Get Involved
Help Grow the Next Generation of Leaders
Ways to Get Involved
Your support does more than fund programs: it is a direct investment in the futures of refugee and immigrant youth in Spokane and Eastern Washington. Join us in nurturing hope and empowering the next generation as they grow strong roots in their new communities.
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Your financial gifts provide the essential resources necessary to create safe spaces that foster belonging and connection for refugee and immigrant youth in Spokane. Your support also fuels our holistic care initiatives and powers trauma-informed, culturally responsive programs across sports, education, and mental health. Ultimately, your generosity helps build resilience in young people, empowering them to discover their voice, root into their identity, and rise to their full potential.
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Help bring our programs to life by investing in the next generation. Through mentorship, you can provide the essential one-on-one guidance that ensures every refugee and immigrant youth feels seen and valued. If your strengths lie in academics, your support can help students overcome systemic barriers through targeted tutoring and college readiness preparation. Additionally, you can jump in as a program assistant to directly support our sports, arts, and leadership workshops.
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We believe in the power of community collaboration, which is why Roots International actively partners with organizations and groups to maximize our collective impact. Through these vital partnerships, we share resources to expand the reach of our educational and vocational training programs. We also collaborate closely on events, combining expertise to enhance our sporting and cultural activities. Ultimately, these joint efforts allow us to strengthen networks and build a robust, enduring support system for refugee and immigrant families.
Do you have an idea to share in partnering with us? We’d love to hear it!
Talk to Shannon about Volunteering or Partnering:
“If you're interested in working with us as a volunteer or organizational partner, complete one of the forms below, and I’ll get back to you as soon as possible!”
-Shannon Price, Volunteer Coordinator for Roots International
Volunteer with Us! (Individuals)
Partner with Us! (Organizations)
Show Up for a Young Person Who Needs You
Volunteering with Roots International isn't about having all the answers. It's about showing up consistently, with empathy, and with the belief that every young person deserves someone in their corner.
Why Volunteer With Roots?
Your time creates real change.
The youth we serve are navigating trauma, cultural adjustment, and academic barriers that most people will never face. Your presence, reliable, caring, consistent, is one of the most powerful interventions we have.
There's a place for your strengths.
Whether you're a coach, tutor, artist, mentor, or simply someone who cares, we have a role that fits. Volunteers support all six of our pathways: Sports, Mentorship, Education, Arts, Leadership, and Mental Health.
We prepare you to show up well.
Every volunteer receives trauma-informed, culturally responsive training so you can engage with confidence, communicate with respect, and create spaces where young people feel genuinely safe.
You'll grow too.
Cross-cultural competency, leadership experience, and deep community connection volunteering with Roots change the people who show up just as much as the youth they serve.
What You'll Do
Depending on your role, you might be tutoring homework, leading a soccer practice, facilitating an arts workshop, building trust through weekly mentorship, or simply being the consistent adult presence a young person has been waiting for.
Every role matters. Every hour counts.
Who We're Looking For
We're not looking for perfection; we're looking for people who show up. Coaches, tutors, mentors, artists, organizers, and caring individuals of all backgrounds are welcome. Most roles require no prior experience, just reliability, empathy, and a willingness to learn.
We welcome individual volunteers, families, corporate teams, and student organizations.