The scent in Mary Czupor’s second-floor apartment at the Lawrence Presbyterian Manor hints at a sweet treat. And on her table, two pies — one pineapple cream, the other classic cherry — cool as traditional Hungarian music softly fills the air.

On the floor below, Dorothy Wheeler calmly fumbles through more than two dozen butterfly prints she sewed by hand. Only 12 of the linen prints will adorn her next quilt.

Whether it’s cooking or quilting, Czupor and Wheeler do what they can to keep their spirits up at Lawrence Presbyterian Manor. So both are hoping their crafts can help raise others’ spirits — and a little money, too.

Lawrence Presbyterian Manor, 1429 Kasold Drive, a nonprofit independent and assisted senior living facility, doesn’t turn away its residents, even when they can no longer afford to pay to live in the complex. So for 11 years, the Manor has played host to a golf tournament to support its Good Samaritan Program, which helps offset the cost of living for residents and families short on funds. Last year, the Manor added another component to its fall benefit: a soup and pie dinner and auction.

Maclyn Pettengill, director of marketing and development at the Manor, decided to have the dinner auction and tournament on separate days in hopes of increasing community participation. Last year’s fund-raisers, which ran on the same day, raised more than $27,000.

“We had trouble finding center space to put them all,” Pettengill said of the pies at last year’s dinner and auction. A handful of leftover pies netted upward of $20 each during the after-dinner auction.

“We were shocked that it went so well,” said Pettengill, who decided it was a good idea to bring back the pies and auction. She expects to match last year’s total of nearly 70 pies for the dinner. Money from the dinner and auction portion of the benefit will go toward the purchase of a new passenger van to help transport residents. Pettengill said that although it might not seem as though a van could have an impact, it helps the residents maintain their independence.

After nine years of playing host to the golf tournament at Alvamar, the Manor changed the tournament scenery last year and moved the event to the Eagle Bend Golf Course, where it will be again on Thursday.

“They understand what we’re trying to do, and they’ve been very accommodating and have gone out of their way to help us,” said Mike McCormick, who has served on the benefit committee for five years.

For McCormick, the fund-raiser has a personal meaning. His grandmother was forced out of her retirement community in the 1940s when his grandfather died. That’s just the situation the benefit is designed to prevent.

Wheeler, an 87-year-old Kansas native, has lived in the Manor for five years. During the past three months, in addition to the five quilting class she teaches, Wheeler has spent countless hours quilting a throw that will be up for auction Tuesday night.

“I can’t write a big check or anything like that,” she said. “But this is something I can do to keep myself going and to help out with the auction.

“And when I’m gone,” she continued, “they are going to get to have a whale of a garage sale.”