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Report: Iowa 10th in the country in volunteering

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December 11th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

A new report (issued Thursday) shows Iowans rank 10th in the country when it comes to volunteering. In 2014, 33-percent of Iowa residents volunteered their time helping others. In total, nearly 808-thousand volunteers across the state gave over 69 million hours of service worth an estimated 1.6 billion dollars.

The data comes from the Volunteering and Civic Life in America report released by the Corporation for National and Community Service. In addition to volunteering, more than half of Iowa residents donated $25 or more to charity last year.

(Radio Iowa)