Voluntarism Hits 30-Year High, Study Finds

Levels of voluntarism in the United States have reached a thirty-year high, as more teenagers, boomers, and older adults choose to give back to their communities, a new study from the Washington, D.C.-based Corporation for National and Community Service finds.

According to Volunteer Growth in America: A Review of Trends Since 1974 (15 pages, PDF), adult voluntarism increased more than 32 percent between 1989 and 2005, largely because of involvement by three age groups — teenagers between the ages of 16 and 19, baby boomers and others aged 45 to 65, and older adults 65 and over. ...

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