St. Anne’s Continues Six-Decade Cheeseball Tradition
October 8, 2020 at 4:02 a.m.
St. Anne’s Continues Six-Decade Cheeseball Tradition
By Amanda [email protected]
“My parents joined here (the church) over 50 years ago, and I can remember I?had to stand on a chair, watching a big mixer, watching the cheese go round,” Cathy Carter, co-chair of the cheeseballs committee, said. “I can’t remember life without a cheeseball.”
The recipe began more than 60 years ago when parishioner Mary Wallace brought in a family recipe and the ladies got to rolling. Now, volunteers from the church roll 6,000 cheeseballs between September and December.
Sharon Lyon has been rolling them since 1976 there.
“I knew about St. Anne’s cheeseballs before I knew about St. Anne’s church!” she said, laughing while rolling on Tuesday.
The cheeseballs are $6 and can be purchased at the church, 424 W. Market St., Warsaw, or at these area retailers:?Sherman and Lin’s on Winona Avenue, Zale Drugs on East Center Street and Freedom Express gas station on Argonne Road.
The church typically pulls in about $13,000 from the fundraiser, Carter said. That money is then used exclusively for the church’s community outreach. Examples of that outreach includes giving to Fellowship Missions, making 200 Thanksgiving baskets for needy families, helping the Animal Welfare League, just to name a few, Carter said.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused some change to the fundraiser, though. For starters, the price. The cheeseballs were $5 for the past 20 years, Carter said. This year, they had to raise it by a dollar. But also this year, there aren’t as many – if any – craft bazaars taking place, which was a mainstay for the church to sell them.
Every volunteer who makes the cheeseballs wears a face mask and gets their temperature taken and recorded in a log before they’re able to start helping.
Carter also said the group got started a little later than usual with making the cheeseballs, due to COVID restrictions. But, the group is still hopeful they’ll sell out, as they always do.
Linda Francis, co-chair of the cheeseballs committee, said St. Anne’s cheeseballs’ popularity endures.
“We always say, Christmas isn’t Christmas without a St. Anne’s cheeseball!” Carter said.
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“My parents joined here (the church) over 50 years ago, and I can remember I?had to stand on a chair, watching a big mixer, watching the cheese go round,” Cathy Carter, co-chair of the cheeseballs committee, said. “I can’t remember life without a cheeseball.”
The recipe began more than 60 years ago when parishioner Mary Wallace brought in a family recipe and the ladies got to rolling. Now, volunteers from the church roll 6,000 cheeseballs between September and December.
Sharon Lyon has been rolling them since 1976 there.
“I knew about St. Anne’s cheeseballs before I knew about St. Anne’s church!” she said, laughing while rolling on Tuesday.
The cheeseballs are $6 and can be purchased at the church, 424 W. Market St., Warsaw, or at these area retailers:?Sherman and Lin’s on Winona Avenue, Zale Drugs on East Center Street and Freedom Express gas station on Argonne Road.
The church typically pulls in about $13,000 from the fundraiser, Carter said. That money is then used exclusively for the church’s community outreach. Examples of that outreach includes giving to Fellowship Missions, making 200 Thanksgiving baskets for needy families, helping the Animal Welfare League, just to name a few, Carter said.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused some change to the fundraiser, though. For starters, the price. The cheeseballs were $5 for the past 20 years, Carter said. This year, they had to raise it by a dollar. But also this year, there aren’t as many – if any – craft bazaars taking place, which was a mainstay for the church to sell them.
Every volunteer who makes the cheeseballs wears a face mask and gets their temperature taken and recorded in a log before they’re able to start helping.
Carter also said the group got started a little later than usual with making the cheeseballs, due to COVID restrictions. But, the group is still hopeful they’ll sell out, as they always do.
Linda Francis, co-chair of the cheeseballs committee, said St. Anne’s cheeseballs’ popularity endures.
“We always say, Christmas isn’t Christmas without a St. Anne’s cheeseball!” Carter said.
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