Young American volunteers follow similar tendencies, Leber says. Limiting young people to certain causes is impossible, though. Leber says that like most Americans, young people are volunteering in all sorts of different organizations. Religious groups, community groups - you name it. It's not even close, they say.
Volunteers are much more focused on what they want to do.
They want to help with a very specific cause - rather than give time to 'general' community service. Look at the numbers. Despite the increase in the number of volunteers over the past 10 years, Canadian volunteers are donating less time. The CCP reports that the average volunteer gave 125 hours of service in 1997, down from 174 hours in 1987. American volunteers are spending less time on the front lines, too.