We had a fabulous holiday season thanks to all of our wonderful and generous donors and volunteers. Our seniors were gifted with all sorts of wonderful gifts including handmade soaps and scarves, gift cards, coloring and puzzle books and loads of other special goodies donated by folks from all over the state and beyond. Program Manager, Phyllis had so many calls from our recipients saying how surprised and delighted they were to receive the special gifts. Volunteers also shared stories of their holidays visits that were filled with tears of joy and gratitude and lots and lots of hugs.
We say it a lot, but we can't say it enough: Thank you to each and every one of you who helped to make 2019 a special year for us all. We really couldn't do it without you.
Warmest regards,
Malea
We say it a lot, but we can't say it enough: Thank you to each and every one of you who helped to make 2019 a special year for us all. We really couldn't do it without you.
Warmest regards,
Malea
We are happy to report that as of the week of July 8, 2020, Pie in the Sky will resume our regular routes, delivering fresh, healthy food to the homes of 440 in need seniors throughout our community. Granted, we have not been resting on our laurels these past couple of months. We have delivered beautiful homestyle, freshly prepared meals from some of the finest restaurants in town, including GAS Full Service Restaurant, Purple Olive, Fried Chicken Kitchen and Michaels Tasting Room. Thanks to a generous community, we were able to Pie it Forward and purchase these meals from our local businesses to help them during these trying times, while also delivering good food to all of our folks. Thank you to everyone who helped make this special event possible. The seniors were thrilled to enjoy a great hot meal and we had tons of calls expressing gratitude for everyone involved.
Dear Friends,
Pie in the Sky is a program dedicated to serving the most vulnerable in our community, our senior neighbors in need. The health and safety of our seniors and our volunteers have always been our top priority.
As concerns over the coronavirus (COVID-19) continue to grow, we will continue to monitor this situation closely in the days and weeks to come, and we will stay up-to-date with all Center for Disease Control (CDC), National Institute Health (NIH), and World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations, so as to keep our seniors and our Pie In the Sky community safe.
Upon hearing Dr. Anthony Fauci, MD, NIAID, director of NIH, as he testified before a congressional committee yesterday, we realized the importance of his message on social distancing (reducing contact between people carrying the infection to others who are not infected). It was made clear that the ripple effect of our actions has a direct impact on the lives of everyone around us, and that we all have a responsibility in this crisis.
We recognize the importance of our services, but during this time of concern we also are aware of our role in being responsible citizens of our community, not only for our seniors, but for our volunteers. After much thought and consideration, we have decided to take an active role in trying to prevent the spread of COVID-19 by temporarily suspending our senior produce operations for the remainder of March. We are notifying our senior clients of our decision, and thanks in part to our dedicated Family of Pie, we do have a plan in place to accommodate those seniors that may need special assistance. At the beginning of April, we will reevaluate.
Our warehouse will be closed through the end of March, so we cannot accept donations of food. However, money is what we really need at this time. It will assist us in helping those seniors who may need special assistance. Please use the donate button below.
Thank you for your continued trust and support of Pie in the Sky. We look forward to resuming our program as soon as it is safely possible. Please stay safe, stay informed, and know that we are all in this together, and together, as a community, we will get through it.
Keeping you all close,
Malea
Pie in the Sky is a program dedicated to serving the most vulnerable in our community, our senior neighbors in need. The health and safety of our seniors and our volunteers have always been our top priority.
As concerns over the coronavirus (COVID-19) continue to grow, we will continue to monitor this situation closely in the days and weeks to come, and we will stay up-to-date with all Center for Disease Control (CDC), National Institute Health (NIH), and World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations, so as to keep our seniors and our Pie In the Sky community safe.
Upon hearing Dr. Anthony Fauci, MD, NIAID, director of NIH, as he testified before a congressional committee yesterday, we realized the importance of his message on social distancing (reducing contact between people carrying the infection to others who are not infected). It was made clear that the ripple effect of our actions has a direct impact on the lives of everyone around us, and that we all have a responsibility in this crisis.
We recognize the importance of our services, but during this time of concern we also are aware of our role in being responsible citizens of our community, not only for our seniors, but for our volunteers. After much thought and consideration, we have decided to take an active role in trying to prevent the spread of COVID-19 by temporarily suspending our senior produce operations for the remainder of March. We are notifying our senior clients of our decision, and thanks in part to our dedicated Family of Pie, we do have a plan in place to accommodate those seniors that may need special assistance. At the beginning of April, we will reevaluate.
Our warehouse will be closed through the end of March, so we cannot accept donations of food. However, money is what we really need at this time. It will assist us in helping those seniors who may need special assistance. Please use the donate button below.
Thank you for your continued trust and support of Pie in the Sky. We look forward to resuming our program as soon as it is safely possible. Please stay safe, stay informed, and know that we are all in this together, and together, as a community, we will get through it.
Keeping you all close,
Malea
On May 4, Pie in the Sky rolled out its response to the Covid-19 crisis. We partnered with locally owned restaurant, Gas Full Service to purchase 215 homestyle meals, which were delivered to our seniors along with a big bag of goodies from Hunger Fight and KeHE Distributors. Our goal was to help our locally owned restaurants who have helped us so much over the years and to ease back in to safe deliveries to our seniors in need.
Join us for a way-cool event, a Facebook Live Auction with renowned auctioneer Leonard Freeman and special guest, Christina (Vanna) Guiriba. We will be auctioning off the following GREAT baskets, perfect for gifts for loved ones or for yourself. They are overflowing with exotic goodies brought together in themed baskets lovingly created by the famous team of Rosalie of Phyllis.
Please register to bid by sending an email to pwood1836@gmail.com any time between now and the event or sign up below.
Bid on a basket-and help us FIGHT SENIOR HUNGER IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY.
Please register to bid by sending an email to pwood1836@gmail.com any time between now and the event or sign up below.
Bid on a basket-and help us FIGHT SENIOR HUNGER IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY.