Beth Howard ’83 lives in the historic American Gothic house, where she runs her Pitchfork Pie Stand. This week she’s taking her pies to the grieving community of Newton, CT.

Evergreen’s very own Pie Lady, Beth Howard ’83 attracted national media attention for her heartfelt response to the school disaster in Newton, CT.

It all started with a facebook post on Friday, December 14: “Overwhelmed and heartbroken by today’s tragedy, I feel like packing up my pie supplies into my RV and driving to Connecticut. If making pie and sharing it with the citizens of Newtown would help ease their pain I would load up a hundred cases of apples and start driving right now.”

Her facebook fans immediately encouraged Beth to make it happen.  Within hours of posting a “donate” button on her homepage, she had the funds and the volunteers to drive to Newtown and give away hundreds of pies to the grieving community.

She’s in Newtown for the week and you can keep up with her progress on facebook or read more about Beth’s in Spring 2011’s food issue of the Evergreen Magazine, or refer to Tuesday’s article about Beth in The Atlantic.