There are four ways to help — from a 15-second phone check-in to showing up with a truck. Every contribution, big or small, directly feeds your neighbors.
Free forever: find opportunities and help your community.Helpers Plus from $1/month →
Good intentions deserve follow-through. These are the four things Helpers Plus adds to the free ways you help — find the need that fits you, know you are needed, keep a record, and show what it added up to.
Tell us what you love doing.
Describe your interests, skills, and when you are free — "I love animals and gardening, weekends, up to 20 miles." The Scout searches the Helpers map and the wider web for organizations that fit, including ones not listed yet, and shows source links so you can check.
One personalized search each month
See where help is needed most.
Monthly insight into the areas with the most unmet need, the kinds of help organizations are short on — transport, packing, food donations — and which local providers are asking for support right now.
Reported needs, never guesses dressed as facts
Document your service.
Organizations confirm the hours they saw you give. Download a certificate or a consolidated report for school, scholarships, employers, or benefits — with dates, activities, and who verified them.
Verified hours kept separate from self-reported
Your example inspires others.
Turn your hours, milestones, and the organizations you supported into a clean card you can post. You decide exactly which details appear — nothing about the people you helped is ever included.
You control what is shared
Your $1 makes a difference beyond your own volunteering.
$1 a month covers roughly what it costs us to keep food-resource searches open for one person for a month. So a Helpers Plus membership helps one family find food for a whole month while it helps you find your own way to help.
Helping your community is always free. Helpers Plus is your personal volunteering companion — it finds where you're needed, keeps a real record of your hours, and helps you share the difference you make.
Switch to yearly and save $2.
Help your neighbors. Nothing to pay.
Volunteer, verify the pantries you pass every day, donate, or drive — no card, no trial.
Your helper record holds your hours, confirmations and commitments — free.
Get Started for FreeOr $10 a year — save $2.
Your personal volunteering companion.
Discover opportunities with AI. See where help is needed most. Document your hours. Track your impact. Inspire others.
Everything in Helpers Free, plus:
Your $1 helps one family find food for a whole month.
It keeps food-resource searches free for someone who needs them, at about $1 per active person a month.
| Free | Plus$1/mo | |
|---|---|---|
| Find volunteering opportunities | ||
| Verify pantry listings near you | ||
| Sign up for volunteer shifts | ||
| Donate items and offer transportation | ||
| Save favorite organizations | ||
| View upcoming commitments | ||
| Basic volunteer-hour tracking | ||
| Request volunteer-hour confirmation | ||
| See publicly reported urgent needs | ||
| AI Volunteer Scout, including external discovery | 1 / month | |
| Monthly Community Impact Insights | ||
| Personalized high-need recommendations | ||
| Personal volunteering dashboard | ||
| Detailed volunteer history | ||
| Enhanced verified-hour PDF certificates | ||
| Consolidated school and benefits reports | ||
| Monthly and annual impact summaries | ||
| Social media impact cards | ||
| Personalized opportunity alerts | ||
| Personal goals and milestones |
Free is permanent. Your Helpers Plus sign-up is recorded now — no payment is taken, and we email you to activate.