Press Release
Two Weeks Remain to Order Thanksgiving Pies, Support Mama’s Kitchen San Diego County’s largest bake sale ends
Wed., Nov. 15; A good deed never tasted so good.
(Nov. 1, 2006) -- SAN DIEGO – Only two weeks remain to purchase a Thanksgiving holiday pie to support Mama’s Kitchen, a non-profit meal delivery service for men, women and children affected by AIDS/HIV or other critical illnesses. The Mama’s Pie in the Sky project is San Diego County’s largest bake sale. Delicious apple, pumpkin and pecan pies prepared by San Diego’s top bakers, caterers and chefs are now available for pre-sale until Wed., Nov. 15. No-sugar apple pies are also available.
Pies are pre-sold and are $20 each. When a buyer places an order, they can select a pick-up site from more than 30 convenient locations including Wells Fargo Bank branches throughout San Diego County. Pies are available for pick-up on Wed., Nov. 22, the day before Thanksgiving. Pies can be ordered by phone at 619-233-6262, online at http://www.mamaskitchen.org, or in-person from hundreds of sales volunteers in the community.
Every pie sold pays for almost half of each client’s weekly meals – meals they might not have had without Mama’s Kitchen and the support of the community. This year, Mama's Kitchen hopes to sell 5,000 pies and raise $100,000 to directly fund thousands of free, hot nutritious meals and help ensure that no one living with HIV/AIDS or other critical illnesses in the community will go hungry. Clients live in all regions of San Diego County: north to Oceanside, east to Ramona, south to Otay Mesa and Chula Vista as well as central San Diego and the beach communities.
Mama’s Kitchen is experiencing a reduction in funding from Ryan White AIDS funding from the federal government to support the organization’s nutritional and meal delivery services. It’s a problem affecting numerous organizations like Mama’s Kitchen throughout the United States. In recent years, Ryan White AIDS funding was 30% of the organization’s annual budget. Now, it is 17%. Funding from local government has also decreased, and currently makes up only 1% of the entire operating budget. The Mama’s Pie in the Sky program hopes to replace this shortfall in funding.
About Mama's Kitchen
Mama's Kitchen was founded in 1990 when volunteers from the AIDS Assistance Fund, a food bank for people with AIDS, discovered that many of their clients were becoming too ill to take care of themselves. They realized that a reliable home meal delivery service was needed to ensure that these individuals would continue to receive nutritious food. Today, Mama's Kitchen prepares and delivers three meals a day for every day of the week to about 300 men, women, and children affected by AIDS or other critical illnesses in San Diego County. Mama’s Kitchen is located at 1875 Second Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101. For more information, visit http://www.mamaskitchen.org.
- Pick-Up Sites are open 10 am-4 pm, except for Mama’s Kitchen which will be open from 8:30 am until 6 pm
Central San Diego
Balboa & Genesee Wells Fargo 5522 Balboa Avenue, 92111
Downtown Mama’s Kitchen 1875 Second Avenue, 92101
Fashion Valley Neiman Marcus 7027 Friars Road, 92108
Hillcrest First Unitarian
Universalist Church 4190 Front Street, 92103
Hillcrest Tristany Group 3896 Fifth Avenue, 92103
Kearny Mesa TLC Staffing 8788 Balboa Avenue, 92123
Kensington Century 21 4134 Adams Avenue, 92116
La Jolla Wells Fargo 7714 Girard Avenue, 92037
Mira Mesa Wells Fargo 10788 Black Mountain Road, 92126
Mission Hills Wells Fargo 510 W. Washington Street, 92103
North Park San Diego Art Dept. 3830 Ray Street, 92104
Pacific Beach Wells Fargo 1302 Garnet Avenue, 92109
Point Loma Devin Properties 3625 Midway Drive, Suite E, 92110
Sorrento Mesa Wells Fargo 9276 Scranton Road, 92121
UTC/Golden Triangle Wells Fargo 4315 La Jolla Village Drive, 92122
South San Diego
Bonita Wells Fargo 4180 Bonita Road, 91920
Chula Vista Wells Fargo 826 Third Avenue, 91911
Coronado Wells Fargo 829 Orange Avenue, 92118
Eastlake Village Wells Fargo 2265 Otay Lakes Rd, 91915
National City Wells Fargo 1199 Highland Avenue, 91950
North County Coastal
Del Mar Highlands Wells Fargo 3445 Del Mar Heights Road, 92130
Encinitas Rhino Art Co. 97 N. Coast Hwy 101, 92024
La Costa/Carlsbad Wells Fargo 6961 El Camino Real, 92009
Oceanside Wells Fargo 2701 Vista Way, 92054
(El Camino Real & Hwy 78)
Solana Beach Wells Fargo 245 Santa Helena, 92075
East County
El Cajon Borders Bookstore 159 Fletcher Parkway, 92020
Grossmont Center Wells Fargo 5500 Grossmont Ctr Dr, 91942
North County Inland
Escondido Wells Fargo 444 S. Escondido Blvd., 92025
Poway Wells Fargo 14815 Pomerado Road, 92064
Rancho Bernardo Wells Fargo 16901 Bernardo Center Drive, 92128
San Marcos Wells Fargo 1000 W. San Marcos Blvd., 92078
Scripps Poway Wells Fargo 12030 Scripps Summit Drive, 92131
Media Contact:
Denise Scatena, Public Relations Manager, Mama’s Kitchen
Direct: 619-218-4889 | denise@lemonadepr.com
(Above contact info not for publication)
