Check in with the QR code

At events using QR check-in, there’s a code posted at the check-in table. One scan when you arrive and you’re done — attendance recorded, hours headed for your family’s tally, no clipboard, no follow-up email.

Check in

1. When you arrive, find the QR code — usually printed at the check-in or volunteer table.
2. Point your phone’s camera at it and tap the link that pops up.
3. The app opens and checks you in on the spot — you’ll see a brief “checking you in…” and then a confirmation. That confirmation is your receipt; there’s nothing else to tap.

The check-in creates your credit entry right away (it may sit as pending on your tally until the organizer approves it). You can verify later in Service Hours — see Check your hours and balance.

At bigger events, the table may instead have a shared check-in device run by the organizer — you check in there by giving your name (or your family code) instead of scanning with your own phone. Same result, different doorway.

Good to know

• You need to be signed in — if the link lands you on a sign-in screen, sign in and the check-in continues.
• You need a connection — the scan records to the school’s live record. Weak signal in the gym? Step toward a doorway and try again. If it truly won’t go through, tell the organizer so they can credit you manually.
• Scanning twice won’t double-credit — the check-in knows it’s you.
• No smartphone with you? Tell the person at the table — they can note your attendance for a manual credit.

If there’s no QR code

Then this event is using coordinator-recorded credit instead — nothing for you to scan or log. Follow the school’s check-in steps, and the organizer records the hours afterward. See Log your volunteer hours.