Time Bank Orientation

A time bank is a membership organization that provides a system
for people to exchange services. The exchange currency is time,
and everyone’s time is of equal value. Each local subgroup has a
coordinator who helps match people up with services they need, or
find recipients for the services they offer.

Eastbay Reciprocity Network (ERN) is a regional time bank affiliated with TimeBanksUSA and has an Albany group that is currently getting going.

Time banks build community and help overcome economic and
emotional hardships brought on by economic recession,
environmental degradation, and the decline of local culture.

Attending an Orientation is key to joining (even
if you already belong to the SF Time Bank), so please come. You
may discover new depths to the concept and you''ll certainly meet
people from whom you may want to receive services, or to whom you
may want to offer yours. There will be an opportunity to join
there and then.

Saundra Hodges, founder of the Eastbay Reciprocity Network, and Catherine Sutton, your local Time Bank Coordinator, will be presiding.