IS STATE SANCTIONED VOLUNTEERISM A STEP TOWARD PATRIOTISM OR SLAVERY?
http://www.newswithviews.com/Betty/Freauf17.htm by Betty Freauf mailto:bettyfreauf@webtv.com April 1, 2003 Mitchell & Sugar now write Annie’s Mailbox (formerly Ann Landers, now deceased). A letter sent to this column by the CEO of Youth Service America received the headline “Get Involved With National Youth Service Day.” It said a recent study conducted by Independent Sector and Youth Service America found that volunteering among high school students recently reached the highest levels in the past 50 years. It should be no surprise that this generation of youth is volunteering more than any other and that they embrace their peers regardless of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation or cultural difference, all in the name of serving their communities together. They are our nation’s greatest generation — they are the “we” generation, said the article. Then it went on to remind the readers that the 15th Annual National Youth Service Day would take place April 11-13, and said how youn
