Volunteers —- Show Me The Money!!
April 22, 2008I just read this from Leadership Network:
“In 2007, volunteers from churches in Leadership Network’s Externally Focused Churches Leadership Community gave more 
than 1.8 million hours to kingdom-building service—from tutoring school children to supporting single parents to feeding hungry neighbors to innumerable other acts of charity.
The real value of this volunteer labor becomes clear when you crunch the numbers. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average value of a volunteer hour in 2007 was approximately $19.00. That means these externally focused churches donated $34,416,923 worth of volunteer labor in 2007 alone.”
35 mill is a honking huge number…over the years we have enlisted thousands volunteers to help us reach out to our community…to see a price or a cash number is a new thought…thanks for sharing.
steve