Millennials Interested in Service

Below is an article in the Hartford Courant describing the interest of millennials in Community Service. You can do something about this for your club. Read the article and see what things millennials have been interested in. 

Arrange a series of service projects which could interest the millenials in your community. Partner with other groups, perhaps animal help organization or ??. Invite local people(millennials and others) to the service projects by social media, print media and other ways. Do this in conjunction with local groups like animal shelters, food kitchens, etc. Keep following up with those who come to get them involved. Maybe create a satellite club of millennials.

Millenials Interested in Service-Courant Article

Recently, millennial people have earned the nickname of the “do-gooders" generation, according to the Millennial Impact Report, as 70% of millennial workers spent at least an hour volunteering in 2014. They are also accountable for 11% of total giving in the U.S., according to 2018 charitable giving statistics from Nonprofits Source.

Sixty four percent of millennials volunteer locally, the charitable giving statistics say, and the most popular charities across all age groups are environmental and animal nonprofit organizations.

Frisch, 27, has been a volunteer “bat man” for the past two years at the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Unlike the superhero, Frisch doesn’t fight crime. Instead, he traces bats along a preset route from Tolland through Andover to Amston for research. He leaves his home in West Hartford driving at 20 mph for a three-hour trek, while recording bat calls from a computer set up in his car.

Kevin Frisch, 27, of West Hartford, is a volunteer "bat man" with the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.

“I volunteer at DEEP because I want to give something back to nature," Frisch said. "I think my favorite part is knowing I’m helping keep tabs on a pretty vital member of the food web. Bats are an amazing source of pest control when it comes to mosquito-borne diseases, and this seemed like a cool way to help collect more information on them.“

Frisch said he thinks volunteering may help shine a light on the value of bats in our ecosystem.