Three local establishments have come together to fundraise by selling pies.

Orders for Market Day pies will be taken by Glidden Homestead and Historical Center, 921 W. Lincoln Highway, Pay-It-Forward House, 719 Somonauk Street in Sycamore, and West Elementary School 240 South Fair St. in Sycamore, through Nov. 4. Fourteen flavors of pies will available by Nov. 18, including classic apple to a new candy cane pie.

Each organization has its own reason for fundraising and will earn the profits from its specific sales.

Marcia Wilson Glidden Homestead executive director, said Glidden Homestead is using the funds for operations and to put in its general fund. Nicky Henke, Market Day chairman for West Elementary School, said the school hopes to use the funds for field trips and electronic equipment.

Wilson said the three groups have come together to sell pies in hopes of reaching a sale mark of 500.

“[The Pay-It-Forward House] invited us to join because the more you sell, the higher profit you receive,” Wilson said. “We should have no problem reaching our goal.”

How much each establishment makes from the fund raiser depends on how many pies they sell, according to the Market Day sale form. If the groups sell fewer than 100 pies, they only receive 15 percent of the profit of sales, whereas if they sell over a hundred pies the percentage jumps to 30.

“It’s a little slow but [the fundraiser] has always done well,” Henke said.

The final sale mark is at 500 pies, where each group will obtain 45 percent of pie sales.

“Selling 500 within a small organization like Pay-It-Forward House is not an easy task,” said Kathy Overby, Pay-It-Forward House board member. “We have partnered with West School in the past, but even between the two of us, the 500 mark has been tough. This year it will be a three-way effort.”