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Marion County proclaims Volunteer Week and highlights 2024 volunteer contributions valued at $2.3 million
Summary
The Marion County Board of Commissioners adopted a proclamation designating April 20–26, 2025, as Volunteer Week and received the county's 2024 volunteer annual report showing 1,927 volunteers logged roughly 66,000 hours of service, valued at about $2,309,235.
The Marion County Board of Commissioners on April 16 proclaimed April 20–26, 2025, Volunteer Week in Marion County and heard a summary of the county's 2024 volunteer annual report.
The presentation by Sherry Lintner, volunteer services coordinator for Marion County, reported 1,927 volunteers donating more than 66,000 hours in 2024; using the Independent Sector's Oregon hourly rate for 2024 ($34.74), staff calculated those hours at $2,309,235 in estimated economic value.
Lintner said the reported totals likely undercount volunteer time and highlighted how volunteers support multiple county programs. "Volunteers truly make the dog shelter a place of…
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