12Nov

More Than Just An Oven

Hello family, friends, lovers of bread and supporters of great causes. This coming Thursday, Nov. 16th, is Give the Max Day. Once again we have set a lofty goal of $2,000. This year the funds will help support a lesser known aspect of our brick oven program, continuing education and professional development. Bricks to Bread […]
09Oct

Tropical Storm Nate

We have more news from Costa Rica about the effects of Tropical Storm Nate on our Bricks to Bread families. This summer we connected with two wonderful families about the possibility of building ovens at their homes. Daysi’s family lives in Heredia Province and has informed us that their home and town are doing well. […]
29Sep

Thank You

We wanted to send out a message of thanks to everyone who stopped by and visited our booth at the 2017 Lakeville Area Arts Festival. We had two great days and this year the booth was operated by Nancy, Chato and Ana Grace. It was very special to sell bread as a family and share […]
15Sep

Bricks to Bread Returns to Art Festival

In 2016, Bricks to Bread was invited to promote our cause at the Lakeville Area Arts Festival.  It was our first year as a registered 501(c)(3) and we did not have any experience in selling bread at a large scale event. We quickly gathered some volunteers, put together a display and baked bread without knowing […]
14Aug

2017 Bricks to Bread Summer Benefit

On Saturday, August 12th Bricks to Bread held a private fundraiser, which ended up being our first large scale event.  A very gracious and generous supporter offered to host a small private event at her lakeside home in Prior Lake. We gladly took her up on her offer and began planning a quaint and intimate […]
19Jun

San Marcos: The Final Phase

Nancy and Laura went to the Health Department (similar to FDA) to pick up their now approved application/permit to build the final phase of the San Marcos oven; a 12×12 processing and packaging room.    
12Jun

Welcome to the family Mi Amor

Meet Mi Amor (My Love). She is a product of Bricks to Bread. The Perez Family had been setting aside half of their earnings, and any coins they received, in a piggy bank. They were saving money with the intent to buy this high quality milk producing calf. In two years, when she is old […]
18May

Bread Bags and Punch Cards

Bread Bags What is the best way to keep your freshly baked artisan Bricks to Bread loaves tasting fresh and delicious? Bricks to Bread bread bags of course! If fresh bread isn’t properly stored it will either dry out or get moldy rather quickly. That is, if you can control yourself from gobbling it all […]
17May

Bricks to Bread: The Next Step

In a few weeks Bricks to Bread Board President, Nancy Alvarado, will travel to Costa Rica on a scouting trip for the recipients of oven number two and assist in completing the final stage of oven one. She will also be meeting with several agencies that have expressed interest in partnering with our cause. This […]
16May

Bricks to Bread is now on AmazonSmile

Bricks to Bread now has an AmazonSmile account. If you are already an avid Amazon shopper you can sign up to have 0.5% of your total purchase amount donated to Bricks to Bread. All you need to do is set Bricks to Bread as your charitable organization of choice. Every little bit helps; especially if […]

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3870 Yosemite Avenue S
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