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Birch Community Services, Inc.
Non-profit Organization Management
Portland, OR 256 followers
Food. Education. Freedom. Legacy. We help working families build financial literacy and self-sufficiency to flourish.
About us
Birch Community Services Inc.'s mission is to build a financially stable community by providing education, food, and nurturing accountability. We are an innovative organization that addresses the roots of hunger and poverty by partnering with working, struggling families to meet a basic needs, but more importantly to repurpose savings. By redistributing over 10 million pounds of food, clothing, and household items that would typically be put into a landfill, BCS is able to use food as a platform to instill financial literacy throughout the Portland community. Each week, BCS partners with 600 families to redistribute excess product from over 240+ companies (food, clothing, etc.). Families participate in financial literacy courses to repurpose grocery savings to move towards sustainability. Our families give back by paying a monthly service fee and contributing volunteer hours. In this way, the BCS theory of change is based on accountability and the power of human dignity. We believe that personal responsibility empowers people to develop their own capacity to be self-sufficient and that the best context for this transformation is within a community in which participants work together to attain their goals. BCS embodies this as an organization by utilizing a small service fee and recycling revenue which accounts for approximately 70% of operating costs. This internal revenue makes operations as a nonprofit highly sustainable and flexible when it comes to external revenue sources.
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http://www.birchcommunityservices.org/
External link for Birch Community Services, Inc.
- Industry
- Non-profit Organization Management
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Portland, OR
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1992
- Specialties
- Nonprofit, Food Insecurity, Community Empowerment, Financial Literacy, Poverty, and Hunger
Locations
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Get directions
17780 NE San Rafael
Portland, OR 97230, US
Employees at Birch Community Services, Inc.
Updates
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Thanks to a generous match donation from Sales Xceleration® and Capacity Commercial Group now through the end of the year (December 31st) all donations will be matched up to $5000!!! Please, consider giving today to help make a difference for a local family that will last more than a lifetime! Just think of how much doubling your donation can do to start 2024 off right for so many Birch families. https://lnkd.in/g2J7EX9Z
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We had the pleasure of being featured on KATU's AMNorthwest this week. You can watch the replay at: https://lnkd.in/gmRHM9kR We want to be able to serve even more families through our Sustainable Families Program but we need your help! Please share this link with others to spread the word about Birch Community Services. There are so many families out there that would benefit from taking part in our program, so help us this holiday season to reach even more families by telling people about Birch!
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Join Us TOMORROW night for a magical Christmas Walk and support Birch through this annual toy drive. Who is Invited: You and whoever you’d like to bring! What: Christmas light viewing and toy drive Where: 2871 SE Morlan Place, Gresham, OR When: Drop by anytime on Thursday, November 30th from 5 pm - 8 pm Why: With their generous spirit, George and Sheri Comalli are hosting a time of Christmas cheer to help Birch families this holiday season. Join Suzanne, Andrew, Valerie, and the team for a toy drive and Christmas walk TOMORROW. Every year, the Comallis graciously host this festive event to bring tidings of good cheer to their neighborhood and anyone wanting to drive to a beautiful display of Christmas lights. Light refreshments will be provided. Bring a toy for a Birch family….and donors who give at least $40 at this event will be entered to win a cozy Christmas basket! Come support Birch families and enjoy these beautifully displayed Christmas lights!
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TODAY’S A BIG GIVE DAY AND #GIVINGTUESDAY! Today you can support nonprofits like Birch through your donations, AND if you enter through the Give Guide website you can also be entered to win an Experience in Guatemala with Nossa Familia! The prize: A Guatemala Coffee Tour package for two from Nossa Familia Coffee! This one-of-a-kind, immersive tour includes all the elements of wonderful travel: adventure, stunning scenery, delicious food, opportunities to connect with locals, and leisure time to truly experience Guatemala’s rich culture. It’s also a deep dive, hands-on, origin trip for coffee lovers! Learn more about the prize on giveguide.org. How to win: Head to https://lnkd.in/gnTfx_RJ Donate $10 or more through this website and you will be entered!
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Thanks SYGMA Network for sending an awesome group of volunteers our way!
Last week our team volunteered at Birch Community Services, Inc.. It is an amazing organization that offers groceries, household items, financial education, and more to the Portland community. Thank you to all our colleagues at SYGMA Portland who came out to participate! John Erickson, Jason Estal, Derrick Short, Jeff Castle, Alicen Hull #Syscopurposemonth
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We were honored to be invited to take part in this year's Book of Giving produced by Portland Business Journal! You can catch us in the printed version of this valuable publication or head over to their website and find us at: https://lnkd.in/gs_TG3X6
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We're #hiring a new Financial Literacy Counselor (Bilingual in Spanish) in Gresham, Oregon. Apply today or share this post with your network.
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We have been honored with a Top-Rated Award for 2023 from GreatNonprofits! We appreciate all of your contributions! Thanks to everyone who shared their inspiring stories on this wonderful platform. You can learn more at: https://lnkd.in/gH5KJkKt
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Birch Community Services, Inc. reposted this
Did you know Our Streets and Birch Community Services, Inc. work together to serve our community? Birch Community Services addresses the roots of hunger and economic hardship in our community of Portland, Oregon through: ◾ Supplying groceries and household items to save money in order to pursue financial goals ◾ Providing financial courses and one-on-one meetings to educate and advise on how to effectively achieve financial goals ◾ Creating a community of dignity and accountability through participants volunteering together Their mission is to build a financially stable community by providing education, food, and nurturing accountability. As one of Birch’s partnering agencies, Our Streets utilizes Birch every week. Due to the quantity of food Our Streets prepares every day, Birch Community Services are utterly essential for what we do. Our Streets prepares and distributes more than 1,000 meals every day to people who are experiencing housing insecurity in the Portland metro area. We serve over 10 different shelters and community partners. In 2023 alone, Our Streets has utilized over 30,000 pounds of food from Birch! Birch Community Services and Our Streets are proud to be partnered through the Willamette Week’s Give Guide to get the word out about the work each organization is doing to serve individuals and families in our community. You can read more about the programs at ourstreetspdx.org & birchcommunityservices.org! And check out our Give!Guide profiles here: https://lnkd.in/gCi7gejZ https://lnkd.in/gnTfx_RJ #ourstreets #ourstreetspdx #pdx #pdxnonprofit #portlandoregon
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