MISSION STATEMENT:
The TimeBank of the Mahoning Watershed is a service exchange program based on Time Dollars, the currency of equality that empowers individuals to utilize their assets, to enhance their lives, neighborhood and community
Discover and Learn;
What is Time Banking
All About (Click Here)?
At its most basic level, Time banking is a community of people who support each other.
Simply spending an hour doing something for somebody in your community, you earn a Time Dollar.
Then you can use that Time Dollar to buy an hour of a neighbor’s time or engage in a group activity offered by a neighbor.
Five Core Values are
the heart of everything we do in Time Banks.
Assets: We are all assets. Every human being has something to contribute.
Redefining Work: Some work is beyond price. Work has to be redefined to value whatever it takes to raise healthy children, build strong families, revitalize neighborhoods, make democracy work, advance social justice, and make the planet sustainable. That kind of work needs to be honored, recorded and rewarded.
Reciprocity: Helping works better as a two-way street. The question: “How can I help you? Needs to change so we ask: “How can we help each other build the world we both will live in?”
Social Networks: We need each other. People helping each other reweave communities of support, strength and trust. Community is built upon sinking roots, building trust, creating networks that are built on mutual respect and commitment.
Respect: Respect demands accountability. The voices of all must be heard and heeded so as to promote social justices and compel accountability.