The Care and Share Time Bank staff welcomes you to the Time Bank! Your new member application will be processed as soon as we are able.
In the meantime, we appreciate your patience! Please review this letter of greeting! By proceeding with your application, you are acknowledging these rights and responsibilities.
Welcome to The Care and Share Time Bank (CSTB)! I'm Vilvi Vannak, the president of the CSTB. Thank you for joining the community!
Being in the CSTB is a GREAT way to build community; it's a way to help your neighbors and get help from others, and it might save you money as people help you!
We want to answer any questions you might have, so we now ask you to watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-d-1MRz7F0.
Please do so, and ask me any questions you have.
As soon as you do that, credit your account with two time credits for reviewing the materials.
To access your account, go to http://cstimebank.org. If there is any problem with that website, I apologize!.
Go to https://tnt2.hourworld.org/TNT2/homepage . If you don't remember your password, just ask me!
On the third Sunday of the month, we have a potluck!
It's a wonderful way to meet people, learn about the time bank, and often find people to exchange with! We advertise the potluck on the website.
Everyone in the area who would like to learn about the CSTB is invited.
Please understand that, as a time bank, we offer neighborly services to each other.
Members provide services to the best of their ability and do not guarantee their work.
Please understand that the Care and Share Time Bank is a coordinating agency only
and cannot guarantee the performance of anyone who is referred.
Please understand that expenses for any materials used will be the responsibility of the recipient,
and expenses will be agreed upon before the service is delivered.
Please understand that the Care and Share Time Bank cannot be held responsible for any
injury to persons or damage to property experienced while involved with the program. You hereby agree to hold the
Care and Share Time Bank, as well as its employees and/or agents harmless from any and all claims or liabilities for any work performed hereunder.
Please understand that the function of the time bank is to facilitate the exchange of services within the community.
It is your responsibility to use the same caution you would use in other circumstances to get to know a person, make reference checks, and
use your instincts before engaging with another time bank member - especially for babysitting, elder care and driving.
hOurWorld.org and Care and Share Time Bank will not be held responsible and will not assume any liability for claims, damages,
or any other consequences that may arise from this arrangement.
Also, remember that you can refuse a service or request at any time for any reason.
Please understand that if you use your personal vehicle in rendering volunteer service through the Care and Share Time Bank,
you will, in accordance with Ohio law, arrange to keep in effect adequate and legal automobile liability insurance covering bodily injury and property damage.
By becoming a member of the Time Bank, you are pledging not to reveal the contents of the hOurWorld Software,
nor any other documentation provided by Care and Share Time Bank to non-members, especially any personal information provided.
You are agreeing to abide by the core values, rules and guidelines provided by hOurWorld.org and Care and Share Time Bank for
proper and courteous behavior. You are pledging to proceed with good intent toward being of service to others in the community
and to treat other members in the time bank with respect and kindness.
The Care and Share Time Bank wishes to acknowledge that some people may not be comfortable providing their address to the website at this time -even though that information is kept private from the general membership. We request that information to know how far away you are from other members of the Care and Share Time Bank. If you are uncomfortable with this, please just provide your zip instead.
FAQ:
Q: How can it all be free?
A: The CSTB is run by volunteers/members who get paid in time credits. The service exchanges do NOT exchange items, so it's all person-to-person exchanges of service/help.
Q: I'm worried about getting sick/catching COVID/catching something. How can I possibly join and participate?
A: NO PROBLEM! Our meetings are optional - nothing face-to-face is required. When you make and offer or request, you ONLY do what you are comfortable doing!
Work in one of our Community Gardens, participate in a language class on Zoom, give advice over the phone, etc.
Q: I need to get help with something right away and haven't earned enough time credit to "pay" for it at this time. Can I "go into debt"?
A: Yes, some. We are big on promoting community! Which of us are always perfect? Sometimes we all need a little time and trust until we can get back to having a positive time bank account.
We are neighbors; neighbors help neighbors. If someone is going more than ten hours in debt, if someone doesn't think they'll ever be able to pay,
or if a person doesn't know how they can earn time credits, they should contact the CSTB President.
Q: I want to get/sell something for money or goods. Can I do this through the Time Bank?
A: No... the proper wording is everything! The wording of an offer is important. I can't say "I'll haul your stuff to the dump for 1 time credit plus $5 cash."
I should say "I can haul your stuff to the dump for 1 time credit. You'll need to cover the cost of gas for my truck which will be $5."
The cash is a separate transaction that one can declare to the IRS and has no bearing on the time credits spent.
Some other things:
- Time Banking is NOT Barter, it is the providing of "friendly neighborly favors" in consideration of nothing. There is no binding contract. The receiver gives nothing of value to the provider. The provider and receiver simply have a record of time they spent helping and being helped. They both have a conceptual and moral responsibility to reciprocity. Out of my abundance I ought to share, and when someone has shared with me, I ought to pass it on by sharing with my community in some way at some time.
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- These friendly neighborly favors (or stuff - I can give you my old ladder) have no connection to the cash economy. They ought not ever be indistinctly intertwined.
Please look us up on Social Media!
Reddit https://www.reddit.com/user/CareNShareTimeBank/
IG: Care.and.Share.Timebank.cbus
Bluesky: Care and Share Timebank
Facebook: Care and Share Chatroom
