As a rural co-op, it’s our passion to support our neighbors and give back; in fact, its one of the co-op principles that we live by. We are inviting you to help us celebrate our communities! Here is a listing of some upcoming events and sponsorships.
Food Drive
You can help fight hunger at our “Give thanks, give back” food drive 2024! Donations can be dropped off at any JCE Co-op office.
Ends December 27 with delivery in early January.
List of needed items
Participating food pantries
Senior Planet From AARP
JCE Co-op is launching a new program to help older adults in the co-op’s service area learn new skills and make new friends. In partnership with Senior Planet, a national nonprofit which harnesses technology to change the way older American age, JCE Co-op will be offering classes and workshops about technology and other topics.
Learn about upcoming courses!
Senior Planet Interest
Other Holiday Season Community Events!
Savanna Christmas Walk: November 29 from 5 p.m.-8 p.m. downtown
Mt. Carroll Christmas Walk: December 6-7 starting at 4 p.m.
East Dubuque Community Christmas: November 30 at 5 p.m. downtown
Stockton Festival of Lights and Living Windows: November 29 (Between Ace Hardware and Corner Tap) at 7 p.m.
Galena Holiday Kick off: November 30, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. downtown
Warren Annual Christmas Walk: December 2, start 4:30 p.m.
Christmas at the Fort- Apple River Fort: December 7, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Apple River Fort State Historic Site
Galena Holidaze Festival: December 7, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. downtown
36th Annual Stockton Christmas Walk: December 14, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. downtown area
Thomson- Cake Walk: December 7, location TBD
Fulton Christmas Walk: December 6-7, downtown and Heritage Canyon
Geneseo Christmas Walk: December 14, downtown
Sign up for a chance to win a $25 gift card to a local merchant in your community. Drawings will be held each week throughout the year. Once a winner is picked and contacted, all entries for that week will be purged for the next drawing. All minors under 16 must have their parents signature. Need not be a JCE Co-op member to enter.
Contests will run from Monday to Sunday with a winner being drawn every Monday morning.
Participating Schools:
Chadwick/Milledgeville
East Dubuque
Eastland
Erie
Fulton Unity
River Bend (Fulton)
River Ridge
Scales Mound
Stockton
West Carroll