Rebuilding & Revitalizing That Community Feeling
What happens when times get tough, money is tight and jobs scarce?
Should people sit at home and wait for the government to save them?
Should people complain to the big corporations that terminated their jobs due to bad management or poor market conditions?
Sure some people will, and others….well, they know that “if it’s to be, it’s up to me!” and they get going making things happen themselves.
TimeBanking is a great tool for good times and a life saver in tough times, it is a great idea any time.
Birthed out of the unfulfilled needs in big city USA where people had plenty of time but no money, TimeBanking is an ingenious way to discover and utilize, for everyone’s benefit, the vast personal gifts, talents, time and resources waiting to be given and wanting to be received from individual to individual…via TimeBanking!
A TimeBank is a web based data bank resource of catalogued skills, talents and desires available for members to “browse” and ask to receive as they are needed, what they need and exactly when they need it! Members “advertise” what they want to give to others in time and talent.
A TimeBank is also data bank resource of what help people need. Any member can post what they need or want to receive. Members “advertise” what they want to receive from others in time and talent.
Match a need with a talent or available time and you have TimeBanking. No money, just people helping people with exactly what they need.
The software keeps track of the time you give to others and you can use your time credits to receive from other members whatever it is you want to receive that they are offering to give.
Be a giver and a receiver of time and time talent. Meet and share with your community members the gifts of time and talent we ALL are capable of giving.
When the jobs are gone the skills remain and everyone WANTS to work, be productive and contribute. Everyone has needs and everyone loves to give.
TimeBanking creates an opportunity for the needs and the wants to be met and fulfilled.
Living costs money, but it costs a lot less if most of what you need you can get from your local TimeBank members and all you give back is your time, your way to any member that requests what you are willing to offer!
Check out TimeBanking as a way to revitalize, reconnect and really enjoy being a part of a friendly, caring neighbouthood, community or city.
The Lower Mainland TimeBank is also committed to help set-up TimeBanks anywhere in Canada….check it out!
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