The giving generation

The giving generation: "The giving generation
�Millennials� volunteer more than �Gen-Xers� study shows


Thursday, June 16, 2005
Cox News Service
ALVINA SAYANI, A Fairfield High School junior-to-be, listened intently this week during her volunteer orientation at Mercy Hospital in Fairfield.
She, like the other 24 students from the Greater Cincinnati area in the room Tuesday � about a quarter of the total teens who would participate this year � were listening on their own time. This is how it will be for another 50 hours this summer.
Whether volunteering is an academic or religious requirement or an optional lifestyle decision, the Fairfield 16-year-old is not alone. "