Community Service
Please refer to the Paly Community Service Guidelines, which contains specific information on what volunteer hours count and what hours do not count towards Paly Community Service. |
Welcome! Thank you for giving back to your community and volunteering your time. While there is no community service requirement for graduation, many Paly students are engaged with the community and track their service hours. By submitting community service hours, students confirm that they have read the Paly Community Service Guidelines and agree to follow them.
Important Announcements
Youth Community Service (YCS) DoService Platform
Starting June 2025, all Paly rising 9-11th grade students will use the Youth Community Service (YCS) platform to find service opportunities, track their hours, and earn service awards. The YCS DoService platform will be replacing HelperHelper. YCS and Paly are working together to transfer HelperHelper hours into YCS DoService.
President's Volunteer Service Award - "on pause"
Unfortunately, the President's Volunteer Service Award program has been put on a temporary pause by the governing organization, AmeriCorps. As such, Paly is no longer able to issue Presidential Volunteer Service Awards. There no indication of when the program may resume. You can find more information about the PVSA pause on their website. Thank you for volunteering.
Looking for community service opportunities? Check out the Community Service Opportunities slides or the YCS Calendar for ideas. |
- What is community service?
- Why do community service?
- Paly Community Service Guidelines
- Youth Community Service (YCS) Do Service Platform
- How to Get Started with the YCS Do Service Platform
- Transcript Hours (Class 2026 only)
- President’s Volunteer Service Award (PVSA)
- Further help?