For Students

Every step of SweatMonkey's paperless hour tracking and approval process is designed to be easy to access and simple to use.

SweatMonkey has been designed to offer students like you and their schools an easy-to-use, state-of-the-art service learning platform.

Here is a friendly and low-risk way for students to explore new interests, develop new skills, get into college, and maybe even find a job that earns a good paycheck.

It's FREE!

SweatMonkey is completely free for students. There is nothing to buy or download.

It's safe and secure. Your parents would approve.

SweatMonkey currently holds the three most difficult Internet safety and privacy certifications that a website can obtain - TRUSTe, Verisign, and the Better Business Bureau. We do NOT sell, contribute, or give our members' identities or private information to a third party.

We made it easy to use.

There is no 2-hour seminar you need to sit through to figure it out. No tests. No steep learning curve. In fact, we've included simple tutorials that will let you to be up and running in as little as 15 minutes.

Online convenience: Access it from any web-enabled device.

You can access your SweatMonkey account from any web-enabled computer. We don't use limiting technologies, like Flash or Java, so virtually any web-enabled device can access SweatMonkey – including Smartphones and tablet PC of all types.

Gives (you) credit where credit is due:

SweatMonkey lets you easily keep a record of all your hard work. The site's hour tracking, verification, and crediting system is self-running: You do your part, and then it's on to the next party (the community organization or faculty) for their next move. Last but not least, your "transcript" of hours can be synced with your school records systems.

Easily keeps a journal that works hard for you.

Yes, you can easily add your hours to a time log – and get them verified and approved -- but the real value of a student volunteer experience is asking you to note what you've learned, how you've contributed, and in what ways did your work make a difference to your community organization's end goals? Journal comments are optional, and can be shared, or kept private. Students can also get feedback throughout the process from faculty or organizations. All of this helps you figure out what you might want to study in college, or what careers you might want to pursue. It also may give you a good connection (or reference) for your first job.

Writing a good resume isn't easy. (But clicking a button for one is.)

At the push of a button, SweatMonkey's Customizable Resume Generator creates a "service-learning" résumé that's a document of all the ways your work and experience contributed to a greater cause. You'll look good on paper, and this document that can be used to look for a job, apply to college, impress your grandmother, or meet your graduation requirements. It works at any moment in your experience and updates as you gain skills.

Match your interests to your community's social, economic, or environmental needs. Everyone wins.

Students can easily find community service experiences that match their interests, abilities, talents and skills. The database can be searched by distance (location), mission of the organization, or task (tutoring, mentoring, office work, construction and repair, environmental cleanups, planning fundraising), and more.

Use it to help yourself as long as you want.

Students may use SweatMonkey.org® as long as they like, perhaps initiating new endeavors to positively impact their community beyond the classroom.

The SweatMonkey Ambassador program gets you started in a big, impressive way.

The SweatMonkey Ambassador program is available to any student who wishes to help his or her community by getting SweatMonkey fully current with the organizations in your community. You can claim any community service hours you worked on the project.

Lets you share stories and experiences (safely) with other students.

Students can dialogue online with other students, instructors and community members about their service experiences in focus groups, monitored by administrators.

Can lead to awards, recognition and grants.

Students and schools that make the biggest impact on their communities (by volunteering the most hours) are recognized through awards and grants.

It's competitive in a good way.

Students can create their own affinity "Groups" and challenge their peers to service-learning competitions. Ongoing competitions recognize and award students who make positive impacts in their communities.