Everything Your Service Program Needs
Featured School Bishop DuBourg High School, St. Louis
Bishop DuBourg High School · Catholic High School
“Helper Helper has allowed us to quickly and efficiently notify our entire student population of new service opportunities, resulting in a fluid interaction between the service sites, the school, and the students. Now, because of Helper Helper's tools, we are able to run a variety of different reports that we use to help motivate, remind, and inspire our students to do better.”
A story the whole school can tell
Bishop DuBourg's motto is "Faith in Christ…Service to Others," and for years the Campus Ministry team tracked that service on paper forms and an Excel sheet: manual data entry, hours spent organizing and verifying, and little visibility into how the student body as a whole was participating. The school also needed something a spreadsheet could not give it, because service requirements differ by graduation year.
Today the process is fully electronic. Each class year carries its own goal, hours are tracked across the school's service categories, and Jim Campbell can notify every student the moment a new opportunity opens. The Detailed Institution Report gives leadership a one-stop view of participation, top service sites, and the economic value of the hours students complete. And because students upload photos from their service, the school has authentic images for social media, alumni communications, and school storytelling. "What better way to promote our motto," Campbell says, "than to show our students actually performing service to others."
“We evaluated many platforms, and at the time, Helper Helper was the only one that met all of our requirements. Student security and privacy are top priorities for us, and it's clear they are for Helper Helper as well. We haven't looked back since.”
“Helper Helper keeps upgrading the app with more options for every possible scenario in service. Our service hours have increased due to the easy use of the Helper Helper app.”
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.
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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.
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.
“The onboarding process was very easy to institute. It has worked flawlessly for our students and faculty since it was configured. From an IT standpoint, it could not have been more 'set it and forget it.'”
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
Private Schools Trust Helper Helper
Cascia Hall Preparatory School · Private College Prep
“Prior to Helper Helper, our students had paper forms for their on site supervisors to sign, date and give their contact information. Helper Helper has streamlined the student's ease in recording their service. Faculty sponsors' time spent translating from service to grades has become less tedious.”
Cascia Hall shifted its philosophy from counting hours to what its leadership calls "service and hours," with a requirement for each grade level that matches what students are ready to take on. Helper Helper gave the school a way to hold every grade to its own standard without a paper form in sight. High achievers document and showcase everything they do, students meeting the minimum have a clear path to accountability, and faculty sponsors spend less time turning service records into grades and more time mentoring.
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“Expect to be pleasantly surprised by how little IT involvement is required after go-live. Once it's up and running, it largely takes care of itself.” —
Michael Broaddus ,Director of Technology
“Not only is the software wonderful, so is the Helper Helper staff! Students love the app and the ease of everything in one place.” —
Marisa Corcoran ,Director of Campus Ministry
“We are especially impressed with its ability to categorize varieties of service, so our students can identify the activities that involve direct service to the poor and marginalized.” —
Jeannie Steenberge ,Service Learning Coordinator
“In streamlining the process of tracking hours for our service program, Helper Helper has given us more time for meaningful reflection about those service experiences.” —
Christopher J. McCabe ,Christian Service Program Coordinator
“The app is easy to use, both for the students and for the organizations that we're serving.” —
Dave Neeson ,Director of Campus Ministry
“After using Helper Helper for a few years in the high school, we are looking at expanding its use with the middle school.” —
Errol Christian ,Campus Minister
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
Verified Service Transcripts for College Applications
Real-Time Reports & Actionable Insights
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