Volunteer Hours Tracker
Log your service hours as you go, watch the total climb toward your goal, and export a clean CSV when it's time for sign-off.
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Track as you go, not at the deadline
The students who lose hours are the ones reconstructing them in senior spring. Log each shift the day it happens (date, organization, hours) and verification becomes a formality instead of an archaeology project. The same log doubles as raw material for applications: specific dates and organizations make service essays concrete.
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Common questions
How many volunteer hours do I need?
Depends on the program: Florida Bright Futures wants 100 hours for the Academic Scholars award and 75 for Medallion, NHS chapters typically expect 20-25 a year, IB CAS runs on sustained involvement rather than a fixed count, and many high schools set 20-40 hours to graduate. Set your program's number as the goal and track against it.
How do I get my hours verified?
Log them as you go (this page), then have a supervisor at each organization sign off. Most schools have a form for it. The CSV export gives you a clean dated list to attach. Verifiers are far happier signing a tidy log than reconstructing your semester from memory.
Do volunteer hours help with scholarships?
A lot. Service-based scholarships ask for hour counts outright, Bright Futures requires them, and community involvement is one of the most common essay prompts. Hours you can document beat hours you vaguely remember.
What counts as volunteer hours?
Unpaid work benefiting others outside your family: nonprofits, schools, religious organizations, community events, tutoring. Court-ordered service and paid work usually don't count, and program rules vary, so check yours before you're 80 hours in.