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Optimism isn't dead
Christian Century, Feb 8, 2003
OPTIMISM ISN'T DEAD: Through the Internet, 15-year-old Alexandra Govere collects clothes, school supplies and toys that are distributed to AIDs orphans in six African countries. With her computer, Govere communicates with about 50 other youth volunteers. They are part of a growing number of teens involved in volunteer and philanthropic ventures such as raising organic crops for soup kitchens or helping improve the juvenile criminal-justice system.
Reasons for this uptick in youthful generosity and social concern are: more than half of American high schools now require service as a condition for graduation; many of the youth are being raised by baby boomers who themselves used political strategies instead of philanthropy to express their idealism; and increasingly grant-making organizations and charities have targeted youth to help work at innovative solutions to local and global problems. It's a smart strategy: youth who volunteer are twice as likely to volunteer as adults, and are more inclined to give money to charities. But the youth themselves deserve some of the credit: "This generation is just amazing in terms of its desire to give," says John A. Calhoun of Youth as Resources (Chronicle of Higher Education, January 9).
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