March 22, 2007
Boomer Volunteers Often Give Up Duties, Study Finds
Baby boomers are volunteering at higher rates than previous generations, but 31 percent of those who volunteer one year fail to return the following year, according to a study released this month by the Corporation for National and Community Service.
Nonprofit groups and others that use volunteers must find a way to bring that attrition rate down, says a report on the study that was presented here to a joint conference of the American Society on Aging and the National Council on
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