The goal of Cy-Fair ISD’s Bus Buddies program—where volunteers sign up to ride school buses on the first two days of school—is to put new riders at ease and ensure the students are delivered to their proper drop-off points. The district organizes the event every year in a partnership with the Cy-Fair Houston Chamber of Commerce.

More than 300 community volunteers signed up in the 2015-16 school year, CFISD officials said.

A total of 66 organizations participated. Local churches, nonprofits, developers and businesses were all represented on the list of participants, with many volunteers signing up for multiple days.

“Bus Buddies is a great program allowing our volunteers and business partners to appropriately kick off our school year of by serving our young bus riders during their first few days of school,” said Leslie Francis, CFISD’s director of marketing and business relations. “We thank our community for its continued support in building these lasting positive relationships.”

Interested volunteers can register to be a Bus Buddy online on the CFISD website up until the first day of school Aug. 22. No training is required.