Celebrating the Leaders Who Keep the Flame Burning Bright 

The Torchlight Alumni Spotlight honors IALF graduates who exemplify

leadership, service, and impact in their communities and industries. 

Jason Kieser
IALP Class 2018

Jason is proud of his family’s service to those struggling with hunger, and he continues active service at the food bank in Bloomington, Illinois. Realizing the problem of hunger in their community, the Keiser family established the Midwest Food Bank (MFB) in Bloomington in 2003. Since then, it has grown from their farm shed to a distribution network serving over 900 organizations in Illinois, Georgia, Indiana and Florida. 

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On December 1st the MFB received a donation of $12,911 for the purchase of ground pork in an initiative partnered by the Illinois Pork Producers Association, the Illinois Corn Marketing Board and the Illinois Soybean Association to help those in need this holiday season. Those groups also partnered with Steidinger Foods of Fairbury and Calihan Pork Processors of Peoria in this donation which in total, will amount to 15,000 pounds of ground pork donated to MFB.