The Bread of Life has for many years been an integral part of our community’s effort to
help alleviate food insecurity in Transylvania County, but its role has increased
tremendously over the past two years, with the number of meals served rising from
approximately 300 per week to 250-300+ per day. In addition to the nutritious meals
distributed five days a week at their facility on Caldwell Street, 100 meals kits are sent
biweekly to other organizations within Transylvania County to hand out where there is
need (with a break in the summer), and approximately 250 pounds of non-perishables
are distributed daily from their on-site stand, all with no questions asked.

Because the need has increased so drastically, Bread of Life has been initiating new strategies to help 
meet those needs, one of which is the Stock Our Shelves program, where they are in their
second year of partnering with community organizations every month to help resupply
their shelves with cans and other non-perishable supplies and monetary donations to
ensure that there is a steady supply with which to help feed our community friends in
need. Most non-perishables are distributed at the stand while monetary donations go to
help purchase food that is used for meals. This August will be Brevard Duplicate Bridge
Club’s third time contributing to Stock our Shelves. Each time we have done this
collection, we have exceeded all expectations, last time donating 172 pounds of non-
perishables and $4,550 in cash/checks. That is a HUGE donation considering the size
of our club. No matter the size of our collections, however, every single non-perishable
and dollar that is donated is appreciated and truly helps stave off hunger for those
struggling in our county. 

We will have donation boxes at the club where you can drop off your items.

Thank you for your generosity and willingness to help others in our community.

June will teach the following classes: 

July 21 - Opening 2C bids and 1430 Blackwood Learn what do with big hands (Opening and responding to very strong hands) and how to use 1430 Keycard Blackwood to find slams.  In addition to finding out about aces, 1430 Blackwood allows you to find the king (and sometimes the queen) of trump

August 4 - Negative Doubles - The Negative Double is a bid made by Responder after an overcall, showing the other two suits.

  Click HERE to register.

We have made some changes to our reservation policy for our  duplicate games.  While we welcome everyone, we will be giving priority to our long-time players.    Please see below.  

1. Reservations will open for Brevard Bridge Club (BBC) members 14 days before the day of the game.  BBC members will have exclusive reservation access for ten days, until 12:01 AM three days before the game.  BBC members can continue to make reservations right up until game time.
2. A Brevard Bridge Club member is defined as anyone who has played in one of our games before June 30, 2024 , OR has played in one of our face-to-face games at least 20 times.
3. Non-members can email June (junepatton@gmail.com) one week before the game to request a reservation.  Non-members may not make reservations through the website.  June will add them manually starting the morning three days before the game.
4. The game will be limited to no more than 14 tables..
5. Reservations will be held until 10 minutes before game time.
6. Anyone who does not show up for a game without cancelling their reservation before game time will receive a warning the first time, and have their reservation privileges suspended for two weeks the second time.

Please note that while you must be a BBC member to make a reservation,  you DO NOT need to login to do so.  

To make a reservation:

1. Click on the Calendar link in the menu to the left (or click HERE).
2. Click on the date of the game for which you would like to make a reservation.  Reservations may be made up to two weeks in advance.
3. Click on the Reservation Required link at the bottom of the popup window.  
   
4. You will see the current list of reservations.  Enter your email address, ACBL number, or name (exactly as it appears on the website) and then click the Check button.  Your email address will tend to work best here.
   
5. Enter your partner's name (and direction, if desired), and then click Add Reservation.button.
   
6. That's it!  You're done.

If you need to cancel your reservation, you can repeat steps 1 - 5.  Your existing reservation will be displayed, and you can click the Remove button at the bottom left of the popup window.  Please cancel your reservation on the website.  Do not contact June to do it.

Reservations will be held until 10 minutes before game time.

Contact June Patton (junepatton@gmail.com) or 781-771-9975 with questions.