by Leah Clapman, PBS NewsHour
Giving back to the community is on most peopleÕs to-do list, but it takes time and a commitment. A recent study from the National Conference on Citizenship shows that Millennials and teens are more likely to volunteer than other recent generations, and are more civically engaged. Youth reporters in PBS NewsHourÕs Student Reporting Labs program went out into their communities to find and tell the stories of young people making a difference. They found students training to become volunteer firefighters, running pet rescues on Facebook, creating local TEDxYouths, holding math tutoring programs and mentoring peers with special needs. Connor Morgan volunteers at Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, transporting patients to appointments and delivering lab specimens. Connor, a high school senior at Judge Memorial Catholic High School, said the work combines his love of medicine and military history ÒVeterans have done so much for us, and most people, I donÕt think, truly believe that or appreciate that, so I wanted to do something to help them,Ó he said. ~1@BODYURL[id=114jbcurl1225]@