Building a healthy and stable community by providing financial education, food, and nurturing accountability.
Families join Birch to access groceries and financial education, gaining the tools to reduce debt, grow savings, and build toward their unique Family Vision.
FOOD
Immediate relief of financial burden creates margin in budget to pay down debt.
EDUCATION
Our Financial Literacy counselors provide tools and support through one-on-one meetings and financial courses.
FREEDOM
Families often feel an immediate relief of stress and scarcity, then point towards accomplishing their goals and becoming debt free.
LEGACY
Families are able to demonstrate financial stability, break the cycle of poverty, and influence their community and children’s future.
With dignity, accountability, and a strong sense of community, we support families in creating the legacy they want to leave for generations to come.
What we mean by “Family Vision”
The Family Vision is a participant’s personalized roadmap for financial stability, built around what matters most to them. It outlines long-term, values-driven goals such as saving for a home, eliminating debt, or planning for a child’s future, and helps guide day-to-day decisions with clarity and purpose. At Birch, this vision isn’t handed to families; it’s created by them with support from financial counselors who help turn hope into a practical and achievable plan. The process helps partners align priorities, build trust, and work toward shared goals that strengthen the family, serving as both a compass and a motivator for lasting transformation.
How it works…
Families who join Birch commit to learning, community, and shared responsibility through monthly dues, volunteer service, financial counseling, and participation in re$tart, Birch’s foundational course on budgeting, credit, debt, savings, and goal-setting.
Participants:
Contribute $100 per month in program dues
Volunteer two hours each month in the warehouse
Meet one-on-one with a financial counselor twice a year
Complete re$tart to build practical financial skills and goals
Participants shop weekly at Birch, receiving about $1,200 in groceries and household goods each month, along with perks such as access to Danner boots, new mattresses, monthly giveaways, and special holiday gifts. They can also take part in workshops that build financial confidence and practical skills.
Financial Literacy:
The Heart of Birch
Every participant begins with re$tart, a four-session course that teaches foundational financial tools and helps families create their own Family Vision for the future.
Each family also meets one-on-one with a financial counselor twice a year to build a personalized plan for goals like paying off debt, saving for a home, or preparing for a child’s education.
Ongoing workshops and specialty courses provide deeper learning on topics such as credit, insurance, and savings, equipping families with the confidence and skills to build lasting financial stability.
Where
Sustainability
Takes Root
Since 2012, the Sunderland family has generously shared their land for Birch’s teaching garden. Each season, participants volunteer, get their hands dirty, and gain real-world skills that support long-term sustainability at home.
Hands-on lessons in composting, pest prevention, and soil health
Youth learn practical, confidence-building garden skills
Shared harvest, lifelong knowledge