Join Us and Help Shape Futures
By becoming a BELN member, you join a growing network of families, professionals, and community partners committed to advancing early childhood success in Ravalli County. Each membership tier offers a unique way to engage, support, and collaborate as we build a stronger early childhood system together.
Volunteer Membership
Join BELN as a volunteer member and make a hands-on impact in your community! Volunteer members play a vital role in supporting programs and events through classroom assistance, community activities, maintenance projects, and family workshops—all while connecting with other passionate advocates for early childhood education.
Partner with our youth-program teachers to help children learn through play, art, and nature-based activities by assisting in classrooms, reading with small groups, or helping prepare learning materials.
Join our outreach team to share BELN’s mission, distribute information, support advocacy efforts, and connect families to early learning and child care resources across the valley.
Lend your hands to keep our youth-program classrooms, playgrounds, and gardens safe, welcoming, and beautiful through light repairs, painting, gardening, and seasonal clean-up projects.
Help bring community events to life by assisting with setup, registration, family activities, and hospitality during festivals, fundraisers, and community celebrations.
Support hands-on family workshops by helping set up materials, guiding children and parents through activities, and creating a warm, welcoming environment for all participants.
Early Childhood Professional Membership
Connect, learn, and grow with peers while strengthening early childhood education in the Bitterroot Valley. Members gain access to professional development, shared services, advocacy support, trainings, Communities of Practice, mini-grants, and coalition participation.
For one early educator. Access to all BELN trainings and Communities of Practice and ECP-credit workshops at no cost to you.
Annual ECP Investment: $75
For group and home licensed providers. Includes all Individual benefits, plus eligibility for provider spotlight features and small-grant opportunities for classroom materials or professional growth.
Annual ECP Investment: $125
For child care centers covering all staff at one site. Includes all above benefits, free site-wide access to workshops and networking opportunities.
Annual ECP Investment: $250
For organizations with multiple locations or a staff team larger than 15. Includes all above benefits, organization-wide membership for all employees, and an annual tailored on-site training opportunity.
Annual ECP Investment: $750
Other Ways to get involved
Bitterroot Early Childhood Coalition
The Bitterroot Early Childhood Coalition (BECC) brings together community members, local businesses, educators, and advocates who are passionate about strengthening early learning opportunities in the Bitterroot Valley. Click the button to learn more about the coalition and join BECC.
Board of Directors
Our Board of Directors guide BELN’s mission and impact in the Bitterroot Valley. Click the button to learn more and how to join our board of directors.