7.02.2010

Durham cares

No, not the (quite neat) charity, which matches individuals interested in volunteering with charities and non-profits based on skill/interest matching.

Rather, I'm referring to a pride-swelling summation from former DCVB-head Reyn Bowmann on the state of giving-through-volunteerism in Durham. As far as personal volunteerism is concerned, Durham is close to the top of the state in percent of citizens actively volunteering (33.3% to Asheville's 36.5%), but the tops in average number of volunteer hours per person (an impressive 49.4 hours averaged per person, versus the national average of 34.4 and North Carolina average of 30.6).

See the original (national) report here.

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