March 20, 2008
Number of Americans Who Volunteer Rises, Survey Finds
A growing number of Americans say they are volunteering, according to a study by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. Seventy-four percent of the 1,000 adults surveyed said they participated in some form of volunteer service in 2007, a 10-percent increase over the previous year.
Despite those gains, the survey found a discrepancy between the number of Americans who say they are willing to volunteer and those who do.
Seventy-four percent of people surveyed said they would be
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