A time bank in Germantown

Help each other thrive and prosper.

A time bank is a “tool” that helps people in a community work together more like a village. 

 

Time bank members offer their skills, talents, and favors, and in exchange get to benefit from the skills, talents, and favors provided by other members. It’s a little bit like barter except that it’s not for “goods,” and since the time bank logs your hours, you can earn hours from one member and spend them with another, rather than having to exchange with just one person. 

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GREAT's time bank has about 100 members and counting.

In 2019 members were meeting at monthly potluck gatherings and a website called Hourworld helped to track and facilitate the exchanges.

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At this time we are not pushing members to "do time banking." Our dear time bank was just getting started before COVID began, which really threw off our momentum. The project became quite dormant, but we know it still has serious potential. 

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If you're new to this and have questions, email gtowntimebank@gmail.com.