Our Impact

3,423 Families

2017

16,073 hours of service
  • 7,234 youth volunteered

  • 933 volunteered for the 1st time

  • Introduced >200 families to volunteerism at Austin Families Give Back, our 1st annual Family Volunteer Day event

  • Quadrupled pre-school age opportunities
  • 93% of survey respondents say their child's desire to make a difference in the community increased after participating
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  • 90% of survey respondents say their children have a better understanding of community needs after participating
  • 93% of survey respondents say important conversations were triggered by our family service activities

  • 55 3rd - 5th graders participated in our Service Learning Programs focused on helping people, animals, and the environment
  • Tripled our family volunteering opportunities for teens

  • Launched Teen Service Days, allowing teens to participate independently with peers on a variety of service activities
  • 26 middle and high school students participated in our summer Youth Leadership Program (up from 18 in 2016)

  • 41 Teen Leads and Co-Leads have continued to lead our Family Volunteering Activities after graduating from our leadership programs

Generation SERVE Youth & Families

"We love serving our community. Not too long ago we needed help like the Hope Food Pantry provides, so this is our chance to give back."
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-Parent of 7 and 4 year old volunteers
"I feel like Generation SERVE has given me a drive to do good for our community and to just do the tiniest things to make a person's day better."
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-Generation SERVE Teen Leader
"I love seeing how the big kids model for the younger ones - my kids love shadowing the big kids and working together."
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-Parent of 5 and 3 year old volunteers
"I appreciate the doors that Generation SERVE opens for our family to volunteer with a variety of organizations. There is no way we would have been able to find these and have them accept our offer to volunteer without the help of Generation SERVE."
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​-Parent of 13 and 14 year old volunteers and Teen Leaders

Meet the next generation who will serve and lead their communities.