Triangle, NC lags in volunteerism
Published: Sun, Jul. 27, 2008 04:53PM
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closeNewly released volunteerism rankings show both North Carolina and the Triangle lag behind the national average.
According to the Corporation for National & Community Service, the state’s average volunteer rate of 26.4 percent left it in just 32nd place nationally. Raleigh, with its slightly higher rate of 26.7 percent, came in 33rd among the country’s 50 largest cities.
However, the study by the independent federal agency did find that between 2005 and 2007, North Carolina’s 1.8 million volunteers pumped 225.7 million service hours back into the community, at an economic impact of $4.4 billion.
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In Raleigh, the average number of volunteer hours per resident was 31.6, with 223,000 volunteers serving 26.4 million hours per year.
Just under 43 percent of North Carolina’s volunteers served through a religious organization, while 22 percent volunteered in education. Fundraising was the most frequently cited volunteer activity, at 30 percent of all hours, with collecting and distributing food coming in second at 26 percent.
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