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Empowering housing-insecure young adult men to acquire lasting life skills towards adulthood.

Orchard is a Jesus-centered community that affirms, empowers, and builds into the lives of young adult men who are at increased risk of experiencing homelessness. The Orchard is a community for the young men to plant and root their lives, to cultivate and prune their gifts and character, and to offer the fruits of their participation to the wider community.

10/14/2026

Hello Friends,

Please join me in welcoming Moses, our newest resident! Moses is currently working as a classroom aid and hopes to become an elementary school teacher. He loves musicals, movies, and hiking. You can meet him in person if you visit us at our Open House Fundraiser this Saturday, 10/17, 2-5pm. We hope to see you!

God bless you,
Michael Liaw

For our Fall Open House, we have a $10k matching campaign where you donations will be matched $1-for-$1 up to $10,000. This helps us provide housing, mentoring, and community for our housing insecure guys, who are required to work full time or go to school full time, investing in their futures.

The avocados are from our tree for all visitors to our open house!

10/02/2026

Hello Friends,

I wonder how many of you know young adults who are homeless, about to be homeless, or living in unstable or unsafe housing situations. According to a 2017 report, 1 in 10 young adults experience some form of homelessness over the course of the year. It’s likely higher now and I would not be surprised if you know one or two who need housing and support with adulting.

At Orchard Community, we seek to first provide stable housing to reduce the risk of repeat experience of homelessness.

But we know that we can’t just provide stability without tools to build towards a better future. So we require that all our young adult men work or go to school full time and learn budgeting skills.

Because we only work with (4) guys at a time, we can provide mentorship that takes into account each individual’s unique strengths and challenges.

Please join us at our Open House Fundraiser on Saturday, 10/17, 2-5pm to see where the work happens, meet our residents, and hear exciting updates about how we hope to expand our impact in the next season.

Thank you for supporting our important work. God bless you,
Michael Liaw

PS: Don’t forget our $10k matching campaign!

We are taking applications for (2) housing-insecure young adult men (18-24 y.o.) who are interested in stable housing, life skills training, and community building. Please apply to the link in profile.

09/23/2026

Hello Friends,

As many of you know, we stay in touch with our former residents as much as possible to see how they are doing. In preparation for our Fall Open House on Saturday, 10/17, 2-5pm, we’ve been interviewing our former residents so you can hear directly from them about their experience. Please be sure to stop by and hear their reflections as well as our plans for the next season.

Some highlights from the interviews:

Q: How did Orchard help you?
A: Learning how to budget (this response was unanimous)

Q: What advice do you have for a future resident so they can succeed?
A: Trust the process, listen to Mike, do the work (no payment was made for this advice 😀)

Thank you for your faithful support.
Michael Liaw

PS: Don’t forget our $10k matching campaign!

We are taking application for (1) housing-insecure young adult man (18-24 y.o.) who is interested in stable housing, life skills training, and community building. Please apply to the link in profile.

09/10/2026

Hello Friends,

Hope you are surviving the heat. Here’s a don’t do: eat pho. But alas, it was delicious and we couldn’t resist, undeterred by the restaurant’s frugal attitude towards air conditioning. Pictured is Chance and me at our regular relational meeting.

Here’s a to do: regularly check your finances. That way, you don’t sweat over unexpected bills. Going over budget weekly is part of our program to equip young adults with lasting life skills.

Thank you for your faithful support.
Michael Liaw

Speaking of not sweating: A/C. Thanks to generous donors, we have A/C units now installed in all our resident’s rooms.

And speaking of unexpected bills, increased electricity bills! We’re hoping to avoid that with a DIY Solar panel system, also thanks to a generous donor.

And speaking of donations, this is the right time to give as all donations will be matched $1-for-$1 up to $10,000, thanks to generous donors. Please also visit us at our Open House on Saturday, 10/17, 2-5pm, to meet our residents and hear some exciting updates about next season.

We are taking applications for (2) housing-insecure young adult men (18-24 y.o.) who are interested in stable housing, life skills training, and community building. Please apply to the link in profile.

08/31/2026

Hello Friends,

We have a very exciting announcement to make: All donations from now through our Open House on Saturday, 10/17, 2-5pm, will be matched dollar-for-dollar up to $10,000, thanks to a group of very generous supporters of Orchard Community.

