I know OP is done, but I think it's a cool question, so I want to share anyway.

I spent two years trying to instill a sense of civic duty into college freshmen as part of a required course for students at a major university.

The students all belonged to the University Honors program. Most of them were white, upper-middle class, and in STEM degree fields that neither required nor promoted community service. Many of the students had also been homeschooled their whole lives.

My job was to take a group of these freshmen in their first semester at college, and convince them of the value of giving back to their community. The course curriculum included weekly guest lectures from a variety of speakers in various fields. Each would address the students as to how their field tied into community and civic responsibility. I would then oversee a class discussion of the topic.

Another component of the course required each student to engage in an outreach program to local Title 1 elementary schools. I was in charge of an entire bus full of college freshmen, who had to go into elementary school classrooms and teach the kids about the importance of and possibility of higher education.

My final purpose was to act as both mentor to and advocate for the freshmen in my group. I would check in on them weekly, plan social activities, etc.

Maybe some would question why I would think this was that important, but some of my students have gone on to do pretty amazing things. Most of them are still in school, but a majority have gone on to become engaged in some form of community service. Most of those are involved in education outreach, but there are others who also work in programs involving the environment, poverty, homelessness, etc. I've also seen my students go on to take on leadership positions at the University. A few have become involved in research with professors I inteoduced them to. Three even got positions doing my old job after I had left. Collectively, they have impacted the lives of hundreds of kids in the area.

I'm just really proud of them, and my only regret is that I didn't do more.