More people volunteering, report finds
Published 9:00 pm Wednesday, December 17, 2003
WASHINGTON — More people in the United States volunteered their time to organizations in the past year, according to an annual government report released Wednesday.
About 63.8 million people, or 28.8 percent of the civilian population age 16 and older, performed volunteer work at some time between September 2002 and September 2003, the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics said.
That’s up from 59.8 million, or 27.4 percent, from the previous year. The volunteers tutor, mentor, build affordable housing, teach computer skills, feed the needy and help communities respond to disasters.
Religious, educational and youth-related groups had the greatest number of volunteers, the report said.
Other findings include:
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