According to the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), New York ranked 50th among the 50 states and Washington D.C. in 2013 for the percentage of residents who volunteered, with 19.7 percent of residents participating in civic engagement activities. Residents of New York contributed an impressive 403.5 million hours and more than $9 billion of service but the numbers clearly show that the few are carrying the many and the CNCS is encouraging even more individuals “to help meet the critical needs of their neighbors and communities.”
So I would certanly count time spent at my railroad club and advocating for trains and transit part of that time.
We do our best to get our railroad volunteers to submit their hours - that time can count toward grants and the like. But it's tough. I know I'm not the best at recording and submitting my time.
Of course, our HOS people are at a disadvantage - we can only claim HOS time. Non-HOS volunteers can claim their travel time, too.
We really don't have a good way to capture our time for the fire department, and no one to report it to, anyhow. We do submit reports to the state for our responses, but I don't know that anyone mines those reports for volunteer hours.
I would, however, have to wonder whether separating NYC from the rest of the state would have an effect on percentages.
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That's because we all went to CT and/or PA to volunteer at their railroad museums.
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I thought he meant New York state lastS LONGER in volunteer hours.
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