Leaders of Rise Up! in Johnson City have been busy in the kitchen baking more than 1,000 homemade pumpkin pies over the past few days, while the kids in the program decorated the boxes for the baked goods. Then the children in Rise Up! have been helping distribute the pies.Coach Michael Marion, executive director at Rise Up!, adds that the organization will deliver the pies at several stops in the area to help lift spirits as he puts it simply just because.