The Sparrow Collective

04/24/2026

We’re so grateful to the Wachusett Area Rotary Club for the invitation to host our Founder, Susan Tripi, as a recent guest speaker.

There is something so meaningful about gathering in rooms where people care deeply about their communities, and the members of the Wachusett Area Rotary Club are such people – committed, caring, creative, and collaborative to ensure that residents in the region are supported, uplifted, and thriving.

During our time together, Susan shared about the growing impact of unaffordable housing and how this is not just a market issue, it’s a human one that requires community engagement and a systems-level change as it is impacting families (especially women and children) in very real and challenging ways across Massachusetts.

Susan also spoke about the opportunity in front of us to bridge the housing gap by creating hundreds of affordable housing units by reimagining underutilized properties as social impact, mixed-use communities that serve both economic and human needs.

And, she provided a real-life example of one organization’s mission to blend the two: sharing the focus of The Sparrow Collective's commitment to create supportive living communities for women and children navigating divorce, rooted in dignity, stability, and empowered education.

We are deeply appreciative of spaces like this, where ideas are exchanged, partnerships are sparked, and community leaders lean in and become inspired to see the opportunity to engage in improving the quality of life for members of the local community.

The work of systems change is collective. And we are grateful to be in it together.

Interested in having Susan as a speaker? Reach out: https://thesparrowcollective.org/contact

04/22/2026

We are so grateful to Wendy Harrop, host of the Say YES to Yourself podcast for inviting Susan to share about what’s happening with The Sparrow Collective right now.

In that conversation, Susan shared an honest update about our journey, including the outcome of the RFP process with the Town of Leicester.

While our bid to purchase the former Memorial School was ultimately not accepted, what remains unchanged is the clarity of the need… and the conviction behind this work. Because the truth is the problem we are solving didn’t go away.

Women are still navigating divorce without stable housing.
Women still face financial uncertainty.
Women are still rebuilding without a centralized system of support.

And so, we continue.

Our focus in 2026 is intentional:
🌷 Expanding partnerships across legal, financial, and wellness sectors
🌷 Continuing to build awareness and community collaborations
🌷 Identifying the right property and opportunity for our first supportive living community
🌷 Strengthening the foundation of a model designed to be both sustainable and replicable

If you haven’t yet listened to the conversation, we invite you to spend some time with it. It offers a window into both the heart of this movement and the road ahead.

🔗 Take a listen:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1872382/episodes/18842872-podcasthon-2026-preventing-divorce-induced-poverty-with-susan-tripi-of-the-sparrow-collective

🔗 Watch the Videocast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFb_5EGdr4o&list=PLN5loPlJEOP1rFjfEPW3CKqM8NZUGHO0L&index=10

04/20/2026

It’s been a few months since we’ve been active on the socials.

Behind the scenes though, our Board of Directors has been continuing the mission of The Sparrow Collective in their own spheres of influence ... supporting women in the midst of divorce by guiding them through legal decisions, financial rebuilding, emotional healing, and the sacred, often unseen work of starting again.

This is what makes Sparrow so meaningful. We are not creating something from scratch. We are building from lived experience, rooted in personal experience and professional expertise. We are anchored in years (decades, really) of walking alongside women in their most vulnerable seasons.

Each member of this Board carries a piece of this work in their hands already … in courtrooms, in coaching sessions, in financial planning meetings, and in the space holding of countless conversations where a woman leans into her vulnerability, resilience, and strength to define the next chapter of life.

Sparrow is so much more than an idea … it is a movement rising as a natural extension of the work we are already doing – in Worcester County, across Massachusetts, throughout New England and beyond.

And as we support women through our professional service providers, we continue to focus on bridging the gap in financially sustainable housing and service delivery by pulling them under one roof, in one community, with one shared intention: to ensure that no woman has to navigate, recover, or rebuild from divorce alone.

