This Thanksgiving, don’t just give thanks, give hope.
Buy a pie specially baked by a chef,
and help bring dinner to someone with HIV/AIDS.

In Pie in the Sky, chefs bake pies that volunteers sell in the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving to support the vital food programs of the Toronto People With AIDS Foundation (PWA).

Incredibly, a $35 pie can bring a meal to ten people with HIV/AIDS whose long term survival depends on proper nutrition. Last year we provided over 30,000 meals and the number of children who depend on our food bank has tripled since January.

This exciting event and urgent cause have attracted chefs from such celebrated restaurants as Mildred Pierce and Canoe to bake pies. Pies are the desserts par excellence for Thanksgiving, when people give thanks for their good fortune. With Pie in the Sky, you can also give hope.

Donna Dooher
Longtime Pie in the Sky supporter
Chef/Proprietor, The Mildred Pierce Group


How it Works
Click on the “Buy a Pie” link to order and your pie will be ready for pick up on Friday, October 10.

For a list of pick up locations please click here.

After seeing how much good your pie can do, have a look at the Pie Chart of donations and see the big difference you can make in someone’s life. Whether you need a pie or not.

“When I first started using the services at PWA, I had all 3 kids living with me. I believe that the food bank kept me alive at times … and kept me and my family together.”
Client since 1989

“Rather than feel guilty about not baking my own Thanksgiving dessert,
I feel great about all the good that my delicious Pie in the Sky does.
And so do my guests.”
P.B. Pie Buyer

“With just one e-mail I sold over 50 pies to colleagues in my office tower. They just loved it – delicious dessert, an important cause, and a great story to share around the dinner table. It’s a win-win situation.”
J.F., National Bank Financial

“Pie in the Sky gives me a double source of satisfaction. I know that my pies are adding to Thanksgiving celebrations across the city. And I know that the proceeds from every pie are bringing a much needed meal to 10 people with HIV/AIDS. I’d like to give thanks to you who are buying pies, to the generous chefs who bake them – and to PWA. Doing good has never tasted better.”
Long-time Pie in the Sky supporter Donna Dooher
Chef/Proprietor, The Mildred Pierce Group

Lead Sponsor


The St. George’s Society of Toronto
founded 1834

Promotional Sponsor

Major Sponsors

Community Sponsors

Agency Partners

Media Partners

There are many people and organizations who help make Pie in the Sky a success, and the Toronto People With AIDS Foundation would like to extend a special thank you to Ernst & Young and BMO Bank of Montreal, Church and Alexander Branch.

Pie in the Sky originated in Boston in 1992 as a fundraiser for Community Servings and has since become one of Boston's premier annual events. Through their generous cooperation and support, similar events are now held in Toronto, Vancouver. To learn more about Community Servings, please visit their website at www.servings.org.

Pick Up Locations

PWA office
399 Church St at Carlton

Hudson’s Bay Centre
Yonge and Bloor
(Between the subway and the food court)

First Canadian Place
FCP Gallery, street level, Adelaide St. entrance

LCBO Summerhill
10 Scrivener Square

LCBO BayviewVillage
2901 Bayview Avenue