Everything Your NHS Chapter Needs
“This has been the best decision we have made regarding our school's efforts in tracking service hours. It has made it so much easier for sponsors, parents, and students to be able to stay current on documenting their time served as well as remain aware of what opportunities are available. There are so many features and many options for customization available. I couldn't possibly imagine a better system than this one.”
“Helper Helper has helped us hold students accountable. Because we are more efficient now, we can take the time to follow up with students who may have late or missing hours. Helping our students track and reach their service hour goals would be much more challenging without Helper Helper! I tell every NHS adviser I know to use Helper Helper! It makes record-keeping much easier.”
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.
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.
“I was hesitant to pay for a service we were surviving without, but I do not regret it for a moment. The amount of time I have saved has more than paid for the service and then some!”
— Andie Cummings, Student Ambassador Advisor, Manatee School for the Arts
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.
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.
NHS Chapters Trust Helper Helper
Independence Community School District
“Independence Community School District has transformed its service culture with Helper Helper. Students now discover and sign up for volunteer opportunities with ease, staff spend far less time coordinating logistics, and the district can clearly showcase the real impact its students make in the community. What used to feel scattered is now streamlined, empowering, and deeply connected.”
“I would say Helper Helper makes the process 50–70% faster than our previous manual process.” —
Angie Yearous ,NHS Sponsor
“Helping our students track and reach their service hour goals would be much more challenging without Helper Helper!” —
Kate Dusto ,NHS Adviser
“Simplifying and streamlining the process of documenting service for students and parents has been a tremendous benefit.” —
Meredith Williams ,NHS Sponsor
“I love the powerful tools that Helper Helper puts at our disposal.” —
Jeannie Steenberge ,Service Learning Coordinator
Cotter Schools · Private School
“Not only is the software wonderful, so is the Helper Helper staff! They are very personable, helpful and easy to work with! Students love the app and the ease of everything in once place.”
Real-Time Reports & Actionable Insights
Verified Service Transcripts for College Applications
Verify Self-Reported Hours with Community Partner Approval
Third-Party Coordinator Approval via Email or Text Message
For self-reported hours, members provide their coordinator’s contact details. The system sends a simple two-click approval message to coordinators, keeping the validation process fast and easy.
Once approved, this status will show in your admin panel where you can bulk-validate them all at once or review each one individually.
“The past commitments option is so easy for people in the community to use when our NHS members work with them!”
– Kate Dusto, NHS Advisor, Arapahoe High School
More Ways to Verify Attendance
Service Learning with Built-In Reflections
“The reflection component has been especially impactful. Students are more intentional when they know they’ll reflect on their experiences.”
– Elizabeth Noriega, Teacher, Virginia Academy
Goal Tracking & Real-Time Progress
