Bush Plan Asks Young Americans To Help Out 'Where the Want Is'
Vice President George Bush, the Republican Presidential nominee, last week unveiled a proposal aimed at encouraging high-school and college students to participate in community volunteer efforts.
Youth Engaged in Service to America, or yes, would be a federal challenge-grant program designed to build upon existing youth-service programs and spur the creation of new ones, the Vice President said.
Mr. Bush outlined the plan in an address to the Sacramento Comstock Club, a business and civic organization, saying the federal government would provide $100 million to be...
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