The Peppermill Reno hosted its 8th annual Pie it Forward Bake Sale on Sunday night.
They sold freshly baked pumpkin pies for $7 in the Peppermill's hotel lobby from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
This year, all proceeds go to the Terry Lee Wells Discovery Museum in Reno.
The Discovery staff will be at the event as well, with fun activities for guests to enjoy.
Every year the Peppermill hosts this fundraiser, and every year they choose a different organization to donate funds to.
Since Thanksgiving is about family, they decided to help a family-oriented museum this year, The Discovery.
"We love being able to give back especially being an owned and operated family resort," said Katie Silva, the Director of Communications for Peppermill. "We recognized that there's so many other people in the community that we want to be able to give back to. And if we're in a position to do it, it makes sense and helps everyone to feel good. And hopefully people get to learn more about other people that are doing great things like The Discovery."
The Discovery told us that this fundraiser will go to their operating budget. The money donated to the museum will help them build new exhibits, host temporary exhibitions, and create new programs.
"So this gives us the financial support we need to operate the museum but also allows us to keep our general admission as low as possible so that we're accessible to the entire community," said Patrick Turner, Chief Advancement Officer for The Discovery. "As a nonprofit we want as many people from the community to be able to visit the museum and benefit from what we do and fundraisers like this go a long way towards that."
