National Conference on Citizenship

Recession Prompts Many Americans to Reduce Time Spent Volunteering, Study Finds
August 27, 2009

August 26, 2009, The Chronicle of Philanthropy — Seventy-two percent of Americans say they have cut back the time they spend volunteering and performing other civic activities in the past year — largely as the result of the recession, according to the study by the National Conference on Citizenship.