Thanksgiving Pies for a Great Cause
Food & Friends is trying to sell 6,000 pies to fund full Thanksgiving meals for all of its HIV/AIDS and cancer patients.
More details, from the organization:
On Tuesday, October 20th, Food & Friends will be handing out free, delicious pieces of pie to kick off the third annual Slice of Life pie sale! From 11:30 a.m-1:30 p.m. celebrity pie servers, including members of the DC City Council and ABC7’s Cynee Simpson and Caroline Lyders, will be handing out the sweets in two locations, in front of the JW Marriott (1331 Pennsylvania Avenue NW) and in front of the Marriott at Metro Center (755 12th Street NW). Come out, eat some pie, and learn how you can help Food & Friends raise money to provide 3,500 Thanksgiving meals for children and adults facing HIV/AIDS, cancer, and other life-changing illnesses by purchasing whole Thanksgiving pies for yourself or a Food & Friends client.
Choose from five flavors: Picture Perfect Pumpkin, Oh So Sweet Potato, and Harvest Apple Crumb Pie for $25, and Southern Pecan Pie and Creamy Chocolate Cheesecake for $35.
The pie sale lasts until Thursday, November 19th at 5 p.m. and the pies are available for pick up on Tuesday, November 24, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. at Food & Friends or one of 14 CVS locations in DC, Maryland or Virginia. For more information, check out their site or contact Eliza Yoder at 202.269.6826 or eyoder at foodandfriends.org.
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By Alison L. McConnell
Alison L. McConnell is the HG’s editor and publisher. She also runs The Humble Gourmand’s catering and prepared food business, which serves as a conduit between Chesapeake Bay watershed farmers and butchers, artisan/small-batch producers up and down the East Coast, and hungry clients in the Washington area.
A native of New Jersey and upstate New York, Alison attended Bowdoin College in Maine and the London School of Economics before settling in Washington in 2004. She studied the culinary arts at L’Academie de Cuisine in Gaithersburg, MD. She abides by a long-standing family motto: McConnells always finish their desserts.
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