<p>Hey guys, I know this isn't exactly high school life, but I couldn't find a relevant forum thing. I just have some questions before entering the HS Volunteering Labor Force:</p>
<p>1) How to prove you did X number of hours later on?
I've been volunteering at some local events and stuff, and will start volunteering at a charity organization very soon. How do I basically prove that I did 100 hours here, 200 hours there, etc.? Can someone walk me through this?</p>
<p>2) Do you need to fill out paperwork or something with your school or something before you start volunteering?
Like working papers or permission from the school?</p>
<p>3) Not really a serious question, but anything else I should know? Or do I just show up to Soup Kitchen X, or X General Hospital, start working, manually record my hours myself, and then the time comes and put it on apps (lol, this makes me working at a charity I sincerely like sound like I'm doing this for my app!)?</p>
<p>1) You can’t really prove it. Usually, on applications, you just list the number of hours you’ve done and the program will just trust you.</p>
<p>However, it is a good idea and would not hurt to keep a log of your volunteer hours. Print out a chart or something and every time you volunteer, write down the date, event, and get someone to sign off. This is completely optional, but I don’t know… just in case. I used to do this freshman year, but I lost my chart, so eh =/</p>
<p>2) No you do not. </p>
<p>3) Get to know the people you’re volunteering with. The people who coordinate the things. They could write fantastic recs. </p>
<p>Typically, when someone volunteers, they set up an event, show up, volunteer, and just remember that they did it.</p>
<p>Regrettably, this kind of system makes it far to easy for people to embellish their volunteer hours.</p>
<p>Thanks for this, I was thinking of doing something along these lines. But getting signed off for every hour of work I do sounds swell.</p>
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<p>Good point, though I got my volunteering position through contacting a coordinator, so hopefully I can build a good relation with her over the next couple years for a decent letter of rec.</p>
<p>Thanks LaTina (I just realized Latina haha), much appreciated!</p>