Only you can help bring these little trout into classrooms for youth! CalTrout is looking for members to become volunteers for our Trout in the Classroom program. The Classroom Aquarium Education Program, aka Trout in the Classroom, brings trout eggs into classrooms to be hatched and reared by youth, with fry eventually released into CDFW-designated waterways. For a more in-depth look at the program, check out this article.
Volunteers are critical to the program, and provide support to one or multiple classrooms over the length of the program. Over the 6 to 8 week program they help set up aquariums, pick up and transport trout eggs to classrooms and place them in aquariums with students, and support classrooms on release day. They help teachers troubleshoot, and even present in classrooms depending on the teacher.
The program runs over two months in the spring, and requires a full day of training with CDFW, and coordination with CalTrout staff beforehand. We are looking for volunteers to support classrooms in San Francisco, Half Moon Bay, and Fremont!
If you are interested in becoming a volunteer, please fill out the form below and CalTrout’s Outreach and Education Manager, Molly Ancel will be in contact with you as soon as possible.
