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Become a
BEE Buddy Ambassador.
Join us on the BEE Trail to serve, travel, and witness the power of kindness at home & abroad.
You’re the kind of person who wants to do more than donate—you want to come on the BEE Buddy Trail with us! As a BEE Buddy Ambassador, you help us bring Miss Dorothy’s Garden to life by enlisting BEE Buddies and supporting the delivery of programs that teach children how to plant kindness seeds across the globe.
Through Book & BEE Buddy Box Giveaways, Garden Parties, and MyStoryBook Workshops, you play a vital role in cultivating emotional resilience—starting with our pilot launch in Johannesburg, South Africa, and continuing through immersive Garden Party experiences like those coming up in San Francisco and Atlanta.
BECOME A BEE BUDDY AMBASSADOR
Travel. Serve. Witness the Power of Kindness At Home & Abroad.
You’re the kind of person who wants to do more than donate—you want to come on the BEE Buddy Trail with us! As a BEE Buddy Ambassador, you help us bring Miss Dorothy’s Garden to life by enlisting BEE Buddies and supporting the delivery of programs that teach children how to plant kindness seeds across the globe.
Through Book & BEE Buddy Box Giveaways, Garden Parties, and MyStoryBook Workshops, you play a vital role in cultivating emotional resilience—starting with our pilot launch in Johannesburg, South Africa, and continuing through immersive Garden Party experiences like those coming up in San Francisco and Atlanta.
Photos courtesy of Gogos Give Smiles.
Every Movement Needs Messengers
Carry Kindness Globally
Children everywhere are facing overwhelming mental health challenges, but they don’t always have the tools to share their feelings, tell their stories, or survive what life throws at them.
After giving money, you are the most valuable resource we have. Your gifts, story, and presence are needed to transform a child, a family, and a community.
BEE Buddy Ambassadors are vital Vivid Academy volunteers who bring our programs to life by helping children discover the power of planting kindness seeds in themselves and others.
Your Kindness Matters
Answer the Yearning to Do More As a BEE Buddy Ambassador.
Getting involved as a BEE Buddy Ambassador with Vivid Academy is a way to mobilize mission-minded volunteers to serve, grow, and witness the local and global movement of kindness.
Here's How It Works:
Complete the Ambassador Application – Tell us why you want to serve.
Set Up Your Fundraising Page – Set your goal, tell your story, and share with your network.
Book Your Travel – Whether domestic or international, you are responsible for your airfare. Once your spot is confirmed, you’ll receive a travel and service itinerary outlining program commitments and excursions.
Experience the Movement – You’ll visit early childhood development centers and schools to launch the Miss Dorothy's Garden Prorams in Johannesburg, South Africa, San Francisco, California, Atlanta, Georgia, and other cities as we expand.
From classrooms in San Francisco to the Alexandra Township, this movement is spreading one child, one BEE Buddy Box, one act of kindness at a time.
Apply Now
Become An Ambassador
Represent Miss Dorothy’s Garden as a BEE Buddy Ambassador, enlisting children around the world to work with Miss Dorothy and her BEE helpers to sow kindness seeds wherever they go.
Miss Dorothy's Garden Program Overview
Empowering Families, Educators, & Churches
At the heart of the Miss Dorothy’s Garden Legacy Project is a simple but profound idea: kindness is a seed that can grow in every heart. The program uses our beautifully illustrated children's book—Miss Dorothy’s Garden: 9 BEE Attitudes to Grow By—as the foundation for a series of hands-on activities and storytelling experiences that build emotional resilience in children.
Families, educators, and churches are equipped with engaging tools like the BEE Buddy Box, the BEE Attitudes Guides, and MyStoryBook Workshop Kits. These resources help kids internalize the rhymes associated with each BEE Attitude—building mental muscle memory for the moments they need it most.
BOOK & BEE BUDDY BOX GIVEAWAYS
Through your generous tax-deductible contributions, the Book & BEE Buddy Box Giveaway Program aims to distribute Miss Dorothy's Garden books along with BEE Buddy Boxes to childcare centers, schools, after-school programs, community centers, and children of the incarcerated.
This initiative is designed to instill the BEE Attitudes from a young age, fostering kindness, empathy, and emotional intelligence among children in varied educational and social settings.
Your support extends beyond books to providing essential learning tools that help shape the character and futures of young learners, ensuring they receive the guidance and encouragement needed to grow and thrive in their communities and beyond.
GARDEN PARTIES
Garden Parties bring Miss Dorothy’s Garden to life through joy-filled gatherings that combine literacy, creativity, and connection. Children receive their very own BEE Buddy Box filled with a copy of the book, a Kindness Kit, Bloom Project tools, and a BEE Attitude Guide to help them carry the message home.
Special Guest Readers—local heroes, artists, and leaders—make the story unforgettable. Through interactive stations, children plant seeds, craft kindness projects, and explore the 9 BEE Attitudes in playful, meaningful ways.
Every Garden Party is a cultural bridge, too. Children in San Francisco and South Africa exchange photo cards and letters, forming friendships across continents. And our generous sponsors are honored with visible recognition that reflects their heart for impact.
MYSTORYBOOK
WORKSHOPS
The MyStoryBook Workshops help children become authors of their own lives. With a BEE Buddy Box in hand—including writing tools, art supplies, and a storytelling guide—children are equipped to explore and express their unique voices at every age.
Through hands-on sessions, they learn to shape characters, build plots, and craft meaningful messages. Digital storytelling tools make it easy for them to bring their stories to life with illustrations, animations, and audio—showcasing their creativity in powerful ways.
Children finish by sharing their stories with family and friends in a special celebration. These moments build confidence, affirm identity, and plant the seeds for a future where every child knows their story matters.
