On a mild summer day in Lake County, Renee Geare and her daughter harvest kale and collard greens at an organic farm south of Lakeport, accruing credits they can deposit in a different type of bank.
Read More: http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/local/2206258-181/lake-county-time-bank-allows

On June 28th, California took a significant step toward further legitimizing the creation and circulation of community currencies and other innovative means of exchange. Signed into law by Gov. Brown, the California Alternative Currencies Act (AB 129) repeals the outdated and vague Section 107 of the California Corporations Code, thus removing a significant legal barrier to the continued growth of the community currencies movement.


Read more here: http://www.theselc.org/gov_brown_approves_ca_alternative_currencies_act

The Louisville TimeBank was featured on ABC News with Diane Sawyer. Watch the story here,

In August I traveled to New York and visited the Community Connections TimeBank headquarters in mid-town Manhattan. Launched in December of 2006 the Community Connections TimeBank is sponsored by the Visiting Nurses Service of New York, the largest non-profit home care agency in the US. The TimeBank boast over 2000 members and has the most diverse membership than any other TimeBank in the country. All the members call in their exchanges and a coordinator records them in a database. They have a large staff including outreach coordinators who speak Mandarin, Cantonese and Spanish. They cover several neighborhoods in Manhattan and the five boroughs and offer their members discounts at local business as a perk to membership. All of it is managed by Mashi Blech (middle, pictured fifth from the left) a pioneer in the TimeBanking movement and a very wise and knowledgeable woman... she also makes a mean chicken parmesan.  Her collaborator Ana Miyares was not there that day but she was missed. Ana spent many hours consulting our TimeBank back in 2008 and we owe her a debt of gratitude for her patience and kind advice. If you happen to visit New York, stop by and meet the Community Connections TimeBank. They are doing incredible work!  ~ Autumn Rooney

The Long Beach time Exchange turns three this year! Check out this great article about them in the Press Telegram.

http://www.presstelegram.com/business/20130908/long-beach-time-banking-community-celebrates-three-years-growing-membership

shareable.net
How to Start a Community Currency
By Mira Luna
10.16.12

“Banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies...The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs." - Thomas Jefferson

“Let me issue and control a nation’s money and I care not who writes the laws.” - Banker Mayer Amschel Rothschild

The centralized creation of money and credit has a profoundly negative effect on local economies, sovereignty, and social cohesion. Bankers value profit at all costs, while locally-controlled institutions tend to hold other values - like community, justice and sustainability - more highly.

Communities can regain control of the flow of money and credit by issuing their own currency as a complement to conventional money, as electronic barter networks, debit cards, mobile phone payments, Timebanks, LETS, or old-fashioned cash.

- See more at: http://www.shareable.net/blog/how-to-start-a-community-currency#sthash.e0uI15a3.dpuf
http://www.shareable.net/blog/how-to-start-a-community-currency

The Time Bank Training with Stephanie Rearick on July 28th was a huge success! Held at Fais Do Do in West Adams, twenty five Time Bank coordinators and enthusiasts gathered to learn from the founder of the Dane County Time Bank in Madison, WI, Stephanie Rearick. Many important topics were covered such as how to deliver a concise elevator speech and how to engage stakeholders. There were several helpful interactive exercises that gave participants opportunities to practice articulating the core values of Time Banking. Stephanie shared the many varied ways that Dane County has applied Time Banking such as a Youth Court, wellness project and energy conservation. Many connections were made throughout the day. Representatives from several Time Banks were present from all over Southern California including Long Beach Time Exchange, Orange County Time Bank, Our Time Bank, North Hollywood Time Bank, Santa Barbara Time Bank and the Arroyo S.E.C.O. Network of Time Banks.

Stephanie also performed some songs for us from her new set called Dreamworld. She played keyboard and trumpet at Pop-Hop on Friday and a little accordion tune at Thank you for Coming on Saturday at their "Not Talent Show". If you haven't heard her music check it out at stephanierearick.com.

Big Thanks to Stephanie, Fais Do Do, The Living Economy Salon, CRSP, The Metabolic Studio, Pop-Hop, Thank you for Coming and Large Marge Sustainables.

Stay tuned for a video of the training thanks to Hollis Doherty and Jason Allen!

Saratoga Patch
Written by Rachel Stober
July 27th, 2013

TimeBanking Begins to Trend in Silicon Valley Residents San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties have begun to trade time for services as part of TimeBank, a new Palo Alto Medical Foundation program.

Time becomes currency and commerce becomes connection in a form of banking finding traction in the Silicon Valley.

Spend an hour walking with an elderly person and someone else will spend an hour moving the furniture in your living room. Invest a solid amount of time in the winter knitting scarves for a father of four and rack up enough hours in your account to have your lawn mowed for the next summer.

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Mark your calendars! Dane County Time Bank  Founder and Director Stephanie Rearick will be in Los Angeles July 26th-28th, 2013! This is an amazing opportunity to meet one of the pioneers of the Time Bank movement. She recently participated in the Community Currency Conference in The Netherlands.

Dane County Time Bank in Madison Wisconsin is one of the largest and most active in the country with a Time Dollar store, a youth court and a wellness project. On top of all this Stephanie is an incredible musician and will be performing for us at Pop Hop in Highland Park!

Stephanie Rearick Jr. Performs music from her new track list Dreamworld
Friday, July 26th at 7:00PM
Pop Hop 5002 York Blvd.
LA, CA 90042
http://www.thepophop.com/
http://stephanierearick.com/

Time Bank Musicians Meet up
The Not Talent Show at Thank you For Coming. Come jam with Stephanie!
Saturday, July 27th from 7:00-10:00PM
Thank you for Coming
3416 Glendale Blvd.
L.A. CA 90039
http://www.thankyouforcoming.la/2013/07/saturday-july-27-the-not-talent-show/

Time Bank Training and Rolling Conference
Learn about what goes into maintaining a Time Bank and all of it's many applications.
Sunday, July 28th from 10:00AM-2:00PM
Fais Do Do 5257 W. Adams Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90016
Details: http://www.asntb.com/2/post/2013/07/time-bank-training-stephanie-rearick-rolling-conference-in-los-angeles.html