(CNSNews.com) - The percentage of the population who has volunteered through or for an organization at least once is the lowest it has been in over a decade at 25.3 percent in the United States between September 2013 and September 2014, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
“Volunteers are defined as persons who did unpaid work (except for expenses) through or for an organization,” explained BLS.
“The reference period for the questions on volunteering was about 1 year, from September 1, 2013, through the survey reference week in September 2014,” it said.
“The volunteer rate was little changed at 25.3 percent for the year ending in September 2014,” stated BLS. “About 62.8 million people volunteered through or for an organization at least once between September 2013 and September 2014. The volunteer rate in 2013 was 25.4 percent.”
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4 comments:
Because it is a thankless job and you are taken advantage of. The leaders of the organization seem to get all the accolades, while the real workers get nothing.
Maybe they should require persons receiving welfare to preform volunteer work.
there are lots of opportunities to help just call the Holly Center or Dove Point ..
we have an awesome group of people here in Salisbury who cannot receive enough praise for the jobs they do.
Because everyone that has resources is taxed to death to give to these people in 'need'!
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