Local volunteer activity remained high in 2017, with 55 percent donating their time to some sort of organization, according to the Community Foundation’s survey. This was up from 45 percent volunteer participation in 2015 and 51 percent in 2013.
The national volunteer rate was little changed at 24.9 percent for the year ending in September 2015, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. About 62.6 million people volunteered through or for an organization at least once between September 2014 and September 2015. The national volunteer rate in 2013 was 25.4 percent.
by Chris Barge
