Retired and Senior Volunteer Program 2016 Dashboard Report
Retired and Senior Volunteer Program 2016 Dashboard Report
The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program is a nationwide program which exists to match volunteers age 55 and older with volunteer positions that use their life experience and skills to meet community needs .
The program is funded by a federal grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service , as well as funding from the city , county , state and in-kind contributions from UnityPoint Health Finley Hospital .
RSVP currently has 341 active volunteers who served approximately 40,411 hours in 2016 *. The Independent Sector rates a volunteer hour at $ 20.93 an hour which means Dubuque County recognized a savings of more than $ 845,802.00 from RSVP volunteers ’ work .
The average volunteer serves 137 hours per year .
The greatest number of volunteer hours served by one volunteer is 1688 hours in one year .
Average age of Volunteers
Volunteer Gender
* Due to the timing of this report and hours for November and December not yet being reported , this report is based on volunteer statistics from October 2015 to October 2016 .