If you work for us, we're going to take all these choices away from you, and you'll be structured and controlled. Control is really what it's about. This may work for some people, but there are lots of other structures that are more empowering. It's also good to remember that people have the right to be left alone, not to participate. If they want to sit on their duffs in front of the TV, it's a free country.
Saints are very rare.
In South Dakota there are singles clubs that do volunteer projects together and help members to make connections. There are some reasons I would consider wrong, such as being a power tripper, shoving people around, displaying your own self importance and not really caring about the cause. I think it's very wrong if you're doing it because of a social expectation, but your heart isn't there. You are going to short the people you are serving and short yourself. They also avoid resource leakage.