City Promotes "Timebanking" Workshops

The city of Mercer Island is seeking residents interested in "Timebanking" a system organized to provide the exchange of services between interested individuals in a community without using money, according to a city news release.

The city's Youth and Family Services Department launched a Timebank last May, and this summer two follow-up meetings are scheduled to introduce Islanders to the project and register additional members.

Save Money, Build Community For every hour you spend doing a task for someone else, you earn a credit; you can then exchange your credit to have someone complete a task for you, building useful relationships along the way.

Join staff for dessert at one of the upcoming meetings and start moving items off your 'to do' list: 

• learning a new language,
• getting your gutters cleaned,
• launching a winter knitting project early.

The Mercer Island Timebank is a project of Youth and Family Services and is part of the Puget Sound Timebanks. 

Meetings will be held at the Mercer Island Community and Event Center from 6 - 7:30 p.m., on Wednesday July 31, and Wednesday Aug. 28.