Half of all Americans over 16 provided informal help to neighbors during the pandemic.[1] Community members helped their neighbors by doing favors like providing free childcare and running errands like going grocery shopping. About a quarter of Americans 16 and older reported formally volunteering with an organization during the same time.
People found unique ways to formally and informally volunteer in their communities by supporting COVID-19 testing efforts, immunization efforts, providing food to food banks, doing wellness checks on senior citizens, and providing tutoring and mentoring services to help school-aged kids.
