Try Pie

06/16/2026

THIS Thursday, 10% of all taproom food and beverage sales from 4 PM to close will be donated to Try Pie!
🎶 Live Music starts Greasy October at 6:30 PM!

How You Can Participate:
• Join the ride
• Grab a drink or bite to eat
• Enjoy live music on the patio
• Bring friends, family, and coworkers
• Come learn more about what's happening at Try Pie!

Ride starts and ends at Bike Tech: (217 Washington St, Cedar Falls, IA 50613) **Plan on a 30-45 minute ride each way.**
5:30pm: Token handouts start
Departure: Anytime after 5:30pm (Last token 6:15pm)
Social: Food, Fun, & Drink: 5:30 to 8:30pm
Return: 8:30pm group start from SingleSpeed
Register online here: https://www.biketechcf.com/collection/pnr
Ride Details:
• Leisurely, beginner-friendly group ride
• All registered riders receive a token for a FREE beer or soda after the ride
• Helmets and headlamps are required for all riders

06/15/2026

These programs are full! 🩷
This summer, we're so excited to have launched a NEW program to engage more teens in meaningful work.

Follow along over the next 10 weeks to catch what 15 teens are learning in this summer job experience as our multi-year program continues alongside it.

06/09/2026

INTRODUCING: Our 2026 Food Truck Coordinator! Dece is a 2025 Try Pie Alumni and is working alongside our senior students as our food truck pops up across the Cedar Valley this summer!

Dece has been attending this past school year and will be beginning the nursing program there this fall. We feel lucky to have her around these next few months!!

June Food Truck Schedule:
June 10th: Landmark Commons, : 11 - 1pm
June 12th: UnityPoint Health Prairie Parkway: 11 - 1pm
June 19th: Professional Office Services: 11 - 1pm
June 20th: @waterloourbanfarmersmarket : 8 - 12pm
June 26th / 27th: for Sturgis Falls

06/08/2026

Join the Monthly Slice Club!
You won't regret it: https://givebutter.com/monthlysliceclub

06/05/2026

TOMORROW (Saturday!): Stop by the store 10am - 2pm and help our Teen Recipe Development Committee choose one summer tea and one specialty lemonade (/limeade) to bring to you this summer.
We like them all... which do you want to try??

💛 Maui Mango Tea
💙 Blueberry Hibiscus Tea
💜 Pea Flower Tea
🩷 Hibiscus Tea

💚 Brazilian Limeade
🧡 Strawberry Mango Lemonade

06/05/2026

We've loved KCRG-TV9's "Our Town" series and are excited we got to be a part! Check it out. :)

A downtown Waterloo bakery is providing students with more than just a paycheck. Read more: https://www.kcrg.com/2026/06/05/our-town-waterloo-bakery-teaches-students-business-skills-alongside-baking/

06/04/2026

Introducing: Shar Roorda ! 👏🏼 She's taking on the new position of Program Coordinator here at Try Pie!

Shar will be pointing our NEW Summer Foundations Program that starts next week (!!!) on top of helping throughout the year supporting Juniors and Seniors in our Futures Program and, of course, helping in the kitchen, too. :)

We couldn't be more excited to have Shar on the team. As a local business owner (Shar's!) leader, mom, friend, etc., Shar has passion, experience and skill that will help us empower teens with meaningful work!

To get to know her better, Kirsten with our teen Marketing Committee asked her a few questions:

KIRSTEN: What was your first impression of Try Pie?

SHAR: I was impressed with the program!

KIRSTEN: Why did you apply for this role with Try Pie?

SHAR: I knew that who I am aligned with Try Pie’s missions and I knew that if I spent time at Try Pie it would be meaningful.

KIRSTEN: What are you most excited for about the summer Foundations Program?

SHAR: I am excited and nervous, I am most excited to see how relationships form between the girls.

KIRSTEN: What is your favorite part of working at Try Pie so far?

SHAR: I love to see the development in the students as they go through the work program. I am excited to see how the new group of girls grow with the Foundations curriculum this summer.

KIRSTEN: What is one thing you think the girls will learn from the Foundations Program?

SHAR: I want them to have a positive first work experience, I want them to be able to experience the possibilities that they will have after being at Try Pie (life, being organized, college, etc.)

Help us welcome Shar to the team!

06/03/2026

It's JUNE which means our Food Truck is getting ready to roll out! Catch us on the move all over the Cedar Valley this summer. 💨

06/02/2026

We're saying "goodbye" to Erin as our Food Truck Coordinator! 🥹🥹

Erin is a 2020 Try Pie alumni and just graduated from with a degree in Recreation, Tourism, and Nonprofit Leadership.

Erin was part of the FIRST group of teens to run the food truck, and actually helped dream up the idea as a solution for finding new ways for teens to interact with customers , build leadership skills, AND get more shifts to work in the summer. ✨ She has been our Food Truck Coordinator for the last four summers and it's hard to imagine this piece of the program without her. (But don't worry, she's passing the torch to ANOTHER ALUMNI that we'll introduce soon 🥰)

Ben is on our teen Marketing Committee and interviewed Erin to get her reflections before we cheer her on to what's next. Check it out!

BEN: What is one piece of advice you will give to Dece since she is the new food truck coordinator and you are leaving us? (🥲💔)

ERIN: Food truck can be hard and not easy to learn but just go with the flow. If things goes wrong that’s okay, it’s not the end of the world - everything will be okay and everything will work out. YOU GOT THIS!!! JUST BE CONFIDENT IN YOURSELF.

BEN: What did you learn from Try Pie that you going to cherish forever?

ERIN: Community, I learned what community is and what it looks like. I know how to value you a good one and recognize a bad one.

BEN: What is one thing you are going to miss from Try Pie?

ERIN: The girls and the life updates they give me, and all the different music taste from each girls as we work in the kitchen and on the truck.

BEN: Are you excited for all the things you gonna do after college life?

ERIN: Yes, even thought I don’t know exactly what it will look like and I’m excited for the journey.

BEN: What are you doing after you leaving Try Pie?

ERIN: I started an internship at the Larrabee Center/ Trinkets and Togs and will be applying some of my experience from Try Pie and my degree from UNI there as a nonprofit. I'm excited about it!

We love you, Erin. Thanks for all the ways you've contributed to Try Pie, supported students, and championed the food truck! 💜💛