2009 Extension Master Gardener Survey
Printable sheet to share with your volunteers can be found at the following state. NYS is one of the 40 states that responded so our numbers are included as long as you and your volunteers continue to submit your numbers to me I can submit to the national organizers. So if you haven’t submitted figures for 2008 yet do so immediately! If you have thanks.
http://pubwiki.extension.org/mediawiki/files/f/f5/Extension_MG_Survey_4-9.pdf
Total current Extension Master Gardener volunteers 94,865*
Total annual volunteer hours 5,197,573*
Value of volunteer hours $101.4 Million**
New Extension Master Gardener volunteers who recently achieved good standing (40 responding states) 16,471
Percentage of metropolitan county volunteer hours (36 responding states) 79%
Percentage of rural county volunteer hours (36 responding states) 21%
Personal contacts (e.g. hotline calls, e-mails returned, live audience presentation, site visits) (38 responding states) 4,850,285
Percentage of personal contacts to underserved audiences (30 responding states) 14.4%
Yearly media reach (e.g. TV, Radio, Print, and Internet) (34 responding states) 102 Million***
Pounds of produce donated to local food banks (26 responding states) 685,554
Volunteer Extension Master Gardener volunteer hours devoted to youth programming (31 responding states) 293,017
Youth served by Extension Master Gardener programming activity (29 responding states) 265,733
Extension Master Gardener volunteers involved in youth programming (30 responding states)) 7,428
Percentage of states with a volunteer training curriculum chapter dedicated to (31 responding states):
Ø Integrated Pest Management 92.7%
Ø Water issues (including irrigation and water supply) 65.9%
Ø Using native plants 61.0%
Ø Wildlife management 58.5%
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