QUICK LINKS TO INSTRUCTIONS LOGGING IN TO THE L4S WEBSITE WHEN & WHERE? WHO? WHY? WHAT?

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1 WHAT? WHO? WHEN & WHERE? WHY? Leadership for Service (LS) is a national community service program for HOBY Alumni. It was specifically designed to raise the public s awareness that young people are a community resource for problem-solving, volunteerism, and leadership. For HOBY Alumni who care about their community and want to give back. HOBY challenges Alumni to complete 00 or more volunteer service hours, and to log the hours in our secure LS website for recognition and special opportunities. In your own community (or where you see the need), and immediately following your seminar. Alumni have two chances to meet the LS challenge: ) the summer following the seminar through your junior year, and ) the summer after your junior year through your senior year. Each opportunity is one year long. Because it feels good to do good! And by meeting our 00+ hours LS challenge, you receive a HOBY recognition packet, as well as the President s Volunteer Service Award. LS challenge winners are also exposed to special HOBY scholarship opportunities. QUICK LINKS TO INSTRUCTIONS. Logging in to the LS Website. Updating/Keeping Your Information Current. Logging Your Service Projects. Editing a Service Project 5. Adding Hours to Service Projects 6. Viewing/Editing/Deleting Hours Logged for a Service Project 7. FAQs LOGGING IN TO THE LS WEBSITE. Obtain your username and password. This information is ed to you within a day or two of completing your seminar. Go check your right now. A. Yes, I have it! [Good. Go to step.] B. No, I can t find it. [Bummer. You ll need to request the information see below.] LS@hoby.org with the following: i. Subject: LS Login Request ii. Your full name iii. Complete home address iv. Area code + phone number v. Date of birth vi. Complete name of high school & city vii. Your HOBY year and seminar name viii. Name/version of your web browser (for example, Internet Explorer.0). Go to the LS website at Enter your Username and Password.. Click Log In, and then you re in!

2 UPDATING/KEEPING YOUR INFORMATION CURRENT. Click the Personal Information tab.. Confirm or edit your address. (Ensure your is one you can access anytime and outside of school.). Change your password to one you can remember.. Select a security question and enter an answer. 5. Confirm or edit all the information we have for you on this page by clicking Edit in each section. 6. Be sure to save any changes! 5 LOGGING YOUR SERVICE PROJECTS Volunteer service hours must be logged within a Service Project(s). Service Projects contain all the details for HOBY to categorize and validate your service hours, like the organization s name, location, and contact. When creating a Service Project, you can edit the start date and end date based on if the project is ongoing (i.e. bi- weekly, weekly, monthly, etc.).. Click the Projects tab. a. If you have not previously entered a service project or logged any hours, your screen will appear slightly different than the example below.. Click Add a New Service Project.. Complete all the information in the following screen. (Instructions are provided.) Ensure the accuracy of all the information entered.. Click Save at the bottom. Updated April 05 Page of 6

A listing of all your projects and service hours will be in Service Projects.

3 If your service project takes place outside of the United States, use the space in the description box to clarify where it took place and provide any foreign contact numbers. 5. A listing of all your projects and service hours will be in Service Projects. EDITING A SERVICE PROJECT. Click Edit Project.. Make the necessary changes to the Update Service Project Window.. Click Save. Updated April 05 Page of 6

. Find the service project, and click Add Hours.. A new Service Window opens up.

4 ADDING HOURS TO SERVICE PROJECTS Adding hours to projects eliminates duplicate work when performing volunteer hours for the same organization.. Find the service project, and click Add Hours.. A new Service Window opens up.. Enter all the information.. Click Save. 5. Enter additional Service Projects and Volunteer Hours as needed. Updated April 05 Page of 6

Find the service project, and click View Hours Logged.

5 6. The new hours are now added in two locations: (a) in the Total Hours for the service project, and (b) in the Total Service Hours. VIEWING/EDITING/DELETING HOURS LOGGED FOR A SERVICE PROJECT. Find the service project, and click View Hours Logged.. A Project Log listing all volunteer hours appears.. Click Edit or Delete as needed.. If Editing, click Save. Updated April 05 Page 5 of 6

6 FAQS What do I get exactly for completing 00+ hours of service? There are three levels of awards based on the number of qualified hours served and logged in the LS system: Bronze: 00-7 hours in one year Silver: 75 to 9 hours in one year Gold: 50+ hours in one year President s Call to Service Award:,000 lifetime total Your awards packet will reflect the level you achieved and will include the following: A certificate of recognition from HOBY. A letter from HOBY s CEO to College Admissions Officers verifying your service hours. A congratulatory letter from the President of the United States. A certificate of recognition from the President of the United States. What are additional benefits to completing the challenge?. A chance to earn a scholarship: Annually HOBY provides three $,000 college scholarships for the alumni class that just completed its junior year of high school. To be eligible for consideration, you must have completed a minimum of 50 hours of service that made a measurable impact on one community issue or project and have logged these hours into the Leadership for Service online system by July st.. A chance to be honored at the annual HOBY Awards Dinner and Gala: The HOBY Outstanding Young Alumni Award was created to recognize and honor HOBY alumni, ages 5 and under, for their accomplishments and service. The winners of the award have distinguished themselves as a leader among their peers and in their community. Recipients are recognized at the New York (May) or Los Angeles (Oct) Albert Schweitzer Awards Dinner. What service tasks are approved by HOBY? The definition of community service is very broad and the LS Challenge is your opportunity to find a way to better your community. Your community service project can be almost any altruistic service in which you donate your time and energy without monetary or other benefits. Any service for which you are mandated, paid, or provided gifts are not considered volunteer service. Why can t I log ALL of my hours as one entry? Your volunteer hours should be logged per day of service, per project. We apologize for the inconvenience, but this process allows us to have better record keeping and (hopefully) prevents logging of too many/inaccurate hours. How long do I have to complete the LS challenge? You have until July st the year following your seminar to complete the challenge. For example, if you completed the seminar in June 0, you have until July 05 ( months) to complete the challenge. Why is there a one-year time limit? This is required by the Presidential Volunteer Service Award. How soon after I complete my challenge do I receive my LS packet? All students have until July st to complete the challenge. Packets are processed shortly and will be received by October of the same year. What do I do after I ve completed my hours for the award? Keep volunteering and keep logging more hours! At HOBY, we want to instill the value of lifelong service and leadership. Also, did you know you have a second opportunity to earn the awards packet during your senior year? After the July st LS deadline following your junior year, you have another year (from July to July ) to earn a second awards packet. Will you surpass your previous level? And finally, there is no time limit to complete the President s Call to Service Award for,000 lifetime service hours. As long as you log your hours on our LS website, we ll keep them safe and submit them again once you ve reached,000 hours. Good luck! My contact information has changed. How do I know you have the most current information? Follow the instructions in this document about editing/updating your personal information. This will ensure we communicate with you in a timely manner, and that we mail the awards packet to you to the correct address. We receive hundreds of returned LS packets annually. Updated April 05 Page 6 of 6

INSTRUCTIONS FOR LOGGING HOURS IN THE HOBY L4S WEBSITE QUICK LINKS TO INSTRUCTIONS LOGGING IN TO THE L4S WEBSITE WHAT? WHEN & WHERE? WHO? WHY?

INSTRUCTIONS FOR LOGGING HOURS IN THE HOBY L4S WEBSITE WHAT? WHO? WHEN & WHERE? WHY? Leadership for Service (L4S) is a national community service program for HOBY Alumni. It was specifically designed to