Time banking is simply about spending an hour doing something for somebody in your community. That hour goes into the Time Bank as a Time Dollar. Then you have a Time dollar to spend on having someone doing something for you. It's a simple idea, but it has powerful ripple effects in building community connections. You can read more about the core values of time banking, find out how time banking works, and see answers to frequent questions.

The Wayne County, Indiana Time Bank exists to promote and facilitate time banking in our area. We are a not-for-profit group of volunteers seeking to bring a new model of wealth, work and service in the Richmond and Wayne County area.

The Wayne County Time Bank was created during the Institute for Creative Leadership's Spring 2007 leadership training course, where participants developed projects that would put their training to use while bringing a service or benefit to the wider community.

The founding members of the Wayne County Time Bank were:

• Ben Bryan, Parallax Systems
• Chris Hardie, Summersault Website Development
• Beth Harrick, Girls, Inc.
• Kate Harris
• Laura Retherford
• Mae Turley, Earlham College
• Tim Miller, Harrington Hoch Insurance

The Wayne County Time Bank is a just one local example of Time Banking, a phenomenon that is redefining work, wealth, and service in communities around the world. You can read more about Time Banking at http://www.timebanks.org/.