​The heart of Roots of Empathy is the neighbourhood parent and infant who join the Instructor in the classroom for Family Visits. Here are some of the 32 Anglophone School District South families and “tiny teachers” who participated in the 2014/2015 Roots of Empathy Program helping to celebrate the volunteers, at the River Lighthouse in Hampton (participating in the Saint John Education Centre and the Hampton Education Centre).  An Instructor visits the classroom 27 times over the school year and for nine of these visits (about every three weeks) the Roots of Empathy family joins the Instructor in the classroom - each Family Visit is about 30 minutes long.  Special thank-you to funders who make this program possible: Dr. David Stephen Memorial Foundation, Domestic Violence Action Group, Family & Child Education, Greater Saint John Community Foundation, Sisters of Charity, St. Joseph’s Community Health Centre, St. Paul’s Anglican Church Women, Rothesay, and the United Way.