Topic: Volunteering
... a selection of articles, some original and others taken from newspapers, magazines, and online resources that focus on civic engagement and issues of interest to boomers and others 50+. If you would like to comment on any of the articles, please click here to go to the message board.
Delaware's Volunteering Report Card Out
The annual report card, "Volunteering in America", compiled from statistics gathered by the U.S. Census, is now available. There's good news for the nation as a whole. Volunteering increased from 2008 to 2009 and now stands at 26.8%. Utah (44.2%) once again has the highest rate of volunteering followed by Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and Alaska.
Delaware ranks 35th out of the states in volunteering with a rate of 25.3%. There are an estimated 172,200 volunteers in the First State whose contributions are valued at $469.3 million. According to the report, 27.7% of boomers (45-64) and 25.1% of older adults (65+) volunteer in Delaware.


