Chesterfield Volunteers Play Essential Role in Community Engagement

About the Program

Category: Volunteers (Best in Category)

Year: 2023

Chesterfield Cooperative Extension volunteers serve as role models, educators, resource connectors, Extension promoters, and multiply the efforts of our paid staff. In a locality as large as Chesterfield, budgetary and staffing limitations constantly require Extension to do more with less, making the contribution of volunteers vital. Recruitment, training and support for teen and adult volunteers is ongoing to ensure Chesterfield Extension programming is at a consistently high level of quality. For 2022, Chesterfield Extension’s collective 18,974 volunteer hours is equivalent to $584,399 in donated time. The significance of Chesterfield Extension volunteer contributions has been recognized through numerous awards received at the local, state, and national level.