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While Americans Believe that Promoting Volunteerism Is Important, Most Would Rather Be Doing Something Besides Volunteering
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(OPEN):
A NEW NATIONAL STUDY--COMMISSIONED BY MCDONALD'S--REVEALS
AMERICA DIVIDED, WHEN IT COMES TO VOLUNTEERING. WHILE 93-PERCENT OF AMERICANS SAY THAT IT'S
IMPORTANT TO PROMOTE VOLUNTEERISM TO TODAY'S YOUTH, MORE THAN HALF OF
THE RESPONDENTS ADMIT THAT THEY WOULD RATHER SPEND THEIR FREE TIME
READING, WATCHING T-V, OR EVEN VISITING IN-LAWS, THAN VOLUNTEERING FOR
CHARITY. DUCHESS OF YORK, AND RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE
CHARITIES GLOBAL AMBASSADOR, SARAH FERGUSON, ON EASY WAYS
TO GET INVOLVED...
(FERGUSON):
"VOLUNTEERING IS ABOUT GIVING WHAT YOU CAN, WHEN YOU CAN.
THERE ARE AN ENDLESS NUMBER OF WAYS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, IN YOUR
COMMUNITY. I SUPPORT RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES: NO
MATTER HOW FRANTIC MY SCHEDULE GETS, I KNOW I CAN ALWAYS GIVE BACK TO
THOSE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WHO ARE IN NEED. APRIL IS 'NATIONAL
VOLUNTEER MONTH': I INVITE YOU TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO SUPPORT
CHARITIES, IN YOUR COMMUNITY--THIS MONTH, AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR."
(CLOSE):
THE SURVEY ALSO FINDS THAT 89-PERCENT OF AMERICANS WHO DON'T CURRENTLY
VOLUNTEER SAY THAT IT'S NOT THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO; A PERSONAL
CONNECTION TO A CHARITY IS WHAT INSPIRES THEM THE MOST TO VOLUNTEER.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO GET INVOLVED WITH R-M-H-C, VISIT
W-W-W-DOT-"R-M-H-C"-DOT-ORG.
