Birch Community Services, Inc.

birch community services inc. is an innovative organization that addresses the roots of hunger and poverty by partnering with working, struggling families to meet a basic need, but more importantly to repurpose savings. by redistributing over 9 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 over 500+ 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 c