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TIME DOLLARS: a LOCAL complementary currency transforming time & reweaving community
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A TimeBank is a network of people who exchange services with one another, wherein the "currency" of exchange is time. Members earn “time dollars" (TD$) for time spent ...
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"Building strong, local communities" is an essential ingredient in every prescription for achieving a sustainable world, but how do you build a strong local community? Time Banks have ...
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Time Banking turns strangers into friends We can all be valued contributors Honor real work that is beyond price ...
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How exactly does it work? Once you join the getavision TimeBank, you can earn TD$ by using your time and skills to help others. When you spend an hour doing something ...
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For every hour of help you give, you also receive an hour of help. In addition, you are making a difference in someone’s life – whether it’s giving a ride ...
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TimeBanking is not volunteering (unless you choose to donate some of your TD$)! Many of the services people exchange in a TimeBank are the types of things they already do ...
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The possibilities are endless, really! From walking a neighbor's dog, raking leaves, stuffing envelopes, braiding hair, cooking meals, giving music lessons, running errands to lending professional advice and getting an oil ...
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You earn Time Dollars when you join the getavision timeXchange and setup a getavision TimeBank account. So you start out with TD$ in your account!
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Having a negative balance is not a big deal in a TD$ account. After all, people have to receive in order for others to give. The getavision ...
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No need for a car. You can receive rides via the getavision timeXchange using your TD$, take the bus or walk.
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The getavision STARFUND is a pool of TD$ donated by TimeBank members that goes toward helping those who cannot earn TD$ themselves due to extenuating circumstances. The STARFUND ...
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For members without access to the Internet, the getavision TimeBank Coordinator will help you set up an offline account and post your service requests and offers. You will ...
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Almost everyone says that! Talk with the getavision TimeBank Coordinator. We will help you explore what you can offer. At the core of TimeBanking is ...
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There are two ways to keep track of the exchanges. Record the exchange and the number of hours online, and it will be debited from ...
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Yes! They can use TD$ donated by other members to the getavision STARFUND or earned on their behalf by their family and friends.
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We conduct a criminal background check. We always ask members to provide two references, to inquire about the individual’s trustworthiness. We ...
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Yes. We don’t give medical help, except giving rides to appointments and translating during appointments. We are not able to provide ongoing ...
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Neither the giver nor receiver should expect professional standards. Sometimes you get professional quality work, but that is not the point. The point of TD$ exchanges ...
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Yes, with their parent or guardian’s permission, children and teenagers can participate in the getavision TimeBank. Community Weaver has a safeguard feature called the “Guardian Angel” mode, whereby ...
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Yes – if you charge only for the hours it takes to produce something in TD$ and for cost of the materials in regular dollars. For instance, if ...
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Time Dollars are tax-exempt and completely separate from federal dollars. TimeBanks USA (the national TimeBank organization of which we are a part) has an IRS private letter ruling ...
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We have a process for handling complaints about conduct; through this process a member may be suspended or removed from the system.
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The TimeBanks USA Community Weaver™ is a secure, password-protected online software program used to keep track of member accounts. Through Community Weaver, members advertise their services, contact each ...
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The roots of Time Banking extend back to the creation of Time Dollars™ in 1980 when Dr. Edgar S. Cahn, co-founder of the National Legal Services Program, author of "Our Brother’s ...
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Dr. Edgar S. Cahn is the creator of Time Dollars and the founder of TimeBanks USA , as well as the co-founder of the National Legal Services Program and the Antioch ...
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The mission of TimeBanks USA is to expand a movement that develops, supports, and promotes a network of Time Banks that rebuild community, and ...
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A short documentary based on interviews with three experts in alternative currencies: Bernard Lietaer, author of The Future of Money and longtime proponent of complementary currencies, Edgar Cahn, founder of Timebanks ...
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ABC News Report on Time Banking
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Just where does that dollar in your pocket originate? The answer is that all money enters the economy as bank debt. So what? You may ask. This seemingly innocuous detail is ...
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Learn the truth about race and the juvenile justice system in America, then learn how a ground-breaking legal theory posited by Dr. Edgar Cahn and Cynthia Robbins (TimeBanks USA) is holding ...
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Mid Maine Time Bank members share their stories about how the Time Bank has changed their lives.
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Exchange your time for favors from others in a virtual time bank.
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Film about Rushey Green Time Bank which is based in a doctor's surgery in Catford, London
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Film made in August 2008 in Blaengarw, South Wales at the Creation Development Time Bank where they were preparing for and taking part in the Garw Carnival
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VIDEO #1 The Time Dollar Youth Court has faced closure due to budget cuts before. Back in April of 2007, the Youth Court had to close its doors temporarily ...
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Unemployed people can trade on a commodity they often have in abundance: Time. As the economy continues shedding jobs, 'time banks,' in which members exchange labor instead of money, are becoming ...
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BOOK: Time Dollars: The New Currency That Enables Americans to Turn Their Hidden Resource-Time-Into Personal Security and Community Renewal Check it out on Amazon.com
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BOOK: No More Throw-Away People: The Co-Production Imperative Check it out on Amazon.com
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Living in poverty is living without much money but there are other ways to have some our our needs met and build our communities without money. At the 2010 ...
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"The Power of Asking for Help" - Huffington Post Kari Henley - writer, speaker, founder, Gather Central November 21, 2010 11:54 AM ...
