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 […]

21Jan

2018 Oven Build

Now that we have all settled into the New Year we are getting excited as we prepare for our upcoming build in July of 2018. This year we are building an oven for a family of five, the Bustos-Moya Family. We will spend about a month in Costa Rica working with our local partners, the […]

20Nov

Going Shopping? You Shop. Amazon Gives!

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are almost upon us! If you are an Amazon shopper you can support Bricks to Bread simply by adding us as your Amazon Smile Charity. All it takes is a few clicks! We’d like to thank everyone who has already added us as their charity of choice! We have already […]

14Nov

Brick Ovens Change Communities

In Minnesota we are fortunate. If you lose your job or barely make enough money to make ends meet, there is help. We have state run social service programs and nonprofits focused on supplying extra food, bus passes and housing vouchers. In rural Costa Rica that type of assistance doesn’t exist. Families in tough situations […]

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