Bennington County Time Bank

02/06/2025

Some good words

1. Never shake a hand while sitting.

2. Never talk bad about the food when you are the guest.

3. Don't eat the last piece of something you didn't buy.

4. Protect who is behind you and respect who is beside you.

5. Never make the first offer in a negotiation.

6. Don't take credit for the work you didn't do.

7. Dress well, no matter what the occasion.

8. Speak honestly: say what you think and mean what you say.

9. Ask more than you answer.

10. Leave the profane language for the less educated.

11. Avoid placing your phone on the table when eating with someone.

12. Listen, smile and most of all make eye contact.

13. If you're not invited, don't ask to go.

14. Never be ashamed of where you come from.

15. Don't beg for a relationship.

07/18/2017

Curious about time banking in your community ? Check out the website or send us a message :) hOurworld

06/17/2017

Thank you Rose-Marie Pelletier for exchanging peonies for hours. Here is the first blossom. :-) :-) :-) :-)

05/01/2017

Bennington County Time Bank is an online time bank that uses time credits exchanged between members, instead of money.

03/23/2017

hOurworld :)

01/25/2017

The Martin Luther King Vigil and Presentation was such a wonderful event. On behalf of the members of the Bennington County Time Bank, we are delighted that you stopped by our informational table and are interested in joining our community of individuals interested in building a resilient community through the exchange of services.
Below are resources to introduce our organization and instructions for enrolling in our organization.
We believe that every member of a community has something of value to contribute and that each person’s contribution, that builds a better community, is equally valued. A database is used to list the services that members are willing to offer and/or the services they are requesting. An hour of service to any member earns you a time-credit that entitles you to an hour of service from any member. The software keeps track of the time-credit accounts.
VIDEO INTRODUCTION
The first 14 minutes of this video will give you an introduction to how our members interact with each other, what your rights and responsibilities are and the flexibility of your time credits. It also includes samples of actual exchanges, though what is exchanged is only limited by the creativity and generosity of our members.
Click this link to begin the video. Introduction to Bennington County Time Exchange. Please stop the video after 14 minutes when the enrollment process is introduced as the homepage has changed.
Note: Disregard the banner on the opening frames, which refer to the organization as Hour for Our Community. We have restructured under a new name Bennington County Time Exchange.
STEPS TO ENROLL.
If you feel comfortable enrolling yourself on the computer, just follow the simple 5 steps below. You will be asked to provide two references who are not related to you, so please have their contact information handy. If you prefer to have someone give you one-on-one assistance in enrolling just send a request for help to [email protected].

Step 1: Go to http://hourworld.org
Step 2: Go to “Join a community”
Step 3 At the “Select a Community” scroll way down to Vermont and select “Bennington County Time Bank”
Step 4: You are now on our local site. For your information, at the top of the screen ,are the TOS (“Terms of Service:”) and our Privacy Policy. You can print a copy if you want.
Step 5: Complete the application form and be sure to hit the “Submit Application” button.
Once your application has been processed and activated, you will receive an e-mail with further instructions.

hOurworld directory of time banks, community directory: an international network of Hour Exchanges (time banks) where people bank their time providing services then spend the hours they've earned on services that other members provide.

12/21/2016

Bennington County Time Bank is a NEW organization separate from the non profit hour for our community .... Our new email is [email protected] .... The website information is still the same ! Please continue adding your offers and requests on hourworld :)

12/19/2016

Please visit the website for important changes... H4o is now... Bennington county time bank !!!.. Still trying to edit the fb name...

10/27/2016

Our ANNUAL MEETING is postponed due to weather !

10/14/2016

On Thursday October 27th at 7pm we will be having our annual meeting at the UU. After 3 1/2 years as director, Rose-Marie is stepping down and the future of H4O is in the air. Members are encouraged to attend as well as all interested parties!

09/29/2016

Change is coming for h4o. We will be having a community meeting very soon. Stay posted!

08/28/2016

ATTN H4O MEMBERS!

H4O Pilot Project
Are You Interested in Adopting a College Student for the Fall Semester?

If so please let me know via e-mail [email protected] by Aug 31st that you are definitely interested for the fall semester, interested but not until next semester, not interested, or want more information.

On September 1st, Hour for Our Community will be on the Bennington College Campus inviting students to join the exchange. If there is interest in our membership, we would like to offer an additional Adopt- A_College Student program. This would be a special pilot project between local time exchange members and student member of the exchange. A local member would adopt a student member for a semester, giving them "a home away from home" experience. Though this would only be between members of the time exchange, the time spent together would not be considered exchanges.

The idea is for students to have a local "home" off campus where they would be periodically invited for supper, included in family events, participate with the member n local experiences etc. The level of involvement would be mutually agreed between the student and the local exchange member. For example, they might be included in family festivities, and might also do child care while you have a night out. You might connect with their parents and be a local tour guide when they visit, or chose to provide a personal B & B experience during their visit. You control the level of your involvement. The commitment would be for one semester with the option of continuing with the same student in subsequent semesters.

Before, piloting, it is important that we have enough members interested in participating to launch the pilot program.