Within this document are testimony and prepared statements delivered at a congressional subcommittee hearing in a Connecticut high school on a bill that would encourage volunteering by 15- to 26-year-olds by creating a National Youth Service Program. The bill is summarized within the document. The following individuals' presentations about how to encourage volunteering are included: (1) Senator Christopher J. Dodd (Connecticut); (2) Joyce Pennington, 10th grader at Bulkeley High School; (3) Richard Innaimo, Connecticut Conservation Corps; (4) Leslie Hamilton, Greater New Haven VISTA; (5) Laura M. Kirven, Hartford Foster Grandparent Program; (6) Norma Forman Glasgow, commissioner of Connecticut State Department of Higher Education; (7) Gene Marchand, chairman of Connecticut's Youth Action Committee; (8) Richard Couch, director of the Connecticut Conservation Corps; and (9) Deborah Walsh, executive director of the Volunteer Action Center for Capitol Region, Inc. (CML)