"If students are engaged and invested in solving real problems in their community, they find more purpose in their learning, in the community and in themselves," said Kenny Holdsman, managing director of the National Service-Learning Partnership, a nonprofit group based in New York City that promotes the practice. "Young people want things to be real and relevant." (Excerpt Borrowed from the San Union-Tribune, Today’s Youths Shaping Up As Generation of Volunteers, Maureen Magee, April 19, 2005)

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