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Abstract
Numerous scholars have offered labels and characterizations of contemporary young adults and compared these characterizations to those of previous generations. In this article, the author draws on findings from a study of a student-run homeless shelter that has been in operation for the past 27 years. Through interviews with current students volunteering at the homeless shelter as well as former volunteers from the 1980’s and 1990’s, the author points to differences in the way contemporary and previous generations of the shelter’s college-aged volunteers conceptualize public service.