November is the season when Merry Lea honors its volunteers with a special dinner, some informal entertainment and a gift. This year’s program included music, poetry and a story.
So how many volunteers contributed time?
Volunteer Hours for 2016
Bird Banding: 14 volunteers, 381.5 hours
ML Sustainable Farm: 14 volunteers, 448.5 hours
Land Management: 3 volunteers, 18 hours (2 work days)
PreK-12 Teaching Volunteers: 13 volunteers (6 unique), 203 hours
Special Events : 26 volunteers (19 unique), 124.5 hours
Other, including sewing, mailings, gardening, library tasks: 7 volunteers (2 unique), 52 hours
1227.5 hours