Volunteer Hours
Building Community
Status Indicators: Proceeding as Anticipated | Monitoring Progress | Reviewing for Improvement | Information Unavailable
Status Indicators:
Proceeding as Anticipated
Monitoring Progress
Reviewing for Improvement
Information Unavailable
Please note that Q1, Q2, Q3, and Q4 refer to the first, second, third, and fourth quarters of the Fiscal Year. The City’s Fiscal Year runs from October 1st – September 30th and is denoted by FY. CY denotes Calendar Year.
More than 210 volunteers contributed a combined 3,613 hours during this quarter, an increase from the previous quarter which accumulated just over 3,000 volunteer hours. This equates to more than $103,130 savings to the city thanks to our volunteers (per the independent sector Value of Volunteer Time; https://independentsector.org/value-of-volunteer-time-2021/.)
Below are the three departments with the highest volunteer participation, according to Q1 volunteer hours:
- Animal Shelter
- Parks and Recreation
- Police
The top contributor of volunteer hours continues to be the animal shelter with over 2,716 volunteer hours this quarter. Volunteer hours for the Parks and Recreation department include classes at the senior center and city events such as the Tree Lighting Event, which typically drive volunteer activity up in the first quarter. This year, volunteers contributed nearly 130 hours to the success of the Tree Lighting event. Other activities included park development efforts at several city parks including Memorial, Eldridge and Brazos River Park.
Police department hours include CAST activities like regular visibility and house watch patrol and the Tree Lighting event. Volunteers also contributed to general administrative assignments at Municipal Court and City Hall.
Total volunteer hours include all volunteer hours recorded in the City of Sugar Land volunteer tracking system.
A volunteer is someone who donates valuable, unpaid time and effort in support of the City of Sugar Land.
Performance better than the three-year trailing average of volunteer hours in the City of Sugar Land.
Citizen volunteers organized through the "Serve Sugar Land" program, enable the City to further expand, enhance, and enrich the services it provides to the community in new and innovative ways.
Contact Information
City of Sugar Land
2700 Town Center Blvd. North
Sugar Land, TX 77479
Department of Innovation
Contact (281) 275-2198
www.sugarlandtx.gov
[email protected]