Our Story

How It All Began

Break Bread was born from a simple, powerful act: neighbors seeing a need and deciding to do something about it.

In 2017, a group of community  members from Littleton United Methodist Church and beyond, looked around and saw too many people in their community struggling — with hunger, with isolation, with the weight of hard circumstances. They decided to respond the way neighbors do: by showing up, sitting down together, and sharing a meal. To serve the greatest good, Break Bread was founded as an independent, secular nonprofit — open to every neighbor, from every background, without exception.

They formed a board, made a plan, and got to work. Break Bread was born.

A Community That Kept Growing

Those first meals drew around 40 neighbors. Within a few years, that number had grown to 80–100 people gathering each week — until the COVID-19 pandemic brought in-person dining to a halt.

Break Bread didn't stop. We pivoted to to-go meals on Saturdays, then added delivery for neighbors who couldn't come to us, then expanded to Wednesdays as well. When it became clear that hunger and isolation were deepening, we found every way we could to keep showing up.

In September 2022, we returned to in-person dining — and by the time we paused operations in October 2025, we were averaging over 600 meals each week. Over eight years, we served more than 150,000 meals, welcoming more than 1,700 unique individuals annually across the tri-cities region.

A Pause — and a Comeback

We stepped back in October 2025 to do the hard, necessary work of building a stronger foundation — shoring up resources, refining operations, and positioning Break Bread for long-term sustainability.

That work paid off — and it brought something else, too: a new home.

For our first eight years, we were grateful to gather at Littleton United Methodist Church, whose members first dreamed this work into existence. As Break Bread grew and evolved, so did our vision for what was possible. Our new home at East Community Center marks an exciting next chapter — a space purpose-built for community, with room to welcome our neighbors with even greater dignity and hospitality, and new opportunities to collaborate with other organizations doing meaningful work across the tri-cities region.

In April 2026, we relaunched with weekly to-go meals. This July, in-person dining returns. We're deeply grateful for our partnership with East Community Center and Littleton Public Schools, and for everything that made this transition possible.

Thank You

Break Bread has never been just a meal program. It's a community — one built by the neighbors who show up, week after week, and make this work possible.

We're all in this together. And we're just getting started.