25Jul
Bricks to Bread Featured in the Tico Times!
Check out the article The Tico Times just posted! Featuring Bricks to Bread!
09Jul
Day four of July 2018 Oven Build: July 7th
Follow our 2018 July build on our blog. Here is an update from July 7th, enjoy! The day started with lots of rain, which ultimately meant lots of mud. We made progress, we got wet, we got dirty, and there was lots of sweat! Great work boys and Josie. […]
09Jul
Day two of July 2018 Oven Build: July 5th
Follow our 2018 July build on our blog. Here are some pictures from July 5th, enjoy! We leave Liberia for our home for the next 2 weeks: Horquetas de Sarapiqui Each day is a new day, a new experience, a new wonder and a new love. Each day we pray for God’s guidance, […]
09Jul
Day one of July 2018 Oven Build: July 4th
Follow our 2018 July build on our blog. Here is our most recent post, enjoy! We leave our beloved country on it’s birthday to celebrate a new kind of life in Horquetas de Sarapiqui Each day is a new day, a new experience, a new wonder and a new love. Each day we […]
27May
2018 Spring Fundraiser Success!
Last weekend we had a wonderful event! It was a little chilly for our 2018 Spring Fundraiser, but everything else was perfect. We started out with appetizers straight out of the oven alongside our Costa Rican bartenders. Dinner was served followed by a short program by Nancy Alvarado. Lastly, we finished the evening off with […]
16May
Josie Kietzmann Hosts Fundraising Event
This amazing young lady, Josie Kietzmann, hosted a wonderful fundraising event on Saturday, May 12th, around our brick oven for Bricks to Bread’s upcoming trip in July. All her hard work paid off. She should be a roll model to all of us! Check out pictures from the event!
15Mar
Mi Amor’s Newest Arrival
If you remember last June we met Mi Amor the cow the Perez Family purchased with saved earnings. We are excited to announce Mi Amor just had a baby girl! This is great news as she will also be able to produce high quality milk for the Perez Family and their bakery.
14Mar
Members of BriBri Women’s Group Visit San Marcos
The meeting with the women’s group from the BriBri Indian Tribe was positive and encouraging. So much so that two of the women were willing to leave their families and travel eight hours to an unknown place (San Macros de Cutris) with strangers; unsure of what to expect. For these women to show this kind […]
13Mar
Indigenous Women’s Group Learns About Bricks to Bread
As mentioned earlier Co-Founder, Nancy Alvarado, is currently in Costa Rica visiting with on the ground partners and potential new oven recipients. On Friday, March 9th Nancy and Cristina Perez traveled by boat to the small indigenous community of the BriBri Indian Tribe. There they met with a woman’s group and a Peace Corps volunteer […]
04Mar
Bricks to Bread is Charging Ahead!
Bricks to Bread is charging ahead! President and Co-Founder, Nancy Alvarado, will be traveling back to Costa Rica in the coming weeks to meet with more individuals interested in our mission. There are three communities with that would like to learn more about our ovens and see the San Marcos oven in action. Nancy will […]