Section 13.2.1n

13.2.1n - Estimated Number of Volunteers and Volunteer Hours During Previous Week

As shown in Table 13.2.1N, from a monetary standpoint, the contributions made by volunteers staff to the A2H system are very extensive.

Table 13.2.1n

ESTIMATED NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS AND VOLUNTEER HOURS DURING PREVIOUS WEEK

	Pantry Programs	Kitchen Programs	Shelter Programs
Average Number of Volunteers Hours	41	65	55
Number of Programs	26,284	5,721	4,120
Total Number of Volunteer Hours During Previous Week	1,077,644	371,865	226,600
Total Dollar Value Of Volunteer Hours During Previous Week ($7.18/hour)¹	$7,737,484	$2,669,991	$1,626,988

1. The hourly wage used here ($7.18) is the midpoint of the current minimum wage ($5.15) and the average hourly earning from service occupations ($9.21). The latter was obtained from U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics: "National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States, 1999." June 2001, Table 1, p. 30.

Key findings are:

The value of volunteer time in pantry programs in a typical week is in excess of $7.7 million.
Comparable estimates for kitchen and shelter programs are $2.7 million and $1.6 million, respectively.