Thursday, July 26, 2012
Kent artist Elaine Hullihen is sharing her paint brushes with fellow art lovers willing to assist.
Great progress has been made on the new mural at the site of Haymaker Farmers' Market in just two short weeks of painting, thanks to the small army of volunteers assisting Kent artist and Kent Patch columnist Elaine Hullihen. Hullihen has been maintaining a list of names representing those who have volunteered their time to the project, whether in the concrete prep phases or painting phases. She's up to 32 names on that ever-growing list. Some of the helpers are Hullihen's fellow artists and friends, some are Kent Community TimeBank members working for time credits and some are complete strangers who just happen upon the site and have time to spare. The latter happened last Sunday, when a young man from Tallmadge who had just finished …
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Kent Community TimeBank members earned 69 time credits painting and staining at Miller House and Freedom House.
A mutually beneficial arrangement last weekend resulted in two Kent homeless shelters getting six rooms painted and a fence stained by 14 Kent Community TimeBank members. In turn, those 14 timebankers earned a combined 69 time credits to spend on such things as oil changes, massages, getting their house powerwashed, having meals prepared or any of the hundreds of other timebank offers. The group project was the largest undertaken to date by timebank members. And it was the first time Freedom House, a shelter for homeless veterans, and Miller House, a general-population homeless shelter, cashed in on their timebank membership. Both shelters are programs of Family & Community Services. Cathy Debord, F&CS housing services director, said …
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Community organization is 315 members strong as it celebrates its second birthday.
In just two short years, members of the Kent Community TimeBank have exchanged a whopping 10,000 hours of service. And, along the way, the organization has become a “community” unto itself. That ever-growing community is made up of more than 315 people from all walks of life who hail not just from Kent but also towns such as Stow, Alliance, Peninsula and beyond. Among those members are more than a dozen businesses and organizations. Timebanking is a system of exchanging services on an hour-by-hour basis without the exchange of money. The types of services offered and requested are as varied as the members themselves. The social change movement values all members’ contributions equally — whether that member is a leaf raker or a physician. …
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Sunday, January 16, 2011
Members offer each other a wide variety of services
Imagine a community where you can get a massage, have your refrigerator cleaned or consult with a physician without forking over cold, hard cash. Instead, you’d pay with “virtual dollars” earned doing something you enjoy, like baking a pie or planting a shrub. Imagine no more, because such a “community” is thriving in Kent – and everyone is invited to join. The Kent Community TimeBank, founded last March, just broke the 100-member mark over the weekend. Timebanking is not volunteering, which offers no tangible reward. Nor is it bartering, in which goods or services are generally traded one-for-one. Dr. Verdena Lee, co-founder and executive director of the Kent timebank, described it as “a system of exchanging services within a community …
Debra-Lynn Hook
6:23 am on Monday, July 23, 2012
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