Pie for Dessert at Thanksgiving

November’s rainy days remind me that fall is here. As an avid lover of food, my favorite thing about the fall is Thanksgiving! What better reason is there to get family together than great food? My favorite dishes are the green bean casserole, mashed potatoes and gravy (LOTS of gravy!), and of course, dessert! In my family, the pies are always the most popular dessert.

This Thanksgiving, you can get your pies from Baker’s Square and $1 from the cost of each pie you purchase using the Red Cross coupon will be donated to the Red Cross!
The best part about Baker’s Square pies, is they are so tasty, that you can’t tell which one grandma made and which one was made fresh by Baker’s Square! My favorites are the fresh strawberry, chocolate peanut butter cup and French silk. You can even reserve your pies in advance to make sure your top choice is waiting for you on Thanksgiving Day!

Don’t forget to bring in the Red Cross coupon when you purchase your pie so that while you are enjoying your scrumptious dessert, you can also feel good about helping local disaster victims through the Red Cross!

Happy pie-eating!

Thanksgiving for the Red Cross

Yes! We should all be thankful for the Red Cross--just like fire fighters, we are rescuing people all the time. Yes, we rescue them from facing nowhere to lie down in safety after a fire or any other disaster, small and large. We just don't stop, ever.

Why am I thankful, personally?

After my first house fire, I stood alongside a family in the frigid night, all and kids in pajamas, helpless as their second story apartment smoldered. They lost everything, but their skins. There were hundreds more over the years. I went to wildfires where only the nails remained. To hurricanes where families continued to live in the smashed up hulls of their trailer homes. And what have I learned? Don't fuss over what you have, care about what you give.

It's the little ways in which I've changed which mean big things in my life. I went through four years living in San Francisco with three pieces of furniture. When I moved back to Chicago, my parents felt sorry for me and donated some of theirs. I never missed the furniture. It really doesn't matter. Through my Red Cross lens, I saw this all being gone in an instant.

Tomorrow and always, I give thanks for the privilege I have to help other people every day. And to know that my life is richer because of the Red Cross, even though, I'm back to having no furniture:)