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Our BreadHaus Team
President & Founder of
Bread Encounters 501(c)(3)
Sibyl Léon-Lamica
SHARING my passion for bread baking, and sourdough in particular, has been part of most of my adult life. Born and raised in Germany, bread is part of my cultural heritage and upon coming to the States good bread was something I greatly missed.
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REALIZING that I can make a difference and help change the world by spreading kindness through bread and becoming a "community bread activist" did not happen until many years later (2017) I listened to a TEDTalk by Dr. Nadezhda Savova-Grigova, an anthropologist and founder of BREAD Houses Network in Sofia, Bulgaria. Her talk reflected everything I felt about the power of bread to connect people and make a positive impact in a world that needs more kindness. I was able to conenct with Nadezhda and we have been corresponding of the past few years. She is very excited about BREAD Encounters' mission and progress so far.
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STARTING a non-profit to spread kindness and connect people through bread was the next logical next step, but it still took a few years and a leap of faith. I am thrilled I followed my passion and will be able to share my love for bread with people from ALL walks of life while at the same time helping people create meaningful connections. How blessed I am to be able to work with a team who shares my passion for spreading benignity (kindness) through bread!
I am a trained Practitioner/Bread Therapist and official Crumbassador of the Bread Therapy Network. I was trained by Nadezhda Savova-Grigorova, PhD – founder of the Bread Houses Network.
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Owner Boulder Creek Rustics
Charles Lamica
I am happy to be part of the BreadHaus team using our new community space to teach old fashioned skills to both kids and adults. I am grateful to Bread Encounters Nonprofit for providing a permanent home to my 1804 Youth Program.
More About BREAD Encounters
Bringing People Together Through BREAD
Our mission is to bring people together in an environment which makes it easy to connect one with another. Making, baking and breaking bread is a centuries old community activity and a tradition of goodwill and friendship.
In a time where everyone and everything is rushed, baking bread the way it was done in times gone past, is a gentle reminder for us to slow down and be present in the moment. Bread making also cultivates compassion when we "share the loaf" within our community, creating positive social ties through the giving of bread.
Inspired by the Bread Houses Network's motto "Instead of high-TECH, we use high-TOUCH" we engage our participants in hands-on activities, using dough as a therapeutic means to connect with our inner selves and with those around us, striving to cultivate "change bakers" who want to make a difference in their own home and/or in the community they live in.
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Contact us to learn how we can change the world together, one loaf at a time.