Detailed rules for how volunteer hours are recorded, verified, and submitted at Bid For Tomorrow.
Volunteer hours are verified by a designated Bid For Tomorrow supervisor who directly oversaw the activity. Only activities that were pre-approved and directly supervised by Bid For Tomorrow can be verified by us.
If you are seeking hours toward a school community-involvement requirement, your school or principal is the final authority on whether an activity qualifies. Bid For Tomorrow's verification confirms that you completed the activity and the hours — it does not guarantee that your school will accept it.
Volunteers under 18 must have a parent or guardian involved in the sign-up and verification process. For Ontario students specifically, the student's parent or guardian must verify the hours through the school's own community-involvement process, in addition to Bid For Tomorrow's supervisor verification.
Activities that have been approved in advance and directly supervised by Bid For Tomorrow may be eligible for verification, including:
Eligibility is always subject to your school's rules. Being approved by Bid For Tomorrow does not automatically make an activity eligible for your school's requirement.
The following types of activities generally do not qualify toward school community-involvement requirements, and Bid For Tomorrow does not verify them for that purpose:
Volunteers are expected to sign in at the start of each activity and sign out at the end. The Bid For Tomorrow supervisor records the actual start and end times. Hours are not counted for time not worked, breaks that are not part of the volunteer role, or travel time to and from the activity.
Hours are calculated based on the actual time spent performing the approved volunteer activity, as recorded on the sign-in sheet and confirmed by the supervisor. Partial hours are rounded to the nearest quarter-hour. Bid For Tomorrow does not round up, and we do not add hours for activities that were not performed.
What we do: We provide supervised volunteer opportunities, record your dates and hours accurately, and verify those records through a designated supervisor.
What we do not guarantee: We cannot guarantee that any specific activity will be accepted by your school, that your school will count the hours toward a graduation requirement, or that any particular number of hours will be available. Final acceptance is always determined by your school or principal.
Ontario's community-involvement requirement asks students to complete a set number of volunteer hours, verified by a supervising organization, as part of the Ontario Secondary School Diploma. Bid For Tomorrow can serve as the supervising organization for approved activities.
Students under 18 must have a parent or guardian involved in the verification process through the school. The student's school or principal makes the final determination about whether an activity qualifies.
Because some activities — including the handling of valuable items such as artwork — may not qualify, please confirm your planned role with your school before participating if you intend to count the hours.
Volunteer-hour requirements in Massachusetts are set by individual schools and districts, and are separate from Ontario's rules. Ontario's 40-hour community-involvement framework does not apply to the Lexington branch.
U.S. volunteers should check with their own school or program to confirm whether Bid For Tomorrow activities qualify for any local service requirement. Bid For Tomorrow verifies the hours completed with us; the receiving school or program decides whether they count.