AND, at our open house, we will share exciting updates about expansion opportunities we are exploring. We would love to share our ideas, hear your input, and continue to journey together with you into the next season.

Thank you for your faithful support.
Michael Liaw

We are taking applications for (2) housing-insecure young adult men (18-24 y.o.) who are interested in stable housing, life skills training, and community building. Please apply to the link in profile.

08/28/2026

Hello Friends,

We just wanted to share some fun and exciting things that David has been up to:

•David enrolled at Dirtbags Academy, a social enterprise branch of a custom Harley Davidson repair shop that empowers young adults facing various barriers with machine shop skills. David is excelling in the program learning how to paint, wrap, and tint automobiles. He has job interviews with union representatives next week!

•David is also our resident baker, except it’s a bit too hot to bake right now.

•David is also our resident handyman, who put in our portable A/C units in two of our rooms. Shout out to Whittier Area Community Church for donating a window unit and for a local handyman for donating his labor. We are so relieved this heat wave to have A/C.

•Lastly, David and I hopped the train tracks behind our house to have a meal at Lascari’s. The fettuccini was delicious!

All this has been made possible because of your generous support, investing in stable housing and mentorship for young adult men like David. Thank you for your faithful support and love. Please join us at our next open house, Saturday, 10/17, 2-5pm, to meet David and our other residents!

Michael Liaw

We are taking applications for (2) housing-insecure young adult men (18-24 y.o.) who are interested in stable housing, life skills training, and community building. Please apply to the link in profile.

08/20/2026

Hello Friends,

Please join us in wishing Nick well as he continues his adulthood journey elsewhere after a short but sweet time with us. At Orchard Community, Nick was able to accomplish not a few significant things:

• Nick completed 1 semester of school at Rio Hondo towards his fire technology degree.
• Nick found a job at a local water park.
• Nick learned how to create a budget and made progress in keeping it.
• Nick practiced meal prep skills, turning things he found on social media into healthy, nutritious meals.

All the guys here will miss how friendly Nick was, his warmness, and how easily he would start conversations about anything. We wish him all the best.

Thank you for your faithful support and love for us and our guys!

Michael Liaw

PS: Save the Date: Our next Open House is Saturday, 10/17, 2-5pm. More info about our matching campaign soon!

We are taking applications for (2) housing-insecure young adult men (18-24 y.o.) who are interested in stable housing, life skills training, and community building. Please apply to the link in profile.

08/06/2026

Hello Friends,

We love keeping in touch with our former residents and reminding them that we love them and are here for them. We thought you’d enjoy a quick update from a few of our guys:

•Anthony is busy working full time and being a dad. We got to celebrate his one-year-old’s cowboy-themed birthday party, which had a pony!

•Simeon is working full time at a local, upscale restaurant and still diligently attending to his passion in fashion design. We celebrated his birthday recently at an Indonesian restaurant.

•Mark got a new job recently, still in the food industry, at a local Italian restaurant. We caught up over some sandwiches in uptown. He is working on getting his driver’s license.

•Wilson and Aya are enjoying their married life in Michigan, living with family, and working full time jobs in retail and fast food.

Thank you for your faithful support and love for us and our guys!

Michael Liaw

PS: Save the Date: Our next Open House is Saturday, 10/17, 2-5pm. More info soon!

We are taking applications for a housing-insecure young adult man (18-24 y.o.) who is interested in stable housing, life skills training, and community building. Please apply to the link in profile.

07/30/2026

Hello Friends,

Please help us wish Fred farewell who completed his residency with us at Orchard Community! During Fred’s time with us, he found work with Ralphs Grocery store as well as grew in his budgeting skills. He is now home in Brazil to complete some immigration paperwork so he can return to the States to grow in his career and contributions to the community.

We’re honored to have been a part of Fred’s journey. We love you, Fred, and God bless you!

And thank you as always for your faithful support,
Michael Liaw

We are taking applications for a housing-insecure young adult man (18-24 y.o.) who is interested in stable housing, life skills training, and community building. Please apply to the link in profile.

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Whittier, CA
90605

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Monday	8am - 5pm
Friday	8am - 5pm

Telephone

+15622317515

Website

http://orchard-community.org/

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