Release date: Tuesday, March 22, 2005

Volunteer20 Seeks Opinions on Giving Time to Help Others

Findings to Benefit CONTACT and Other Not-for-profit Community Agencies;
Eligible Survey Participants Can Enter to Win $500 for Themselves or Charity or Other Non-profit

Volunteer20 is a special initiative sponsored by CONTACT Community Services to have residents of the Greater Syracuse area age 21 and older give 20 minutes of their time to complete a confidential survey about giving time to help others.

The study, conducted by Skaneateles-based research firm Vincent McCabe, Inc., will help a number of community organizations who rely on volunteers. As incentive to participate, respondents have the opportunity to enter a drawing at the end of the survey to win $500 for themselves or for one IRS-recognized charity or other non-profit of their choice, courtesy of Vincent McCabe, Inc.

Volunteer20 is designed to assist CONTACT with improving volunteer recruitment and retention for its telephone counseling service. The findings will also be shared with other non-profit community organizations including United Way of Central New York. The study was made possible through a grant from the Central New York Community Foundation. According to its vice president Kim Scott, the foundation “welcomes this initiative to engage more people in taking active steps to improve our community’s quality of life.”

Greater Syracuse area residents 21 or older can participate in the survey either online at www.volunteer20.com or by calling Vincent McCabe, Inc., at 685-7227 or toll free at 1-866-685-7227. It ends when the survey quota is met, which is expected to be in April

“It is important to have as many people as possible respond to Volunteer20. Only 20 minutes given by each participating adult in the Greater Syracuse area will provide a tremendous amount of data to help CONTACT Community Services and other local agencies attract, train and recruit the volunteers who are so critical to the success of our work,” said Jan Liddell, CONTACT's Executive Director.

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