How can we help?

A prominent psychologist called 'The WeHelp Mindset' the most significant innovation in psychology in 50 years. By helping ourselves and the people around us we are baking into our communities the strong social support that underpins our physical and mental health.

This is a simple and elegant solution. WeHelp is built into us and is very contagious - if you help someone reciprocity will kick in causing that person to look for ways to help you back or pay it forward.

So we simply need to start helping each other.

We're working on three main programs:

Start a WeHelp club at school

If you'd like to help, start a WeHelp club and let us know how about it.

Our main focus is on starting WeHelp clubs in school. We need to create a culture of WeHelp where we are encouraged to ask for and to give help. People who help others are widely respected and founding a WeHelp club not only looks amazing on your college applications and resume, it gives you some fantastic stories to tell. One of our best stories is from a basketball player who took one of his classmates into the gym with him. He ended up telling college coaches about how this triggered the WeHelp Mindset in his team leading to a 5-10 point per game increase.

Not only do we gain respect, research has shown that those who help others have higher grades. We've all heard about how teaching others is the best way to learn, but the key is how fun and engaging it is. Helping others turns an individual effort into a team sport - think of creating a band of brothers who share their strengths together.

Not sure what to do? The most popular WeHelp club effort has been to mentor freshman. The first club to do this created 'Freshman Buddies', seniors who would pair up with the new kids to help them through the transition to a new school and learning environment. Starting in a new school is a tough transition that we've all gone through - our senior mentors report an immense feeling amazing having helped others through it.

Social Emotional Development

The WeHelp Mindset is a perfect adjunct to Social Emotional Learning in our schools. We learn social skills through experience - we have to develop more, and deeper relationships with each other which is where WeHelp comes in.

"Hey, can you help me with this?" is a phenomenal relationship starter, and "Thank you" is a simple and profound way to deepen your relationships. Our workshops with educators start with these basics and dive into the complex task of creating an environment of WeHelp at school. The productivity and success of our students rests entirely on their ability to develop and maintain strong relationships. We see that immediately in their grades and later from their managers and leaders at work.

Employer Educator Partnerships

WeHelp runs workshops bringing local employers and educators together. The goal is broaden our viewpoint and let everyone know that we are all there to help each other. Our first efforts involved creating a mentorship program for middle school students which proved to be effective and fun for all involved.