PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A new federal report on the increasing number of community volunteers across the country shows the volunteer rate in Oregon ranked the state 11th in the nation.
Oregon ranked a little better for the average hours contributed per resident, putting the state at No. 7 in the report released Tuesday by the government-run Corporation for National and Community Service.
The report showed that between 2007 and 2009, about 1 million volunteers in Oregon contributed nearly 134 million hours of service, based on the average over those three years.
Individually, Oregonians volunteered nearly 45 hours of service per year on average during that period.
The report said that service was worth about $2.8 billion a year.
