The Epic and Annual Pie Sale
Save the Date: Saturday, August 31, 2019 from 10am – 2pm
Now is the time that the many and busy hands of Presbyterian Fellowship members gather to glean, bag, and freeze all types of fruit for the big Pie Day Sale. This includes peach, pear, strawberry, blueberry, blackberry, apple, and yes, the tart, but tasty rhubarb, and many more. And we have a darn good time visiting while our hands are busy in this endeavor. On Thursday and Friday, August 29 and 30 we make, bake, box, label, and display approximately 300 of these luscious beauties. On the day of the sale it’s not unusual for pie-loving folks to queue up well in advance of the 10am start time. These pies are made with love, shared and enjoyed by families, friends, and folks visiting Fort Bragg.
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Our thanks to the Fort Bragg community for supporting our work by purchasing these delicious pies. Special thanks goes to our friends at Harvest Market for supporting this fundraising effort.
Here are the organizations that benefited from last year’s pie sale:
- Cameron House, San Francisco, putting Christian faith into action to help people learn, heal, and thrive.
- Redwood Coast Senior Day Program, providing opportunities for seniors to socialize
- Westminster Woods, church camp and retreat
- First Presbyterian Church Camperships
- First Presbyterian Church – Thanksgiving and Easter Community Dinners
- Fort Bragg Food Bank, serving the greater coastal area
- Mendocino Coast Children’s Fund, supporting disadvantaged youth
- Friends of Hospice, there to help us through the process of losing of a loved one
- Parents and Friends, supporting those in our community with developmental disabilities
- Safe Passage, supporting families as they seek to raise well-adjusted children
- San Francisco Theological Seminary
- Texas 4000 Bicycle Ride, cultivates student leaders and engages communities in the fight against cancer.
How did it all begin?
It all started in the mid 1970’s when the old church opened the doors as a “comfort station” during the Paul Bunyan Days parade because there was a gasoline crunch and service stations were closed on weekends. Our location at Pine and Main Streets was a perfect location for a rest. We started to offer coffee to visitors, then some members offered a slice of pie that they made at home. Our first pie sale was in 1978 but that November, our beautiful and historic church burned to the ground. We continued our pie sale next door where the college leased the building. When North Coast Brewery moved into that building, we moved to the Acme Automotive parking lot. We were worried that people would not find us in our new location but they did. Later, we moved to our current location when our church was completed on South Sanderson Street.