On average, AARP volunteers gave 150 hours of service to their preferred programs last year.
Tax Aide volunteers gave even more time.
They also volunteer to stay connected socially, meet new people, and develop new skills.
They value the opportunity to support AARPs mission in their communities across the nation.
Men and women volunteer with AARP in roughly equal numbers.
Though most volunteers identify as white, all programs have become more racially diverse over the past 20 years.
Today, 14 percent of volunteers identify as African American/Black, Hispanic/Latino, or Asian American.
For more information on this survey, kindly contact G. Oscar Anderson atganderson@aarp.org.
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