More than a fundraiser, Pie in the Sky fosters community spirit and engages the public in the mission of Community Servings -- Eastern Massachusetts' free home-delivered meals and nutrition program for the critically ill.

Each November since 1993, Boston's best restaurants, bakeries, caterers and hotels donate thousands of pies that over 350 volunteers then sell to family, friends and colleagues. Each pie costs $25, providing a week's worth of hearty home-delivered meals to a Community Servings' client and a tasty Thanksgiving treat to the buyer.

Corporate donors provide financial support and donations of in-kind services. Thanks to the dedication and generosity of our pie sellers and volunteers, $.92 of every $1.00 raised in 2008 went directly to feeding Community Servings' clients.

Rest assured, when you support Community Servings through Pie in the Sky, your contribution goes directly to our neighbors in greatest need -- homebound individuals and families struggling with HIV/AIDS, cancer and other life-threatening illnesses and who are too sick to shop or cook for themselves.

Here is how you -- the communty -- make Pie in the Sky happen.

Step One

	Over 150 Bakers throughout Greater Boston bake and donate thousands of apple, pecan, pumpkin and sweet potato pies.
	Over 500 Pie Sellers take orders from their family, friends and coworkers in the weeks before Thanksgiving. Buyers can also buy pies and make financial contributions to Community Servings by visiting pieinthesky.org

Step Two

75 volunteers gather at the Greater Boston Food Bank for our annual "Box Party" to label 13,000 pie boxes in just 3 hours. Groups of volunteers then head out to deliver bundles of pie boxes and pie tins to each of our 150 bakers.

Step Three

	Volunteers pick up the donated pies from pie bakers across the Greater Boston area and deliver them to "Pie Central" -- the Park Plaza Castle in the Back Bay.
	It takes a lot of space and manpower to organize 13,000 pies!

Step Four

Pies are then shipped to over 45 public distribution points in Boston and the surrounding suburbs. Happy pie buyers retrieve their pies on the day before Thanksgiving at their preselected pick-up location.

Step Five

Pie Buyers enjoy their Thanksgiving   celebrations. Thanks to their generosity, Community Servings' clients sit down to lovingly prepared home-style meals -- on Thanksgiving and every day.

History of Pie in the Sky

In 1993, members of the restaurant community -- who lost many friends and colleagues to AIDS -- conceptualized and launched Pie in the Sky. Knowing how food can improve someone's emotional and physical well-being, Pie in the Sky was an ideal way for Boston's chefs, caterers, and restaurateurs to support Community Servings' clients. As our mission has expanded to serve people struggling with any life-threatening illness, our friends in the restaurant community have stood by us. Through their generosity, Pie in the Sky is now the World's Greatest Bake Sale -- raising 15% of Community Servings' private fundraising revenue! We are deeply grateful for their ongoing support and encourage you to frequent their establishments.