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Clam Festival

Planning and preparations are underway for Clam Fest 2024! Always the third Friday in July, the festival will be happening this year from July 19th - 21st.

 

We will be selling pies and shortcake in front of the church and on the green, as well as holding the book sale and the Mini Pink Pachyderm sale.

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Net proceeds go to benefit the First Parish Community Grants program, serving nonprofit organizations across greater Portland. Learn more here.

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Volunteer Opportunities

We are no longer accepting book and Pink Pachyderm donations. Thank you for your support!

Calling All Pie Bakers! 

Clam Festival Pie Facts:

  • All donated pies are pure profit for FPCC

  • People love pie and often come back more than once over the weekend

  • People eat pie for breakfast, lunch, dinner and in between.  The booth is always busy.

  • We sold over 420 pies at the church booth and the green in 2023!

  • The day before 2023 Clam Festival we had 275 frozen pies on hand and people dropped off almost 150 fresh pies between Thursday and Sunday.  Amazing!

  • Aluminum pie plates are available now for pickup in the FPCC kitchen.

  • We will have frozen graham cracker crumb, chocolate cookie crumb and pastry crusts available beginning in late June/early July if you don’t like to make your own crust.   Keep an eye out for announcements.

 

We need your help baking enough homemade pies!

What kind of pies should I make at home???

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Best Selling Pie Flavors

  • Blueberry     

  • Strawberry Rhubarb

  • Blueberry Rhubarb

  • Cherry

  • Cherry Rhubarb

  • Rhubarb

  • Raspberry 

  • Triple Berry - please indicate what berries!

  • Pecan

  • Lemon Meringue

  • Peach/ Peach Blueberry

  • Apple

  • Custard

  • Pumpkin

  • Coconut Cream

  • Chocolate ANYTHING

  • Toll House

  • Key Lime

  • Brownie

 

Most pies can be baked ahead of time and frozen or dropped off fresh during the weekend. 

*Important Tips for freezing pies:

  • Pies must be totally cooled before wrapping (this is critical).

  • After they are cooled, wrap the entire pie (top and bottom) tightly in plastic wrap

  • Wrap the pie tightly with aluminum foil (this prevents freezer burn) 

  • Label the aluminum foil in permanent marker with the type of pie. Many pies look alike even after cutting them.  Please do not use masking tape - it does stay on always through the thawing process.  

  • Pies can be left in the freezers in the church undercroft. The freezers are on the wall toward Main Street.  They are marked for Clam Festival Pies.   Please do not use the Food Pantry freezers.   

  • It helps us if you can let us know how many and what types of pies you will be able to contribute. There will be a sign up sheet for pies in the church hallway on the bulletin board.

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We appreciate your help meeting our huge demand for pie! Thank you.
 

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