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Unbridled Spirit

Contact the KCCVS

275 E. Main St.
Mail Stop 3W-F
Frankfort, Ky. 40621

Phone: (502) 564-7420
Toll Free: (800) 239-7404
Fax: (502) 564-7478
E-mail: kccvs@ky.gov

KCCVS Mission

To promote all Kentuckians working together to meet actual community needs in a way that fosters personal, family and community pride and an enduring ethic of volunteerism and service.

How to Volunteer

Are you interested in volunteering?

Contact your area volunteer center (see list below) or local United Way.

Volunteer opportunities also can be found using one of these searchable Web sites.

Are you interested in becoming an AmeriCorps member?

Feed your volunteer spirit by serving others full-time as an AmeriCorps member. Follow the link to learn more about AmeriCorps in Kentucky.

Kentucky Volunteer Centers

Boone County

United Way of Greater Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky
11 Shelby St.
Florence, KY 41042-1612
Phone: (859) 525-2600 or (859) 252-1775

Fayette County

United Way of the Bluegrass 
2480 Fortune Drive, Suite 150
Lexington, KY 40509
Phone: (859) 313-5465 or (859) 264-8824
Contact: Jessica Pasley

Franklin County

United Way of Franklin County
P.O. Box 1544
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: (502) 875-1675
Contact: Randy Roberts

Jefferson County

Metro United Way's Volunteer Connection
334 E. Broadway
P.O. Box 4488
Louisville, KY 40202
Phone: (502) 583-2821 or (502) 583-0330
Contact: Mary Sullivan

Warren County

The ALIVE Center
A Local Information and Volunteer Exchange
1818 US 31W Bypass
Bowling Green, KY 42101
Phone: (270) 782-0082 or (270) 782-0922
Contact: Cheryl Kirby-Stokes

 
Volunteering at highest rate in 30 years
 

Volunteering has reached a 30-year high in the United States, according to a report from the Corporation for National and Community Service.

The report, Volunteer Growth in America: A Review of Trends Since 1974, finds that adult volunteering increased more than 32 percent during the last 16 years.

 

Did you know?
 

The estimated value of a volunteer’s time is $18.77 per hour, for 2006 according to the Independent Sector, an advocacy group for volunteers and community service groups.

Follow the link to learn more about the value of volunteer time.

  

Read Time magazine’s cover story on national service, The Case for National Service (September 10, 2007).

61.2 million or 26.7 percent of adults volunteered in 2006, according to a report released January 2007 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics called "Volunteering in the United States, 2006."

66 percent of Kentucky adults volunteered in 2006 – a 10 percent increase since 1996, according to Kentucky Long-Term Policy Research Center’s book, Visioning Kentucky's Future: Measures and Milestones 2006 (page 34)
Last Updated 12/14/2007
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