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« Diversity Career Fair is today | Today | Trinity Rep director gets Chicago award » June 13, 2006R.I. ranks near the bottom in volunteeringRhode Islanders are among the stingiest in the nation when it comes to volunteering, but the number of Ocean State residents who volunteer has increased every year since 2002, according to a national study. Rhode Island ranks 45th in the nation with its rate of 24.9 percent of residents aged 16 or older who volunteer. That's a far cry from the top-ranked state of Utah, where 48 percent volunteer. Rhode Island is tied with Arizona, according to the study conducted by the Corporation for National and Community Service, a federal agency that tracked volunteer efforts for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. That volunteer rate covers the last three years and is lower than the three-year rate of 26.4 percent for the Northeast and lower than the three-year rate of 28.8 percent for the nation, according to the study. Connecticut ranks 21st, with 30.8 percent of its residents volunteering, and Massachusetts ranks 36th, with 27 percent. Read the full report, "Volunteering in America," check out individual state rankings and read key statistics from the study. -- Staff and wire reports
Rhode Island is, however, one of just eight states in the country in which the number of volunteers has increased each year since 2002, according to the study. In each state, the study found that women volunteer at a higher rate than men. The greatest percentage of volunteers in the U.S. volunteer primarily through religious organizations. The largest groups of people who volunteer are between the ages of 35 and 44, including members of both Generation X and Baby Boomers. Posted by Kate Bramson CommentsJKW | June 13, 2006 8:59 AM link This makes perfect sense. A study a few years ago found that the most taxed states had the lowest rates of charitable contributions and volunteering. And where do we live? In one of the most taxed states in the country. Greg | June 13, 2006 9:58 AM link Post a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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As someone who has lived all around this country and done volunteer work as well as volunteered for military service, I see this article as NO surprise. Rhode Islanders are some of the most self-centered people in the nation.