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Mark Neumann: So the gentleman is saying for $27,000 a year of cost per volunteer, do I have that right, $27,000 per volunteer? In…

On the recordJuly 15, 1997
So the gentleman is saying for $27,000 a year of cost per volunteer, do I have that right, $27,000 per volunteer? In Wisconsin we usually think of voluntarism as something someone does because they think it is good for their community, but that cost, they are still not even working a full-time 2,080 hours a year.
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Mark Neumann
Wisconsin

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Questioning the cost of volunteer programs during a discussion on community service.

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