer to our J&S Processing LLC. question, βHow many pigs did they butcher in 2025?β was:
122 pigs!
Nobody guessed the exact answer, but Jesse Nelson had the closest guess and is our winner of the $100 meat bundle basket!
Congratulations, Jesse!
And apparently Jesse has the CheeseBall 500 giveaway system figured out pretty well. π
WE WANT YOUR FEEDBACK!
Since this was our first year, we would love to hear from you.
What did you like?
What could we do differently?
Were there businesses you would love to see added next year?
Do you have any ideas that would make the CheeseBall 500 even better?
Drop your comments and suggestions below. We genuinely want to hear them as we start thinking about Year Two.
We also still have our lottery ticket giveaway to announce, so stay tuned for that winner next week!
We cannot wait to see how much bigger the CheeseBall 500 becomes next year.
From everyone at United Process Piping, thank you for supporting local, exploring Wisconsin, and helping turn a crazy idea into what we hope becomes an annual tradition. Make sure if you haven't already followed the business that participated you can find them below.
See you for the Second Annual CheeseBall 500!
Explore Wisconsin. Support Local. Make Memories.