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In The Spotlight
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Community Service and Service-Learning in America's Schools
In the spring of 2008, 1,847 principals of K-12 public schools, nationwide, responded to a survey on the prevalence of community service and service-learning in their schools. The National Study of the Prevalence of Community Service and Service-Learning in K-12 Public Schools collected data on the scope of community service and service-learning activities, as well as the policies and supports for service-learning provided by and for schools during the 2007-08 academic year.
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How do volunteers find the time?
Volunteers trade off more than an hour a day of TV watching, on average, to engage in service. New study shows that adults who have never volunteered spend an average of 436 more hours per year watching TV than adults who volunteer.
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News on Long Distance Volunteers
First-ever national study of "Voluntourism" (long-distance volunteering) in the U.S. finds that in the Gulf area visiting volunteers significantly bolster disaster recovery efforts, supplying one in four of the total volunteers in Mississippi in 2007 and one in five in Louisiana.
Facts about volunteering
Read More- How many people volunteered in America in 2007?
- In 2007, 60.8 million volunteers performed 8.1 billions hours of service.
- Which state ranks ##1 in Volunteering?
- With a volunteer rate of 43.9%, Utah is the top ranking state in the nation for volunteering. Utah also ranks ##1 in volunteer hours, with the average volunteer serving 81.3 hours per year.
- What large city ranks ##1 in volunteering?
- With a volunter rate of 40.5%, Minneapolis-St. Paul is the top-ranking major city in the nation for volunteer rates.
- True or False: Women volunteer more than men.
- It is true in 2007 that women volunteered at a rate of 30.6% and men volunteered at a rate of 23.6%. The "Typical" volunteer tends to be female, married, working, and has children.
- What group has the highest volunteer rate?
- On average, Baby Boomers have the highest volunteer rate of 31.2%. Average volunteer rates for the other categories are: Young Adults ages 16-24 years old-22.3%; College Students-27.4%; and older adults ages 65 and older-24.2%.
- How much is your volunteer time worth?
- The Independent Sector currently values the average contribution of volunteer service at 19.51$ per hour. Using this value, Americans provided an estimated $150 billion annually in volunteered time