Each family is required to work five 3 hour shifts of dough &/or pie-making shifts, plus one 3 hour shift of pie selling on Sunday, this new this year, you now have one less hour of selling shifts.
We will also be having “Spice Night” where we mix our spices together a week or so before pie making. So keep an eye out for an email with further information on that. Spice Night only takes a couple of hours when we have plenty of volunteers (14-16.)
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Thursday September 4 – Dough Night 4pm-7pm, 7pm-10pm
- Friday September 5 - Pie Making 2pm-5pm, 5pm-8pm, 8pm-11pm
- Saturday September 6 – Pie Making 8am-11am, 11am-2pm, 2pm-5pm, 5pm-8pm
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Sunday September 7 – Pie Selling 8:30-11:30am, 11:30-2:30, 2:30-5:30pm
To schedule your shifts:
The best way is to email your requested shifts and I will send you back a confirmation. If you call, please leave a detailed message and I will call or email you back.
Laurie Simon- lsimon-sez@sbcglobal.net
**FYI to all, including leaders: Please read, as there are some changes and new information from last year:
We cannot raise the price of our pies, yet cost of ingredients and supplies go up every year. The only way we can counter act that and still raise the funds we need to run the troop is to increase the number of pies we make. As much has we want this to be as enjoyable as possible we have to make sure we’re staying focused and productive, So, in an effort to increase the productivity & pie output and in turn increase the money we raise for the troop we are requesting the following:
One of several ways we can use our time more wisely and increase productivity will be to decrease the number of shifts/hours scouts and other kids work. We love having the scouts participate, but this fundraiser has always been the parent’s responsibility. Having lots of scouts/kids there, some of who are not quite capable to do this kind of work, slows the process down. So this means only scouts & siblings 13 and older are to participate. Any questions or concerns regarding this please feel to call Pam or Laurie to discuss further.
Of the scouts who do attend, they must work their whole shifts and unless they are 15 years or older, must be accompanied with a parent, no exceptions! Only scouts 15 years old or older can work Sunday selling shifts. If they are working parking that day please make arrangements for them when they are done, we cannot have them hanging around the selling tent during your whole shift.
Since we need a certain number of volunteers for each shift, we need to make sure everyone is working their full shifts. So for example, if you sign up 4 people to work then we are counting on 4 people working their whole shift. If one of them stops working and/or doesn’t complete their whole shift, then are short handed, even if it looks like we have plenty of volunteers.
Also leaders & other adults, if you are there just to take pictures then I cannot count that as a pie making shift and will need to schedule accordingly to make I have enough people on each so please let me know if you are there to make pies or take pictures. Also, I ask that you do your picture taking with the least disruption to the pie making as possible, please. As stated above we need a certain number of people working on pies to achieve our goal. The more people we have, working as fast as possible the more likely the goal will be met.
If it turns out you can’t sign up until the last minute or didn’t sign up at all, please still call us to see where we need help the most, rather than just showing up and leaving at random times.
Thank you!
For further information or questions, please contact:
Apple Pie Co-Chairs,
Pam Orzechowski- pam_orz@yahoo.com
Laurie Simon- lsimon-sez@sbcglobal.net