The vision for Neighborhood Birth Center (NBC) is rooted in the belief that people should have access to a full range of pregnancy care and birthing options. They believe that birth is a sacred process, and when the pregnant person is centered, the experience has the power to transform and heal individuals, families, and communities. NBC's mission is to offer comprehensive midwifery care throughout pregnancy, labor, birth, and the postpartum period in a safe and comfortable community-based setting. Families who are seeking a safe alternative to hospitals, can birth here, supported by midwives, doulas, and family. Centered on a midwifery...

Like many members of the Asian/Asian-American Pacific Islander community, we are reeling from the violence and murders that occurred around the Lunar New Year. In an effort to hold the community close, we have chosen an organization that prioritizes coalition building and mutual aid. Red Canary Song is a grassroots collective of Asian & Migrant Sex Workers and allies, organizing transnationally and based in Flushing, NYC. They began organizing in a fight for justice and police accountability, after the death of flushing massage worker, Yang song, who was killed during a police raid in December 2017. With over 9000 workplaces...

Willow is one of the many high school students we've had the honor of employing over the past decade. Willow attends CRLS and juggles extra curricular activities while also working part-time at gather here. Willow is an avid crocheter who loves to make things for her friends and family. When did you start making things? I’ve been making things since I can remember. I’ve always found joy in creating using what I find around me, a love I think may have emerged from my constant watching of home renovation reality tv shows with my mom when I was younger. What's...

We are so excited to be continuing this initiative in 2023! Last year we donated over $15,000 to various nonprofits and mutual aid organizations thanks to your generosity. Whenever you make a purchase on Wednesday (in the store or online) we donate 5% of the day's profits to that month's recipient. In the last couple of years we have been working with Aeolidia on our email marketing and they encouraged us to incentivize less engaged customers by offering some reward. Most businesses do a discount code, we chose to donate 5% of the sale to the We Care Wednesday fund,...

Can't believe we are in the final month of 2022 and our last We Care Wednesday for the year. In 2017 we had no idea that the We Care Wednesday initiative would become a part of our business model, five years later and we look forward to continuing the effort next year. UPDATE: Thanks to your generosity we donated $1260! In November, Virginia and Noah were returning from a work trip in Hawaii and had a layover in San Francisco. What a pleasant surprise to discover the Welcome Blanket Project on display in one of the SFO terminals. Virginia immediately...