You're part of the highest volunteer rate in years!

danielle martin — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 20:49:25 +0000

When I emerged from my self induced cocoon of Alias Season 4 DVDs and grad school applications this weekend to get some Chinese takeout last night, I stumbled across this article in yesterday's Boston Globe while waiting for my egg drop soup:

Six in the city: Meet six people whose efforts help make Boston a better place

"We ring in the new year with news from the Corporation for National and Community Service that adults in America are volunteering at the highest rate -- 27 percent -- in three decades. And today is a day when many of us resolve to do things to improve ourselves and the world around us. Meet six people whose efforts help make Boston a better place."

Wow. A little under three-fourths of our country's population doesn't volunteer - this leaves quite a ringing in my ears. No catchy titles mirroring a HBO series is going to make that factoid any more sexy for me. And while one of the featured sex...oh I mean six... "volunteers" was a Simmons College student who does community service for work study, none of the folks were VISTAs, let alone AmeriCorps members. Happy new year every VISTA.

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You're part of the highest volunteer rate in years!