To learn more, visit: https://thesparrowcollective.org

04/18/2026

This week, I'm proud to be part of Podcasthon 2026, a week-long global initiative uniting podcasters for charitable causes.

From March 14-20, podcasters around the world are shining a spotlight on organizations creating meaningful change. This year, I'm honored to support The Sparrow Collective: the first supportive living community in Massachusetts exclusively for women transitioning through divorce.

Here's what most people don't know:

-80% of women are unprepared to navigate divorce—logistically, financially, or emotionally
-44% of women fall into poverty post-divorce
-$113.5 billion in child support is currently in arrears

The Sparrow Collective isn't a shelter. It's a fully equipped, intentionally designed community that provides safe housing AND a structured empowerment program to help women heal, grow, and rebuild their lives with purpose.

This Wednesday, I'm releasing a special episode as part of . Stay tuned. Stay tuned.

If you feel called to support this mission, you can donate directly at thesparrowcollective.org/donate

04/18/2026

44% of women fall into poverty after divorce.
80% are unprepared to navigate it—logistically, financially, or emotionally.
$113.5 billion in child support sits unpaid.

These aren't just statistics. They're mothers, daughters, sisters, and friends rebuilding their lives from scratch.

Tomorrow, I'm sitting down with Susan Tripi as part of Podcasthon 2026, and this week I'm shining a spotlight on The Sparrow Collective—a Massachusetts nonprofit creating a new model of support for women transitioning through divorce.

Not temporary housing. Not a shelter. A sanctuary where women receive safe housing, comprehensive empowerment programming, and holistic support to rebuild with dignity and purpose.

If you feel called to support this mission: thesparrowcollective.org/donate

Episode drops tomorrow.

04/18/2026

"They're not sinking. They're springboarding."

That's the vision behind The Sparrow Collective, and in today's Podcasthon 2026 episode, founder Susan Tripi shares what it actually takes to build a movement.
Not the highlight reel. The messy middle.

What happened when the "perfect" property, the one she'd walked weekly for over a year, praying over, envisioning the commercial kitchen here and the childcare center there, fell through. How she holds the vision with loose hands. How she reminds herself: the energy behind this movement doesn't stop when one door closes.
Because here's what Susan knows: women transitioning through divorce need more than temporary shelter. They need a springboard.

The Sparrow Collective partners with finance professionals, family law experts, holistic wellness practitioners, and spiritual advisors who provide on-site classes and curriculum in the critical 1-3 year window after divorce—positioning women to launch into their next chapter with confidence, not just survive it.

We explore:
-Why slowing down is essential when building something transformational
-How to hold big vision with open hands and trust divine timing
-Why this replicable model can transform underutilized properties nationwide

This is a conversation about the reality of building a nonprofit, holding space for what wants to emerge, and trusting that what's meant for you won't miss you.

If you feel called to support: thesparrowcollective.org/donate

Listen to Episode 284: Podcasthon 2026: Preventing Divorce-Induced Poverty with Susan Tripi of The Sparrow Collective

10/09/2025

💃🏻 💃🏻 We are beyond thrilled to share that we recently submitted The Sparrow Collective’s RFP bid materials to the Town of Leicester.💃🏻 💃🏻

Y’all know the journey and passion behind The Sparrow Collective - of disrupting the status quo to uplift women out of divorce-induced poverty and into a thriving life of unlimited possibilities ✨ ✨

Y’all know of our efforts over the past year to acquire the vacant former Memorial School in Leicester with the intention of renovating it into the FIRST supportive living community in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for women (and children) impacted by divorce.

💥 Our model is innovative, deeply intentional, financially self-sustainable, a groundbreaking example of what holistic, formative, healing, and empowering care can look like in the divorce recovery sector - a model that will truly change the outcome for women, post-divorce.

🦋 Our model is thoughtfully rooted in the practice of “neighboring”, and is designed to also be a hub for the local community, the Town of Leicester, and the greater Worcester area.

