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Find real openings near you, or run your own project. Either way, your hours verify themselves and land on a record colleges can check.

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Ages 13+
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✓ VERIFIED SPONSORSESSION 3 OF 8
Saturday Reading Circle
Indy Public Library, Branch 4 · Saturdays 10:00 AM
9 / 12
CREW
Verified hrs
54
Show rate
92%
To review
4
Crew joining
4 TODAY
Maya R.
Supply lead
CONFIRMED
Deven A.
Check-in
CONFIRMED
Sofia K.
Tutor
REVIEW
Trusted by students & organizations in 38 states
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“I needed 40 service hours and had no idea where to start. Had my first shift booked in ten minutes.”
Maya R. · Grade 11, Indianapolis
“The verified hours page went straight into my scholarship application. No chasing signatures.”
Deven A. · Grade 12, Columbus
“We filled eight Saturday slots in a day. That never happens.”
Volunteer Coordinator · Regional Food Bank
“Started my own tutoring project through Lead. Nine friends signed up.”
Sofia K. · Grade 10, Austin
Two ways in

Build one or join one

Same hub, same verified hours. The only question is how much you want to run.

Build it
Start your own organization
Set it up in minutes under a verified sponsor, then recruit a crew from schools near you. No filing, no partner hunting, no clipboard.
Sponsor matching and ready safety templates
Recruiting page, applications and roster
Attendance, scores and verified hours
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Real shifts at verified institutions and projects other students are running. Apply in a minute, hours count themselves.
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Volunteering

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Accredited institutions and student organizations in one feed, ranked to your causes, your radius and the hours you still need. One application, then you show up and the hours count themselves.

Matches near you
All causesSat afternoonUnder 5 mi
Food Bank Sort
✓ VERIFIED
Community Food Bank · Food & hunger · Sat AM · 3 hrs
96%
MATCH
Apply
Shelter Meal Service
✓ VERIFIED
Downtown Shelter · Homelessness · Weeknights · 2 hrs
91%
MATCH
Apply
Beach Cleanup Crew
✓ VERIFIED
Coastkeepers · Environment · Sun AM · 2.5 hrs
88%
MATCH
Apply
01
Find your fit
Nonprofits and student projects in one feed, ranked to your causes, radius and free time.
02
One application
Your record, availability and causes are already attached. Pick a role, pick a shift, send.
03
Hours count themselves
Check in on arrival. The organizer confirms attendance and the hours post to your record that day.
Your record

Watch it add up

Every verified hour lands on one record that builds over the year, ready the moment a college or scholarship asks.

Verified record · 2025 to 26
✓ CONFIRMED BY ORGS
54
verified hours
+8 this month
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Recent
THIS TERM
San Diego Food Bank
Feb 8
3.0
Ocean Beach Cleanup
Feb 1
2.5
Senior Tech Buddies
Jan 25
1.5
Little Library Helpers
Jan 18
2.0
Browse openings near me
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Starting your own

Build your own

You can also build, recruit and run your own nonprofit. Open positions, bring on a crew from schools nearby, take attendance, and post verified hours, all in one workspace built for a student.

Minute 1
Describe it
Name, cause, mission, where it happens. Four fields.
Day 1
Name your sponsor
Run under a school, library or nonprofit that supervises you, or register your own.
Day 3
Open positions
Roles, slots and requirements become an application form.
Day 7
Run session one
Crew confirmed, check-in code live, hours counting.
Step one
Run under a real sponsor

You do not need a 501(c)(3) or a lawyer. Name the organization that supervises your project, like a school, library or nonprofit. Use the safety templates they already accept, then request a verified badge when you are set up.

Safety plan and waiver templates they already accept
A named staff contact on every session
Their verified badge on your project page
Verified organizations
✓ VERIFIED
Indy Public Library ✓
Hosts 6 student projects · 1.1 mi
Accepted
Gleaners Food Bank ✓
Hosts 12 student projects · 2.4 mi
Reviewing
Keep Indianapolis Beautiful ✓
Hosts 4 student projects · 4.6 mi
Sent
Your recruiting page
Saturday Reading Circle
Led by Eli F. · sponsored by Indy Public Library ✓
TUTOR · 3 OPENPHOTOS · 1 OPEN2 HRS WEEKLY
Step two
The crew comes to you

Publishing gives you a page in the feed of every eligible student nearby, plus one link for a group chat or a story. No begging, no chasing.

312
Students saw the page in 48 hours
27
Opened the application
9
Confirmed for session one
The workspace

Fully manage everything

Applications, roster, attendance and verified hours in one place. Accept a volunteer, take attendance, and their hours post to every record the same day.

Step three · the workspace
ApplicationsAttendance
Waiting on you
4
Priya Nair
Tutor · 2 hours ago
AcceptLater
Marcus Odom
Tutor · Yesterday
AcceptLater
Ava Lindqvist
Photographer · Yesterday
AcceptLater
Ben Ortiz
Tutor · 2 days ago
AcceptLater
Attendance · Sat, Jul 19
POSTED
Maya Rodriguez
Present
2.2
Exceptional
Deven Achebe
Present
2.3
Strong
Sofia Kaur
Late
1.6
Strong
Theo Marsh
Present
2.1
Solid
Jonah Park
Absent
0.0
Not scored
Nina Oyelaran
Present
1.4
Needs support
01
Applications
Screening questions, accept, waitlist or decline in one tap.
02
Roster
Every member with role, status, tags, hours and last contact.
03
Attendance
Present, late or absent with geofenced times and a score per person.
04
Verified hours
Posted to each volunteer record the day they earn them.
Task board

Assign the work

Set roles with a short briefing, then drop tasks on people. Everyone sees what they own and what is left.

Fall Fundraiser · task board
6 tasks · 3 roles
Tutoring
2
Run the reading sessions
Prep the week 3 worksheets
Maya R.
Doing
Pair up the new tutors
You
Done
Outreach
2
Recruit and post
Post to three school pages
Deven A.
Doing
Email the library contact
Sofia K.
To do
Photos
2
Capture the day
Shoot Saturday session
Theo M.
To do
Upload to the shared drive
Theo M.
Done
Messaging

Keep everyone in the loop

One thread for the whole crew, plus a direct message with any applicant. No group chats to wrangle.

Crew announcements
12 members
Rooms are booked for all four Saturdays.
Maya R. · 9:14 AM
Amazing. I just posted the sign-up link under Outreach.
You · 9:16 AM
Two new tutors applied overnight. Want me to accept them?
Deven A. · 9:20 AM
Yes, accept both and add them to the Tutoring role.
You · 9:21 AM
Message the crew
Start an organization

Questions

No. You run your project under a verified sponsoring organization, which covers insurance and the legal side. We match you with one.
Setup takes minutes. Most projects have a sponsor within a day and their first confirmed crew inside a week.
Check-in and check-out are geofenced to the site, then the organizer confirms attendance. Hours post to every volunteer record the same day.
Free for students, on both sides. Organizations pay for posting and roster tools.

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