For neighborsPour les voisins
Four hundred Boise people gave time last year: meeting flights, carrying couches, teaching driving and staying for tea.Quatre cents habitants de Boise ont donné de leur temps l'an dernier : accueil à l'aéroport, déménagement de canapés, leçons de conduite, et un thé ensemble.
Open shiftsCréneaux ouverts
First time? Come to Thursday orientation at 6 PM. Airport and driving shifts need a background check, which we pay for.Première fois ? Venez à l'orientation le jeudi à 18 h. L'aéroport et la conduite demandent une vérification d'antécédents, que nous payons.
SatSam10Octoct
ApartmentsAppartements
9:00 AM–12:00 PMMeet at the warehouse, Kootenai StRendez-vous à l'entrepôt, Kootenai St
Beds, kitchen box, curtains, and a grocery run.Lits, carton de cuisine, rideaux et courses.
2 ofsur 6 leftrestantes
TueMar13Octoct
AirportAéroport
10:40 PMBoise Airport arrivalsArrivées, aéroport de Boise
A minivan or SUV with room for luggage. Car seats provided.Un monospace ou SUV avec de la place pour les bagages. Sièges auto fournis.
1 ofsur 2 leftrestantes
SatSam17Octoct
DrivingConduite
10:00 AM–12:00 PMCapital High lotParking de Capital High
Our car, your patience. Two learners per volunteer.Notre voiture, votre patience. Deux élèves par bénévole.
2 ofsur 4 leftrestantes
WedMer21Octoct
ClassroomClasse
12:45–2:45 PMRoom 5Salle 5
Toddlers, blocks and a lot of snacks.Tout-petits, cubes et beaucoup de goûters.
0 ofsur 3 leftrestantes
SatSam24Octoct
ApartmentsAppartements
8:00–11:00 AMBox truck from the warehouseCamion depuis l'entrepôt
Six donated couches and dressers across the Valley.Six canapés et commodes donnés, dans toute la vallée.
3 ofsur 4 leftrestantes
WedMer28Octoct
ClassroomClasse
3:30–5:00 PMRoom 2Salle 2
Reading and math, grades 2 to 8.Lecture et maths, du CE1 à la 4e.
3 ofsur 5 leftrestantes
No shifts match. Try another team.Aucun créneau. Essayez une autre équipe.
Demo board: signing up claims a spot on this page only.Tableau de démonstration : l'inscription n'est enregistrée que sur cette page.
Apartment kitsKits d'appartement
Counts update every Monday. New or very gently used, please.Mis à jour chaque lundi. Neuf ou en très bon état, s'il vous plaît.
Updated Monday, Oct 5Mis à jour le lundi 5 octobre
Not on the list right now, but call: we may still take it.Pas sur la liste pour l'instant, mais appelez : nous pouvons peut-être le prendre.
0 items on your listarticles sur votre liste
Give monthlyDon mensuel
Monthly gifts let us say yes before a family's flight is booked.Les dons mensuels nous permettent de dire oui avant même que le vol d'une famille soit réservé.
$20/month/mois
A month of bus passes for one adult getting to class and work.Un mois de bus pour un adulte qui va en cours et au travail.
Most chosenLe plus choisi$45/month/mois
Over a year, a full kitchen and bedding for one family's first apartment.Sur un an, une cuisine complète et la literie pour le premier appartement d'une famille.
$120/month/mois
Over a year, one adult's full CNA or forklift course.Sur un an, une formation complète d'aide-soignant ou de cariste.
New Roots is a 501(c)(3). Receipts are emailed every January.New Roots est une association 501(c)(3). Les reçus sont envoyés chaque janvier.
Design notes
A resettlement agency site that has two very different visitors: a family who landed at Boise Airport last week, and a neighbor who wants to help. The newcomer comes first. The site opens on a bilingual search for what they need today, and everything for volunteers and donors sits one tap away in the dock.
Albert Sans for headings: round, open and calm, and nothing like the type on the UNHCR forms many of these families have been filling in for years. Body text is Atkinson Hyperlegible at 18px, drawn by the Braille Institute so that I, l and 1 never look alike. For someone reading English as a third language, that is a real kindness.
Plum and apricot come from the Boise foothills at dusk, the view from the apartment complexes on the Bench where most New Roots families live. The apricot also matches the wax-print fabric many Congolese families wear on Sundays. Plum carries buttons and links; apricot is kept for highlights so it never has to carry text on its own.
A floating dock at the bottom of the screen, with an icon on every item. Most of our families use the site on a phone, sometimes before they can read much English, and a row of pictures where the thumb already rests is easier than a menu hidden behind three lines. The French switch is at the top of every page.
A search box that asks, in English and French, what you need help with today. It understands both languages, so 'école' and 'school' find the same answer. Every result says when and where in one line, because the second question after 'can you help' is always 'when'.
For newcomers the main action is 'Book a caseworker', a real appointment with a person who speaks your language. For neighbors it is concrete: 'Set up an apartment', 'Fund a welcome kit', 'Save a seat in class'. We avoided words like 'support' and 'make a difference' because they don't tell anyone what happens next.
Families, classrooms and soccer fields in daylight, with people looking at the camera as equals. No camps, no tents, no crying children: the families we serve have seen enough of those pictures of themselves. Every photograph shows people a year or more after landing, at work, at school, on the field.
Every line of the site is available in French, the shared language of most of our Central African families, and the language table shows where interpreters are available for everyone else. Body text is above 10:1 contrast in light mode, tap targets are at least 44px, and the search works with a keyboard and a screen reader.
Every text pairing is checked against WCAG 2.2 in both themes.
| Pairing | Sample | Ratio | WCAG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body text on page | Aa | 14.89:1 | AAA |
| Body text on cards | Aa | 16.83:1 | AAA |
| Secondary text | Aa | 5.85:1 | AA |
| Links | Aa | 8.48:1 | AAA |
| Button text | Aa | 9.58:1 | AAA |
| Accent label text | Aa | 8.1:1 | AAA |
| Text on dark bands | Aa | 14.89:1 | AAA |
| Muted text on dark bands | Aa | 7.91:1 | AAA |
| Text on brand bands | Aa | 9.58:1 | AAA |
| Muted text on brand bands | Aa | 6.13:1 | AA |
| Pairing | Sample | Ratio | WCAG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body text on page | Aa | 15.76:1 | AAA |
| Body text on cards | Aa | 14.34:1 | AAA |
| Secondary text | Aa | 6.93:1 | AA |
| Links | Aa | 9.31:1 | AAA |
| Button text | Aa | 9.44:1 | AAA |
| Accent label text | Aa | 9.56:1 | AAA |
| Text on dark bands | Aa | 16.55:1 | AAA |
| Muted text on dark bands | Aa | 8.29:1 | AAA |
| Text on brand bands | Aa | 9.44:1 | AAA |
| Muted text on brand bands | Aa | 5.67:1 | AA |
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