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Douglas County School District · Public K-12 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.”
From a foot of paperwork to a district-wide standard
Before Helper Helper, the counseling office at Rock Canyon High School collected paper service forms from more than 2,000 students, typed them into spreadsheets, and chased down verifications by hand. The counseling secretary described being "buried under a foot of paperwork on a weekly basis." Every school in the district ran its own version of the same process, and nobody had a district-wide number.
Today every Douglas County high school runs on Helper Helper. Rosters sync daily from Infinite Campus, students sign in with their Google accounts, and verified hours flow back to the SIS, where they count toward the district's graduation requirement. In Rock Canyon's first year on the platform students logged 25,580 hours, and Highlands Ranch High School estimates processing is 50 to 70 percent faster than the old manual routine. The district office can now report on more than a million verified hours without asking a single school for a spreadsheet.
“Helper Helper is the ultimate app for tracking and validating volunteer hours for each student, even in large high schools. Students love the app because they can easily watch their volunteer hours immediately increase as they complete opportunities.”
“Less administrative chaos: no more chasing down signatures or reconciling mismatched records. Students like seeing their progress and finding opportunities easily. Organizations appreciate a streamlined way to post opportunities and track volunteers. And districts can finally quantify their community impact and share it with families, boards, and local media.”
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.
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 initial setup process, as well as adding additional schools to the tool, was quite smooth. The Helper Helper technical team collaborated with our district data team to ensure the integration resulted in accurate volunteer hours for students in our SIS. This was incredibly important, as volunteer hours are a graduation requirement in our district. Once up and running, we found that we have minimal involvement with the ongoing use of the tool.”
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.
School Districts Trust Helper Helper
St. Lucie Public Schools · Public K-12 District, Florida
“Guidance counselors love the app because there is no more paperwork, just click. Parents will love the app because their child doesn't need to turn in anything. Helper Helper is everything your school needs to communicate and document volunteer hours for all your students.”
St. Lucie Public Schools serves Fort Pierce and Port St. Lucie on Florida's Treasure Coast, where 75 hours of verified community service unlocks Bright Futures Scholarship eligibility. Students sign in with their Skyward credentials through single sign-on, hours earned in earlier grades were added retroactively so nobody lost credit in the transition, and the district's guidance offices now tell families that "paper forms or letters are no longer accepted; all hours must be submitted via Helper Helper." The result is one verifiable record for every student from 9th grade through graduation, already in the format scholarship season requires.
More districts using Helper Helper
“Extremely easy for students to use. Reporting and tracking is super easy for the coordinator and for students.” —
Kristy Ward ,Silver Cord Advisor
“Helper Helper has helped us stay organized [and] monitor engagement in real time.” —
Leonard "Trey" Griffin ,NHS Sponsor, Cherokee Trail High School
Real-Time Reports & Actionable Insights
Goal Tracking & Real-Time Progress
Verified Service Transcripts for College Applications
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