This is a report of a hearing held in Washington, D.C., on April 22, 1982, before the Subcommittee on Aging, Family, and Human Services of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate. The purpose of the hearing was to examine the untapped human potentials for volunteerism in America by promoting individual and corporate responsibility to assume a greater burden in American society. Testimony includes statements from 14 individuals representing the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; the Heritage Foundation; National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise; Center for Health Policy Research; American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research; the Brookings Institution; Center for Responsive Governance; National Youth Work Alliance; National School Volunteer Program, Inc., President's Task Force on Private Sector Initiatives; a United States Senator; ACTION; American Foundation for Voluntarism; and Frito-Lay, Inc. Responses of the witnesses to questions are also provided. (YLB)