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Article: National Service Programs
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National Service Programs
HISTORY OF NATIONAL SERVICE
NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS, POST-2005
CHALLENGES
PROSPECTS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
In his 2002 State of the Union address, President George W. Bush called on American citizens to donate four thousand hours to community service
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the equivalent of two working years
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over their lifetime. The U.S. government has supported volunteering and community service in various ways since the 1930s. One of the ways is to establish national service programs that engage citizens in helping other people. The term
national service
traditionally refers to a nationwide program of public/community work in which citizens, mostly young people, serve for ...