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Youth Expanding Services (YES) is a Fort Bend ISD sponsored program for students who want to give back to their community through service and contribution. The purpose of the program is to encourage a lifelong interest in volunteering.

This program promotes volunteerism more than philanthropy. Your community service contribution is recognized by Austin High School when 100 hours of service are accumulated over the course of your high school career (with no more than 25 hours of service in the summer).

To gain recognition, students must follow these steps:
  1. ​Complete and submit the YES Contract found under Contract and Forms
  2. Volunteer your time and contribute to community non-profit organizations, drives and events
  3. Submit your volunteer  activity form for approval and documentation
  4. Visit this website for periodic updates  for the program

The YES Program is the responsibility of the individual student and is completely voluntary. Your willingness to serve the community and your ability to accomplish a long term and worthwhile project is demonstrated by constantly seeking a variety of volunteer opportunities, turning in the required forms in a timely manner and logging of your YES hours; this website is designed to help you achieve that goal.

Community service is an integral part of the college acceptance criteria. Your volunteering hours entered in the YES system are a record you can use for your college application along with the certificate you obtain.

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New School Year Updates.....
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  • PTO Bake Sale Items Needed: Sign up to bake items for the bake sale and earn YES passive hours! Sing up here
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  • Parks Youth Ranch is looking for Juniors and Seniors  to serve as Crew Leaders for their Another Night Out event.     Registration information can be found   here. If you have any questions or need more details, please feel free to contact   Annie Cervenka  . 

  • Welcome class of 2028! Please download, review, sign and submit the YES contract under the Contract & Forms tab to [email protected].
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  •  ​​Volunteer hours for Run Houston! races, runs and fun runs will no longer qualify for YES hours as of February 14, 2024. The Run Houston events do not require participants to make a donation or to raise funds in order to participate in their events and they are a for-profit organization. Previously submitted hours for any of the Run Houston events will remain credited.​

  • An updated version of the YES Hours form has been added to this site. The updated version contains a specific line to add the name of the volunteer event. Please use this form going forward.

  • A updated contract has been published for the 2023-24 academic year, please review under  Contract & Forms.

  • Students with less than 80 hours as of August 9, 2023 are now required to  complete their hours at a minimum of five different organizations.

  • Attention Class of 2025 — The submission deadline for all 100 YES hours is April 21, 2025 at midnight.

  • Community Service Documentation Forms must be signed by a qualified adult within the non-profit organization. Forms signed by a student, student officer or parent will not be accepted. Only forms completed in pen that are scans or pictures of a physical form will be accepted; no electronically completed forms or signatures.

  • YES hours will not be awarded for attending meetings, planning events, training, practices or socials. YES hours are awarded for active volunteering with a non-profit in our community.

  • WE DO NOT ACCEPT ALTERED FORMS. Do not use white out to change something later, do not change the date or the number of hours after the form has been signed by the non-profit. We do our best to check hours and may email the organization if we have questions. Anyone caught falsifying hours could be removed from YES.

  • Forms submitted beyond six months from the date of service will not be accepted.

  • The YES hours report will be updated every two weeks during the school year; updates will not take place over the summer.


Good luck and Happy Volunteering!
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Questions? Contact the volunteer coordinator for your grade level:
ATTENTION STUDENTS:
It is your responsibility to check this website for your YES Hours Summary after you submit hours. If, after a reasonable amount of time, you notice the hours have not been added, please contact the YES coordinators at your grade level email address.