The mission of TimeBanks USA is to expand a movement that

• develops, supports, and promotes a network of Time Banks that rebuild community, and
• reforms economic and social systems, policies and practices so that they empower human beings to contribute to the well-being of each other through reciprocity.

The Mission: Strengthening communities through reciprocity

The movement can accomplish that ultimate goal of empowerment in two ways.

#1: One is through the development and support of Time Banks.

#2: The other is by seeking to bring change to our institutions and systems to make them more aware of what has been called “the joyous dance of give and take.”

To give and to receive are mutually balancing actions. Most of us find that it can be a very great challenge to receive in the same spirit of openness and generosity that we like to think of ourselves as being givers.

So, for many, Time Banking is a spiritual as well as a practical and social practice. All of that is embedded in the mission statement.

Last updated on October 24, 2010 by getavision admin