May 21, 1998
A Third of Young People Volunteer, Survey Finds
More than one in three Americans ages 15 to 29 have volunteered in the past year, according to a new national survey by the charity Do Something.
That is significantly fewer than the more than 50 per cent of Americans ages 35 to 54 who said they were active volunteers in response to Independent Sector's most recent survey of volunteering trends.
While the figures for young people were lower than those for middle-aged Americans, what alarmed leaders of
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