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Americorps Members coming to the community
Greetings from Alexis and Yvonne,Hello everyone, Alexis and I are new members of the Americorps. Being with Americorps, we also have the My Neighborhood Connection which is a non profit organization to help connect with other communities in and around the Metro Detroit area. We are happy to announce that Alexis and I are taking on […]
Upcoming TimeBank Events/Próximos eventos
Below are both events from UOC TimeBank and events hosted by some of our partner organizations (Congress of Communities, MI Alliance of TimeBanks, LGBTQ+ Intergenerational TimeBank) that we think TimeBank members may be interested in. All of these events are open to the public. Full Calendar:
Family Game Night
For many years now our TimeBank has hosted a monthly family friendly Game Night. Game night is held in-person at Amanda Holiday’s house (1575 Military St) from 6 to 8 PM. Due to Covid-19 Game Night is OUTSIDE and with MASKS ON. In general we have Game Night on the 3rd Tuesday of the month. […]
Help us Develop a Community Transportation System
We are working with a research team from the University of Michigan to develop new ways to help people in our community get to their appointments using TimeBankingPlease fill out this survey to help us get an idea about how people in our area get to their appointments. If you fill it out you are entered […]
Star Notebook Workshop
Join us on December 9 at 7 PM for a remote crafting class to learn how to make these beautiful star books from Mary Clare Duran. If you would like to get the supplies from the TimeBank sign up before December 2. List of supplies for star book project: 5 pieces of regular printer paper […]
Black Lives Matter
Police brutality and mass incarceration are antithetical to the core principles and values that TimeBanking is founded on. TimeBanking was popularized after the publication of No More Throw Away People by Edgar Cahn. Cahn writes about the way that the money economy regards certain groups of people- those that are unemployed, disabled, elders, children- as […]
Upcoming TimeBank Orientations
We have had a ton of interest in TimeBanking since the start of the pandemic. We love that in a scary time of crisis folks are turning to community and solidarity more than ever. As a result we have scheduled several upcoming orientations to hopefully meet everyone’s schedule. If you can’t make any of these […]
Help Us Improve the Tool Library!
https://ioby.org/project/unity-our-community-tool-library It is almost the end of 2019- and time to consider your year end giving.We want to encourage you all to consider the TimeBank in your giving plans- and invite your friends and family to give as well. Just a donation of $20 is a huge help!