November is the season when Merry Lea honors its volunteers with a special dinner, some informal entertainment and a gift. This year’s program included music, poetry and a story.

So how many volunteers contributed time?

Volunteer Hours for 2016

Bird Banding:  14 volunteers, 381.5 hours

ML Sustainable Farm: 14 volunteers, 448.5 hours

Land Management: 3 volunteers, 18 hours (2 work days)

PreK-12 Teaching Volunteers: 13 volunteers (6 unique), 203 hours

Special Events :  26 volunteers (19 unique), 124.5 hours

Other, including sewing, mailings, gardening, library tasks: 7 volunteers (2 unique), 52 hours

1227.5 hours