28Oct

Loaves of Love: A Mission to Change

October 28, 2016 by Mainstream Boutique The story of how one woman packed up her kids and comfortable city life and traded it in for a remote Costa Rican village, and how it has changed her life. Calm in the Chaos Warm, enticing scents of fresh baked bread, locally harvested honey and softened butter wait […]

01May

Bricks to Bread is now a 501(c)(3)

We are very excited to announce that Bricks to Bread is now a 501(c)(3), which means your donations are now tax deductible! We are incredibly thrilled with our new status! We are also working on a new marketing campaign, several fundraising events, and preparing for our next build. We will be providing more updates as […]

23Mar

Perez Family Update

So what does Bricks to Bread have going on in 2015? The Pérez Family has gone through some hard times since we built their oven. Although their baking business has been a huge success, it has gone from a way supplement their income to something they have to rely on heavily. Large industry moved into […]

17May

Brick by Brick – Firing Up Community

By North House Folk School There’s a wood-fired brick oven in Costa Rica, and the oven’s Lake Superior keystone isn’t its only connection with the North Shore. The oven was built last summer by North House students Jeff Larson and Nancy Alvarado. Nancy was a PeaceCorps volunteer in the rural village of San Marcos de […]

01Oct

Costa Ricans Grateful for Great Bread from New Brick Oven

By Nancy Lilienthal, Minnesota Energy Resources Senior External Relations Manager Jeff Larson recently co-led a team with friend Nancy Alvarado to raise funds and travel to Costa Rica to build a brick-and-concrete bread oven in the country’s northern rain forest. Nancy served in the Peace Corps in San Marcos de Cutris and had maintained contact […]

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Loaves of Love: A Mission to Change

Bricks to Bread is now a 501(c)(3)

Perez Family Update

Brick by Brick – Firing Up Community

Costa Ricans Grateful for Great Bread from New Brick Oven

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