Pray for this process:
🙏🏼 as the Select Board reviews our bid
🙏🏼 as we prepare for any negotiations
🙏🏼 as the Select Board brings our bid to vote 10/14

We are so grateful to all of you -
For following this journey,
For cheering us on,
For sending love our way,
For praying over our efforts,
For supporting our capital campaign,
For sharing your stories of how Sparrow would have made a tangible and vital difference in your Divorce recovery journey …

Here we go!!

💖🦋🙏🏼✨💥💃🏻

09/20/2025

According to the most recent Census, in Worcester County, Massachusetts, 78,000+ women identified as divorced.

What we know from national statistics, is that 44% of women fall into divorce-induced poverty shortly after a divorce.

Let that sink in.

This means that for nearly half of the women experiencing poverty in Worcester County, their financial decline wasn’t caused by poor choices, it was caused by a system that offered no lifeline when their marriage ended.

Lack of sustainable housing.

Lack of accessible resources.

No roadmap forward.

At The Sparrow Collective, we’re disrupting that narrative.

We’ve designed a supportive living model that reimagines what post-divorce recovery can look like:
🏡 Safe, financially sustainable housing
📚 Wrap-around, holistic-focused services
🫶 Dignity-centered community

We don’t believe a woman should have to choose between safety and stability, or between healing and housing.

She deserves all of it.

And that’s what we’re building.

Learn more by visiting our website
🌸 www.thesparrowcollective.org

09/19/2025

We are soooo humbled and grateful to Spectrum news for reaching out to cover Sparrow’s efforts to build the first supportive, living community for women and children navigating divorce in Massachusetts.

We are actively walking through the RFP process with the Town of Leicester to acquire and purchase the former Memorial Elementary School to become the first-of-its-kind support community.

We know from the data, that 44% of women end up in a position of divorce-induced poverty that can take years to recover from.

We also know that the number one determinant causing this financial downfall is the rising cost of housing and the lack of financially sustainable housing in Massachusetts.

This is a societal concern. 

The Sparrow Collective is addressing both by increasing the number of financially sustainable rental units on the market in Massachusetts while, at the same time, redefining the divorce recovery experience for women by changing the outcome, longterm, from one of divorce-induced poverty to skies-the-limit possibilities.

The Select Board will vote on our proposal on Tuesday, October 14.

Continue to spread the word.

Continue to send love and prayers our way. 

Continue to talk about the meaningful movement we are creating through our innovative model to shift the outcome.

For more on what we are up to - and how to get involved - visit https://thesparrowcollective.org/

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👉🏼 For residents of Leicester, we are holding two open community forums to share about our efforts to purchase the former Memorial School and our intentions to renovate and transform it into a space that is, once again, brimming with life.

We invite you to attend :
🗓️ Thursday, 9/25 , 7:00pm
🗓️ Saturday, 9/27, 10:30am

https://spectrumnews1.com/ma/worcester/news/2025/09/18/non-profit-aims-to-open-state-s-first-community-for-divorced-women-

If their bid is successful, they plan to include 30 apartment units.

09/19/2025

🌟NUTV News Exclusive: The Sparrow Collective’s Mission Comes to Life 🌟

We are so grateful to Andrew Longo, reporter for NUTV News out of Northeastern University, for catching excitement about wat we are up to at The Sparrow Collective.

In this segment, our team opens up about our vision, our efforts to purchase the former Memorial School in Leicester, and our plan to convert it into Massachusetts’ first supportive living community for women (and children) impacted by divorce.

This is more than a story about a building ... it’s about what happens when we dare to believe in restoration, dignity, and new beginnings. It’s about reclaiming space, reimagining systems, and rebuilding futures, together.

🙏 Watch now to see how community, compassion, and courage are coming together to rewrite the narrative.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn38IO9GMPI

Let’s build hope this movement together. Share this story and spread the vision!

In an NUTV exclusive story, the women behind The Sparrow Collective share with NUTV's Andrew Longo how their recent purchase of a large property in Leicester...