Encouraging Volunteerism: Youth Special Helper Gifts

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A recent study showed that 80 – 85% of incoming college freshmen have community service experience prior to starting their higher education. This shows that students are being exposed to charities and nonprofit organizations at a younger age than they once were. Many schools are trying their hardest to give students not only an academic education, but an education that also includes community service — giving to others by doing for those who cannot do for themselves. Such service is important because these youths will one day be leaders of our country, states, cities, and neighborhoods. Schools that acknowledge this are pushing for their students to get more involved in community service projects, whether it’s a day or two working in a soup kitchen, reading to the blind, or becoming a Big Brother or Big Sister.