[ACT] Treebune News- Volunteer Time Worth $20.25 and TreePeople Addresses Water Concerns

[Jared Liu]

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	May 4, 2009	 	
		
  	


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NATIONAL NEWS
Volunteer Time Worth More Than $20/Hour
(Washington, DC)- The average value of donated time by volunteers was  
$20.25 per hour in 2008, according to a new study by Independent  
Sector. The study based its data on average hourly earnings for all  
hourly-wage, nonfarm workers gathered by the U.S. Bureau of Labor  
Statistics, increasing figures by 12 percent to estimate for fringe  
benefits.

  	


  	
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LOCAL STORY
Cisterns save rainwater, quench environmental thirst
(Los Angeles, CA)- Exploding populations from Phoenix, Arizona, and  
Las Vegas, to suburban Los Angeles have turned the issue of water  
supply from problem to crisis. "There is so much demand for water, it  
already exceeds supply," says Andy Lipkis, President of TreePeople.  
Based in Los Angeles, the organization's primary purpose has been to  
educate communities on the planting and care of trees and to work with  
government agencies on issue No. 1 in the West: water.

  	



  	
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