Our story
Built by a student who needed it.
Merit makes it simple to track, verify, and prove your volunteer hours — the way we wish we could have.
Kai hated logging his volunteer hours.
Every term it was the same mess — a spreadsheet no one trusted, supervisors who never replied to emails, and a last-minute scramble to prove it all before a scholarship deadline. He'd done the hours. He just couldn't show them.
So he built the tool he wished he'd had. Log a session in seconds, get it verified with a single text, and export a clean, signed PDF that scholarship committees and admissions officers actually believe.
That's Merit — built in Burnaby, BC, and now used by students across the province.
Kai
Founder, Merit
The problem
Real hours, no way to prove them.
IB CAS
Creativity, Activity, Service — needs documented, credible proof.
College applications
Admissions officers want evidence they can actually trust.
Graduation & scholarships
Schools and committees require verifiable service records.
The solution
The whole loop, in three steps.
Log in seconds
What you did, when, and who can verify it. Merit does the rest.
Verify by text
Your supervisor gets a text and replies YES. Hours are verified instantly.
Export a signed PDF
A clean, official record with a QR code — ready for any application.
Prove your hours the easy way.
Free forever for students. No credit card.