Birthday kits

What is a birthday kit?

When families visit the PORCH Community Hub each month to stock up on fresh produce, meat and plant-based protein options, milk, eggs, bakery items, and pantry staples, they can bring home a birthday kit for any child in their household who is celebrating a birthday in the coming month!

These kits include everything a family needs to throw a birthday party so they can focus on making happy memories with their child, not worrying about affording a cake.

What goes in each kit?

Creating birthday kits is a great way to get together and bring joy to a local kid’s day! Below are the materials you and your group will need to create a birthday kit but please feel free to add additional materials like party favors, decorations, or a birthday card!

  • A gift bag to put the kit into
  • A disposable baking pan
  • One box of cake mix
  • One can of soda (this replaces eggs and oil in a recipe!)
  • A tub of shelf-stable icing
  • Sprinkles
  • Birthday candles
  • Paper plates
  • Napkins
  • Plastic cutlery
  • A recipe for how to make a cake using boxed mix and a can of soda (print our multi-lingual recipe here!)

“Food from PORCH has been extremely helpful for my family. [It] allows us to afford other necessities in our home and gives us comfort knowing we can get the food we need.”

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