Summer FUN, FOOD and FRIENDS
Welcome back to YOUR TimeBank! This Summer is shaping up to be a great
one. The community garden is in full swing and members are reaching out
to one another for help with a myriad of tasks and activities. Since
January of this year, members have exchanged
1,279.75 hours for things like:
- Electrical work
- Plumbing
- Painting
- Conducting a Yoga Class for Other Members
- Sharpening Knives
- Helping at TimeBank events
- Attending TimeBank events
- Working in the Community garden
- Sewing
- Transportation
- Weatherization/Energy Audits
- Supervising Interns
- Helping with Disability Applications
- Bike repair
- Carpentry
Remember to log in to hOurworld and see what YOU can exchange today!
You can also exchange with other TimeBanks across the world. Going on a
trip to the UK? Check out offers in their TimeBank before you go!
Just heading south for a vacation? There are TimeBanks all across the
United States and your membership allows you to exchange with all of
them utilizing the hOurworld system.
What We Are Doing Next
Great opportunities to engage with fellow TimeBankers and exchange hours are coming up!
Community Garden (ongoing): The Community Garden is
available for you and your family to utilize. If you don't have the
time to manage your own garden, you can put in a few hours watering or
weeding the community garden and reap the vegetables! If you volunteer
for a community based agency, you can earn produce to donate, even if
you won't use the food yourself. If you have gardening experience to
share, we would love to have your knowledge at the garden as well.
Contact Rachel Reyst-Carroll to be added to the Garden Communication
list or log in to hOurworld and join the Garden "group" in the groups
tab to be kept in the loop on Garden work days.
Orientation and Training -
June 12th and June 14th: Do
you want to know more about how to look up offers and requests from
other TimeBanks or how to log your hours? Have you had problems logging
in and need some assistance? Maybe you just have some questions to ask
or would like to meet up with other TimeBankers to learn more about
what we are up to. If any of these things sound like something you need
or want, please join us for an orientation and computer training
session at Nancy's house on
Friday June 12th at 10am or on
Sunday June 14th at 1pm.
Everyone is welcome, even if you don't have or use a computer. If you
need to find a buddy to log your hours for you, please join us! Contact
Nancy at
248-435-6511 or
nchinn7@comcast.net to let her know you plan to be there.
Annual Meeting - July 12th: Join
us for an annual meeting at Nancy and Vic's home. We will go over the
events of the last year while you enjoy time by the pool with friends
and good food. This is a great opportunity to network and scope out
some new exchanges for yourself.
Items of Interest for YOU to Know
- We want to hear from YOU and how the TimeBank has benefited your
life! Send in a picture and a description of a recent exchange you have
completed for our newsletter and receive .5 hours for your trouble.
- One of our founding cabinet members, Miriam Nemeth, is
moving to Washington D.C. next month. We are grateful for her guidance
and support and will be sad to see her go. Make sure to wish her well
the next time you see her.
- SAVE the DATE! The 2nd Annual Bid to Build Our Communities Auction which benefits local TimeBanks in Michigan like ours is coming up on October 10th, 2015.
We need your help volunteering at the auction or donating items.
Please contact Nancy Chinn or Rachel Reyst-Carroll if you can assist!
Last year's auction earned us over $400 and got our name out in the
community. Thank you to everyone who helped. We look forward to your
help again this year!
- Please extend your condolences to Ann Cline, as her
mother passed away recently. Ann has been a member of the Royal Oak -
Huntington Woods TimeBank since 2011 and has been an asset to us all.
The TimeBank Cabinet sincerely offers any support to Ann and her family
that she may need at this time and we hope that all of our members will
as well.
