New Start-Up Materials!

Based on feedback from new Time Banks over the past two years, we are redeveloping the start-up materials. The new start-up materials will consist of four guidebooks which will take you step-by-step through the process, from planning and launching your TimeBank all the way to day-to-day management. While the current Member-Led Manual is still helpful, the new series will offer more in-depth information at each stage of your Time Bank's development. We are also developing a webinar series to accompany the Guidebooks, where you'll have a chance to learn from "the experts" in the network about specific topics.

In the meantime, you can still order the exisiting Member-Led Manual!

The Start-Up Materials BETA pack ($65.00 plus shipping) will give you the existing Manual, plus the first cut of Guidebook 1 for your review, along with regular membership benefits and a six-month license of our online TimeBanking software, Community Weaver. While we continue to develop the other Guidebooks in the series, we will look forward to hearing your feedback and will welcome your suggestions as you build your own Time Banks.

Click here for an order form.

 

Shipping Policy

We try to process and ship orders within one week of receipt of complete payment, but when demand is particularly high, it can take longer. Unless otherwise indicated, materials will be sent, tracked, via United States Postal Service at the Priority Mail rate.

Return Policy

Because we are a small nonprofit organization with limited staff, we cannot process returns. Thank you for your understanding.

Payment

We accept payment by Check, Money Order, PayPal (pay to email address: orders@timebanks.org), Credit Card (Visa, MasterCard, Discover and AmericanExpress). We cannot currently process orders through our website, but you can always call us, or mail or fax your order form to us at:

TimeBanks USA
5500 39th St NW
Washington, DC 20015
Fx: 202-537-5033
Ph: 202-686-5200 x 105 (to place an order)

Selection of Membership Benefits and Available Publications:

• Coordinators Only Forum – Forums for software support and for peer coaching in community raising – for TBUSA member Time Banks only
• Monthly E-Bulletin – Venue for stakeholders in the TBUSA network to share developments, news, and ideas, and to raise issues for feedback.
• DVD of inspirational videos
  • Actual Time Banks provide a window into Time Banking’s possibilities
  • A great tool for recruiting members and supporters
• Start-up Handbook for Member-led Time Banks – (46 pages). Step-by-step instructions for starting a Member-Led Time Bank – useful for all start-up Time Banks.
• Community Weaver Software Subscription – Online software that allows Time Banks to track members’ listings and Time Dollar accounts.
• Time Banks Grant Writing Notebook - (131 pages in Word format)
  • "Best of" paragraphs from past grant applications organized in six apllications areas that are part of every grant application. Available as a Word document so you can cut and paste directly into your grant applications.
  • Seven full grant applications to give you a sense of how all the pieces of a grant application fit together
  • Three grant application forms to familiarize yourself with the language and typical questions used by grantmaking organizations.
  • 29 pages of state-by-state listings of funding sources, plus where you can access databases listing more funding sources.
• Time Banks Fund Raising Sourcebook - (85 pages in Word format)
  • Over 50 Time Banks fundraising events listed according to how long it takes to prepare for the event (two weeks to several months).
  • Reprints of selected best practices in grassroots fundraising from the Grassroots Fundraising Journal