Soaring gas prices forcing lifestyle changes across US
Friday, 27 June 2008
LOS ANGELES, June 26 (AFP): Trains are bustling, scooter sales are booming and manual lawn-mowers are back in vogue. But charities are grimly facing up to a drop in volunteer workers while some cash-strapped families are cutting expenditure on fresh meat and vegetables.
In a myriad of ways, the effects of soaring gasoline prices are being felt directly and indirectly across America, forcing many into lifestyle changes as they rethink monthly budgets.
John Gargotta, executive director of Senior Volunteer Services, says spiralling pump prices are already biting in the non-profit sector, with the number of volunteers plummeting by 20 per cent in two years.
In a myriad of ways, the effects of soaring gasoline prices are being felt directly and indirectly across America, forcing many into lifestyle changes as they rethink monthly budgets.
John Gargotta, executive director of Senior Volunteer Services, says spiralling pump prices are already biting in the non-profit sector, with the number of volunteers plummeting by 20 per cent in two years.