Roots of Empathy: Volunteer Opportunities in Your Local Grade Schools

Volunteers are needed to bring Roots of Empathy to your local Elementary Schools—where a baby helps children learn about feelings, healthy relationships, and experience less bullying.

Join Whatcom Program Manager Sara Airoldi at the Deming Library on Thursday, August 10, at 10:30am-11am (plus Q&A) to hear about volunteer opportunities in the award-winning Roots of Empathy program that improves the mental health and well-being of elementary school children.

Opportunities include:
-Volunteers to be Instructors: 1x week classroom instruction through school year, with training on evidence-based curriculum as well as mentor support
-Parent and “Tiny Teacher”: 1x month, though the school year, babies 2-4 months old in October

Interested schools in Whatcom for 2023-2024:
Mt. Baker School District Elementary Schools: Kendall, Harmony, Acme
Ferndale Elementary: Eagle Ridge, Custer, Central
Blaine Primary School
Bellingham Elementary: Cordata, Parkview, Roosevelt, Columbia, Lowell, Wade King

Roots of Empathy is a registered non-profit organization with national and international classroom programs for children and is a leader in the global empathy movement. Its mission is to build caring, peaceful and civil societies through the development of empathy in children and adults.