Happy Holidays!

The Echo Park Time Bank wishes you and your family a joyous holiday season and a happy New Year!

2010 was a successful year for our Time Bank! Our amazing members exchanged 3,000 Time Dollars for services such as tutoring, meals, transportation and health care.

For the past three years the Echo Park Time Bank has helped build relationships by connecting untapped resources with unmet needs. Help us bring Time Banking to even more people - DONATE TODAY!

Your year-end, tax-deductible donation helps us participate in community events, conduct outreach to more members and continue to provide a way for our community to connect. Please send us your annual membership donation of $20 - or any amount that you can afford. Whether $5 or $100, every bit helps! Thanks for your support.

The Echo Park Time Bank (CRSP) is a 501(c) 3 not-for-profit-corporation. Our federal tax ID number is 95-3900435.

Time Banks USA Needs You!

As a result of an unexpected cut in funding, TimeBanks USA may have to close down on December 31st. Please don’t let this happen!

TimeBanks USA is the home of TimeBanking in the US and has been, for more than 15 years, a beacon for the international TimeBanking movement. The TimeBanks Network now has over 100 active, thriving TimeBanks, and more than 75 new ones getting started up right now. The Echo Park Time Bank depends on TBUSA and the vast network they have built for advice, services, support and guidance.

Please help Time Banks USA continue the good work that they do by donating today!

Spread the word!

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www.timebanks.org/donate.htm

Thanks for you support!

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Time Banking Math

By Edgar Cahn

We stand for what it means to be human

And human beings are not chattel.

There are domains which are above market, beyond price

Family, loved ones, justice, democracy, our planet, all that is holy

Not for sale at market price, at any price.

One hour, our piece of eternity

Fleeting but nonetheless, precious, sacred, eternal

That is what Time Banking means, declares, affirms and reaffirms

We are-- and We will not be diminished. Let it be.

Food Drive!

One out of every 10 people in Los Angeles County is at risk of hunger.
The Echo Park Time Bank Food Drive for The Los Angeles Regional Food Bank will be Saturday, September 27th - Sunday, October 5th. Drop off non-perishables to Chango Coffee House on Echo Park Blvd and Morton. We accept all non-perishable goods and unopened personal care items including: cereal, soup, stew, tuna, aseptic juices, canned fruits, canned vegetables, peanut butter and jelly, soap, lotion, toothpaste and tooth brushes, deodorant, mouthwash, shaving cream, perfume/cologne.
You can also donate to the virtual food drive here,
The Echo Park Time Bank Virtual Food Drive for The L.A. Regional Food Bank

Thanks for helping to feed L.A.!