District-Wide Success Douglas County School District
Douglas County School District
“I believe that Helper Helper has significantly benefited our schools, students, and community. Students finding, completing, and tracking volunteer hours is much easier than in the past. I have also received feedback that community and school organizations seeking volunteers now find students to fill those positions with much less effort than was previously required.”
One of Helper Helper's flagship Colorado partnerships is with the Douglas County School District, one of the largest districts in the state. With over 18,000 students across 15+ schools, Douglas County needed a platform that could handle volunteer tracking at a true district scale — and Helper Helper delivered.
Rock Canyon High School, one of the district's largest schools, was an early adopter. Before Helper Helper, their counseling office was buried under paper forms. Counseling Secretary Barbara Hendricks described the old process: "I would be buried under a foot of paperwork on a weekly basis." With a student body that grew from 1,800 to over 2,300 students, the manual system of collecting paper forms, entering data into spreadsheets, and chasing down verifications simply could not keep up.
After implementing Helper Helper, Rock Canyon saw immediate results. In their first year on the platform, students logged 25,580 total volunteer hours — averaging over 10 hours per student. The platform's real-time tracking means students can see their progress instantly through the iOS and Android apps, and the administrative burden on staff dropped dramatically.
How Helper Helper Supports Students and Administrators in Colorado
Getting Started
Helper Helper integrates directly with the student information systems (SIS) and single sign-on (SSO) providers your school already uses, including Google for Education, Microsoft, PowerSchool, ClassLink, Canvas, and more. Students sign in with their existing school credentials and rosters sync automatically.
Already tracking hours in spreadsheets, a homegrown database, or another platform? We'll import your existing data into Helper Helper at no additional charge so students don't lose credit for hours they've already completed.
Same-Day Support from Real People
No chatbots or ticket queues. When you need help, you’ll hear back the same day from Krista, Chelsea, or Matt. Our team knows schools and provides guided onboarding and Zoom trainings to get your program up and running.
Simple, Affordable Pricing
Helper Helper starts at $500 per year for up to 200 students and includes everything you need. Additional students cost $2.50 per student per year.
- Hour verification & reporting
- Goal tracking & real-time progress
- Service portfolios for students
- iOS, Android & web apps
Schedule a Demo
Pick a time that works for you. We’ll walk through how Helper Helper can serve your school or district and answer any questions you may have.
HECVAT-assessed, FERPA-compliant, encrypted in-transit and at-rest, hosted on AWS infrastructure.
This designation benefits both parties: for your school or district, it means you can deploy Helper Helper without the administrative burden of collecting individual parent consent for every student — the same way you onboard other essential technology platforms. For Helper Helper, it means we are held to the same strict data-handling standards as your own employees, giving your community confidence that student records are protected by the full weight of federal privacy law.
The FTC provides guidance confirming that schools may consent on behalf of parents in the educational context under COPPA. Please request to see our Notice of Data Practices for Children Under 13 and our Privacy Policy for further details.
The HECVAT was developed by the higher education community (EDUCAUSE) and is widely used by colleges and universities to assess the IT security, data protection, and privacy practices of third-party software vendors before adoption. While originally designed for higher ed, its comprehensive framework is equally valuable for K–12 schools and districts looking for a rigorous, standardized way to evaluate whether a vendor meets their security and compliance requirements.
AWS operates the most widely adopted and trusted cloud infrastructure in the world, with security practices that meet or exceed the requirements of federal agencies, financial institutions, and healthcare providers. Their data centers are protected by 24/7 on-site security, biometric access controls, redundant power and networking, and continuous monitoring.
AWS is independently audited against the most rigorous standards in the industry — including SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3, ISO 27001, FedRAMP, and PCI DSS — and provides industry-leading uptime guarantees backed by a 99.99% service-level agreement. This means your school can count on Helper Helper being available when students and advisors need it.
Administrators can be scoped to specific groups, schools, grade levels, or graduating classes — an NHS advisor sees only their NHS members, a school principal sees only their school, and a district coordinator sees the full district.
Outside community partners receive organization admin roles that let them post their own volunteer opportunities, manage sign-ups, and confirm attendance for events they host, without any visibility into student records, other organizations’ events, or school-internal data.
Helper Helper is fully FERPA-compliant, giving your community confidence that student records are protected by the full weight of federal privacy law. We never sell or share student data.
For Colorado schools, we sign your district's Student Data Privacy Agreement and meet all requirements of the Colorado Student Data Transparency and Security Act (HB 16-1423).
Colorado Schools Using Helper Helper
Highlands Ranch High School
“We've saved tons of administration time and as a result been able to focus on offering more community service opportunities for our students. I can't imagine not using HH at our school!”
“I tell every NHS adviser I know to use Helper Helper! It makes record-keeping much easier.” —
Kate Dusto ,NHS Adviser
“Helper Helper has helped us stay organized [and] monitor engagement in real time.” —
Leonard "Trey" Griffin ,NHS Sponsor
