Iowa ranks No. 2 for volunteerism
For the second consecutive year, Iowa has achieved the second-highest volunteer rate in the country, Gov. Terry Branstad announced Tuesday. According to the “Volunteering in America” report recently released by the Corporation for National and Community Service, 37.9 percent of Iowans devoted time to help others in 2010. Iowans devoted a total of 93.4 million hours to volunteering in 2010 and provided more than $2 billion in services to Iowa, according to the report. Among cities, Des Moines had the seventh-highest volunteer rate nationally, with 40 percent of residents volunteering.For more information on volunteering in Iowa or to view the complete report, go to www.volunteeriowa.org.