My First Ever Blog Post

May 1, 2025

Here I am on my first ever blog post, and to say I am thrilled to be working for Bridge Bread is an understatement. No doubt you’ll recognize my enthusiasm when we get to meet each other. In my lifetime I feel as if I have been training for this very job. Which is to say,h, raising money for a capital campaign and making friends that endure today. In addition, I pray my thankfulness to have been a good friend to, Dan Harbaugh, former president of Ronald McDonald House Charities St. Louis, whose golf committee I served every year of his 30 year tenure at the helm of that great organization. . Both of these men were prodigious fund raisers and I am so proud of them both for the lives that they lived.
So…. in January 2025 I got my chance at last to raise money for a charity, and what a blessing to find myself at Bridge Bread. Founders Fred and Sharon Domke acted on their belief God was calling them to be a part of the solution to homelessness. There are so many people who have been touched by Fred and Sharon and for me, the job description includes picking up where Fred left off. They redefine the phrase “tireless workers” and most recently my bible study class discussion asked us to name people historical or living who embodied Jesus Christ, Fred was identified by a classmate as one who acts like Jesus. Here’s a flattering story from 2023 from Mary Caltrider, broadcast journalist with “5 On Your Side” news
Bridge Bread is a charity that can show you where your donation is going, and what it is achieving. They are at work in the bakery everyday. Moreso,it’s delicious. If you have tasted Bridge Bread you know that it’s flavorful and maybe you know the story of AB Mauri, Bridge Bread and The Chase Park Plaza Hotel. AB Mauri is an international company, that’s “a baking technology company”. One day a food scientist from the company was walking past the Bridge Bread bakery and followed his nose inside the bakery. From there a relationship was born and when The Chase Park Plaza was looking to replace their dinner rolls vendor, AB Mauri invited
the chefs to Bridge Bread where they baked, tasted and baked again until just the right dough was accepted by the hotel chefs, who continue to buy Bridge Bread dinner rolls for their galas because the flavor is unique and remarkably flavorful. We call that dough, the Magic dough and use it in more that 50% of the products we bake.
So thank you for your roll in making Bridge Bread a successful social enterprise. 2025 will see Bridge Bread open a new location in the robust marketplace that is the Delmar Loop. There is a lot of room in that market to succeed, what with thriving entertainment venues, restaurants, hotels, lots of apartments and a world class university immediately nearby.
Keep your eyes peeled for email updates on when our pop up sales days will be held at 616 North Skinker, just north of Delmar!
Please feel free to pop a text into my phone or call me – it’s always great to get a phone call, don’t you think? 314-324-8941 or email me cmiller@bridgebread.org