Since 2004, the Chip-In program has been tracking annual volunteer hours that directly relate to an equivalent gross value of what it would take both monetarily and staff wise, to get the same amount of work accomplished.  In 2011, volunteers gave 53,169 hours of their time, which equated to $1,076,672 in value and a workforce of 25.5 full time employees. We have 45 Chip-in Partnership agreements spanning over 50 parks and open spaces. 

Individual volunteers helped:

• Bring their community together
• Bring their family together and made a difference with a sense of accomplishment
• Enhance their personal health and well-being
• Create greater awareness of nature and the environment
• Promote ethnic and cultural harmony
• Increase economic vitality
• Improve their community and neighborhood