Giving Back

The Corporation for National and Community Service reports that in 2012:

• 1 in 4 adults volunteered through an organization
• 64.5 million Americans volunteered nearly 7.9 billion hours
• The estimated value of this volunteer service is nearly $175 billion, based on the Independent Sector’s estimate of the average value of a volunteer hour.

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Did you know…

A study published in Psychology and Aging found that older adults who spent at least 200 hours a year volunteering seemed to have a 40 percent lower risk of high blood pressure, compared with those who didn’t volunteer at all.