I don’t know about you but often I find great energy, fun,
and hope in the word “new”. New car, New clothes, New Year, New You—you get the
picture. The same can be said for the NEW Time Trader.
Ok, so the program itself is not new, but in transitioning
the program to a community led group, there are lots of exciting things
happening. There are new members and new businesses that will be joining, which
in turn means that there will be new offers, new requests, and new opportunities.
A big, grand, bucket of NEW. Reminds me of being a kid and getting a new box of
crayons—all crisp colors with unblemished tips to spend hours in creative
expression.
It’s a new year….a new chance to achieve your goals,
tackle a project, learn a new skill, spend more time in a hobby… all while
connecting and helping in your community.
Have you heard the phrase, “When you help others you help
yourself”? As a member of Time Trader that is certainly true. For every minute
that you donate to help someone else, you gain that same time back into your
time bank account. Plus, you get all the other added bonuses to your physical
and mental health by volunteering. How cool is that?!
Is your wife nagging you to get the garage cleaned up? Do
you loathe the chore yet you’d really like to make your wife happy? Read on for
a solution!! Mark is a Time Trader member who is looking to help out—he’s
willing and happy to clean your garage. You give him two hours time credit to
clean the garage while you gain back the two hours teaching Sue’s son how to
play soccer. SCORE! Especially since you
love to play soccer! You feel happy and awesome to help someone in your
community with a need that they had, and you and your wife are both
happy that the garage is clean. Mark is happy to have added 2 hours to his Time
bank to spend later as he wants. It’s a whole huge circle of Happy goin’ on. Who
knew a clean garage could do such wonders!
Seriously though, Time Trader has a lot of new and
exciting times around the corner and plenty of ways to get involved. You can
meet new people and strengthen your community while getting some of your needs
met at the same time. Maybe you are already a member but haven’t been active
recently; if that’s the case we want to encourage you to ‘get back in the game’.
If you need help or assistance making the program work for you, please contact
us at timetrader@familyservicerochester.org or check out our Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Time-Trader/92884166702. We want to hear from everyone. Together we can make this a strong and
mutually supportive community!
Make joining and participating in Time Trader one of your
New Years’ resolutions!
Meagan
