WESTBROOK, Maine — Maine credit unions through their unique volunteer program called Credit Unions Share for ME volunteered nearly 20,000 hours in 2006.

Based on figures from the Points of Light Foundation, which calculates the value of one hour volunteered at $18.77, the value of the time volunteered by Maine's credit unions equaled $366,015 in 2006.

According to the Maine Credit Union League, which coordinates the Program, a total of 2,029 CU staff and volunteers, representing a 5% increase from 2005, participated in the program during the past year.

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