Ready to bring these programs to life?
Want to Hit the BEE Trail With Us?
Become An Ambassador
Don’t miss the chance to turn your experience, story, and influence into action. Waiting too long could mean missing a travel opportunity—or even worse—missing the chance to see your impact up close.
Serve children and educators across cultures
Represent Miss Dorothy’s Garden as you spread the message of kindness
Grow in leadership and influence
Return home with a powerful story to share—and inspire others to get on the BEE Trail too!
The BEE Trail Schedule
August 15, 2025 | BEE Buddy Ambassador Application Deadline
September 18-24, 2025 | Miss Dorothy's Garden Program Pilot • Johannesburg
October 4, 2025 | BLOOM Birthday Bash • Atlanta, Georgia
October 7, 2025 | Dorothy Witherspoon's 101st Birthday
October 25, 2025 | BLOOM Launch Party • San Francisco, California
Frequently Asked Questions
1. Who is eligible to apply?
Applicants should be 18+, preferably with experience in education, youth work, service, or international missions. All Ambassadors must pass a background check and complete an interview.
Ideal applicants include educators, coaches, healthcare professionals, and others experienced in working with children or cross-cultural contexts.
2. What are the key dates and time commitments?
Ambassador applications for international travel are open July 15 – August 15, 2025. Selected Ambassadors will travel to Johannesburg, South Africa September 18-24, 2025, with pre-trip training September 2, 2025 and post-trip debriefs by November 1, 2025.
Other events include Garden Party experiences in Atlanta, Georgia and Johannesburg, South Africa.
3. What are the safety, insurance, and liability considerations?
All Ambassadors must carry travel and medical insurance and sign a waiver. Vivid Academy follows a strict risk management and child safeguarding protocol.
4. How much does it cost to join the trip to Johannesburg, South Africa?
A flat fee of $2,500 covers housing, meals, ground transportation, and materials. Airfare and insurance are the applicant's responsibility. (At this time, a visa is not required, and yellow fever pills are recommended.)
You can pay all fees, or you may choose to fundraise among your family, friends, and network to offset the cost of your travel by having them select the "Give in honor/memory" option in your name.
5. Is the donation tax-deductible?
Yes. All donations go through Vivid Academy, a registered 501(c)(3), and are tax-deductible. Supporters can give directly in your name.
6. Can I raise more than the minimum?
Absolutely. If more is raised than needed, the excess is given to you for out-of-pocket travel expenses. Any remaining funds can be donated back to Vivid Academy for an additional tax deduction.
7. What’s included in the trip?
Your trip fee includes:
• Accommodations
• Meals
• Service and outreach activities
• Cultural excursions
• Materials and training
• Pre-trip orientation
8. What if I cannot travel internationally?
You can still apply to be an Ambassador for local program initiatives! Let us know if you’re interested, and we’ll keep you informed of upcoming opportunities. You can also fundraise during our current 100 Champions Campaign to be eligible for future Ambassador grants.
9. Can I cancel or get a refund?
The Ambassador application fee for international travel and local programming are non-refundable. A full refund is offered if a trip is canceled. Partial refunds may be considered for medical reasons or emergencies.
10. What support is provided for fundraising?
Ambassadors receive a toolkit with templates, graphics, and coaching to help them meet their fundraising goals.
11. Why South Africa?
South Africa is where the garden began to bloom internationally.
What started as a personal caregiving journey and a family legacy project became something far bigger during a visit to Johannesburg. There, we discovered kindred communities—with shared challenges, radiant potential, and a hunger for programs that build emotional resilience and cross-cultural connection.
Launching Miss Dorothy’s Garden in South Africa is not an act of outreach—it is an act of partnership. The pilot is a seed for global growth, rooted in shared values and mutual honor. We begin in Alexandra Township and in the Bayview Hunters Point community of San Francisco—two neighborhoods with rich cultural soil, ready for the harvest of kindness, creativity, and collaboration.
By beginning simultaneously in South Africa and San Francisco, we’re proving a model that can be scaled—honoring the global reach of a 100-year legacy while fulfilling our call to design and deliver innovative learning to live™.
12. How does the Miss Dorothy's Garden Legacy Project fit into the Vivid Academy mission?
Miss Dorothy’s Garden is a living expression of Vivid Academy’s commitment to making vision vivid. While our core mission is to empower individuals and communities to create sustainable wealth, we believe that process starts with identity, emotional resilience, and the ability to tell one’s story.
This program uses the power of storytelling, kindness, and community engagement to sow the seeds of transformation early—particularly in children. By cultivating emotional intelligence through the 9 BEE Attitudes, we are not just planting gardens—we are planting vision in young hearts. It is entrepreneurship of the soul.
Miss Dorothy’s Garden introduces children to the language of purpose, helping them recognize the impact of their thoughts, words, and actions. It connects directly to our mission to inspire collaborative action and design innovative learning experiences that lead to real-world impact.
Our Partners
The Miss Dorothy’s Garden Legacy Project is an initiative of Vivid Academy, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that exists to invest in people and their ideas.
We believe in building bright futures for children, families, and communities across the globe by empowering them to tell their vivid life stories and create wealth to solve their own problems.
All donations are tax-deductible and processed securely through our fundraising partner, Givebutter.
The Miss Dorothy’s Garden Legacy Project is an initiative of Vivid Academy, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that exists to invest in people and their ideas.
We believe in building bright futures for children, families, and communities across the globe by empowering them to tell their vivid life stories and create wealth to solve their own problems.
All donations are tax-deductible and processed securely through our fundraising partner, Givebutter.
Miss Dorothy's Garden: 9 BEE Attitudes to Grow By is dedicated to Dorothy Witherspoon's century of service in San Francisco, the State of California, & our nation.
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