My name is Kevin Ackley, and I am a gung-ho volunteer with Boston Area Gleaners. Boston Area Gleaners is a nonprofit organization working at the intersection of farming, food security, and food waste. Learn more about their mission and programs here. 

In the fall of each year, Boston Area Gleaners seek to raise money for their programs by participating in Three Square New England’s Ride For Food event. The purpose of this event is to bring mission-aligned bikers, walkers, and financial supporters together to raise essential funds to combat food insecurity in our community. 

This year I am trying a different fundraising approach: a pie raffle with a twist.  For each $25 donation to the Boston Area Gleaners (through the page link below), you get one virtual ticket in a raffle of 12 apple pies to be delivered a few days before Thanksgiving.  For example, a $100 dollar donation would result in 4 virtual raffle tickets.  The twist is that each donor can only win at most a single pie.  This spreads the goodness to the greatest number of people.  Note that generous donors have a better chance of getting a pie, just not more than one.  If there are only 12 donors to the campaign, everybody will get a pie!

 

The apple pies will be the same recipe as last year: double crust (butter crust made from scratch) in a 9-inch pan, weighing about 3.5 lbs.  The apples will be gleaned from local orchards.

 

The raffle will be drawn one week before Thanksgiving, on Nov 19.  You can make donations up until Nov 18.  Raffle winners will be sent a second notification on this website’s thank-you email messaging system.  Note you get thank-you emails even if you donate anonymously.  I will coordinate the pie delivery with each winner.  The pies can be delivered freshly baked, or baked and frozen for later enjoyment.

 

I will be bringing sample pies to gleans.  Look for notices on the gleaning opportunities signup page.

 

To donate and enter the raffle, visit the Three Square New England's website:

 

https://ride.threesquaresne.org/fundraiser/7500118

 

If you have any questions/comments, please send an email to info@PiesForHumanity.org

Join me in supporting the Boston Area Gleaners.

 

The detailed recipe for the PiesForHumanity apple pies can be found in the Gleaning Cookbook, made by 2025 BAGs apprentices Mike & Elliot:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rUiYRmAFZi5rtFOl6E2umbzbxxOtIE1lAmriCUpaD4Y/edit?usp=drivesdk