On the first Saturday of every month, the Copper Mountain Mesa Community Associate holds their monthly Pancake Breakfast, which serves as a fundraiser for the Community Center. For the past couple years, they have been raising funds specifically to repair the roof, which is quite large. Kip, the CMMCA Board President and our dear friend, had been estimating that the roof repairs would cost upwards of \$20k so it would take many many pancake breakfasts to raise that amount of money. I think (am not totally sure) this is part of the reason they raised the price of the breakfast from \$5 to \$7 last year. This is still a pretty good deal for 2 eggs, pancakes, hash browns, sausage or bacon, and a shot of OJ or V8. Oh, and coffee.

It’s always a really good crowd that shows up, many of the local Mesa residents, including our personal favorites, Mary Helen, Steve, Annelies, Patrick, Jay and Stephanie. Doesn’t matter who you sit with, someone’s got a good story about tweakers stealing stuff, hipsters taking over the neighborhood, or ATVers running over something. Maybe those aren’t “good” stories, but they’re definitely interesting local topics of conversation that you don’t hear in other places. One of the best parts about breakfast, and really the community center in general, is the Treasure Room in the back. It’s a thrift store that takes over the back half of the main Community Center and it’s pretty good. Turnover isn’t very high back there, but it’s a pretty eclectic collection of items. Sometimes you can find something that’s really useful, like a space heater or tire ramps, the book selection often has a couple of gems, and the clothing is often worth rummaging through.