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Building Community One Hour at a TimeJoin the Care and Share Time Bank in Columbus, Ohio, where your time and talents create a supportive network. Earn hours by helping others and spend them when you need a hand. Together, we build a stronger, caring community.

Share Time, Build Community

6:30pm on the 3rd Sunday of each monthat the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/41Rj1P6kQHTMwcnu6">First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus 93 W Weisheimer Rd, Columbus, Ohio 43214</a>

Attending a potluck can be a great way to meet folks and learn about time banking.Bring your own place setting (plate, cutlery, cup, napkin)Bring a dish to share and list the ingredientsEvery other month (on the odd months), we play tabletop games after dinner. On the even months, we usually have presentations by community organizations in Central Ohio.Earn hours for coming out and building community! And you can earn more time credit for coming at 6pm to help us set up for the potluck.&nbsp; Do you want to help more and earn credit?&nbsp; Write <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:csgeneral27@gmail.com">csgeneral27@gmail.com</a>

Video from the Pollinator Potluck event on August 17, 2025

What is a time bank?

Share your knowledge by tutoring students or adults to help them learn and grow.What can you teach? Anything! A language, a craft, a technical skill, or how to play Skittles.

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Tutoring and Educational Support

Provide or get rides for errands, appointments, or social activities to keep everyone connected and supported.Help someone get to a doctor's appointment, or if you have a large vehicle, help someone who doesn't move something big.

Transportation Assistance

Offer or receive care services or spend time with someone who wants company.Give a caregiver a break or allow them to run errands. Take someone for a walk or engage them in friendly conversation.

Care and Accompaniment

Handy with tools? Share your skills in fix-it skills with neighbors who need help with small repairs or improvements.

Minor Home Repairs and Maintenance

Help with planting, weeding, and yard maintenance while earning time credits you can use for other services.

Gardening and Yard Work

Assist community members with technology issues, from setting up devices to teaching digital skills.

Tech Help and Digital Skills

Time Bank Service Examples

Frequently Asked Questions

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Our volunteer time bank board president, Vilvi Vannak

Our Hourworld website, at <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://hourworld.org/bank/index.htm?hw=1057">cstimebank.org</a> is the member portal for the Care and Share Time Bank. It is built with the free "Time and Talents" platform. Here you can track and manage your hours, offer services and see what others are offering.<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://hourworld.org/index.htm">Hourworld</a> is a nonprofit that provides time bank websites to time banks around the world.<a target="" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="/#quotebanner-3">link to section</a><h3>Help and Documentation</h3><h4>Membership</h4><ul><li>Join us! <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://hourworld.org/bank/Join.php?hw=1057">New Member Application Form</a></li><li>Watch a<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UCb4a7Ccw_4pAMm_mL6AUjzNZ6zucS9X/view?usp=sharing"> video recording</a> of an orientation meeting</li><li>Check out the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TuPjf_ZaWCHBJu7BV7hpQnbadcAZ8YuOAkrv0yYSnYc/edit?usp=sharing">Handbook</a></li><li>Or <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:csgeneral27@gmail.com">email Vilvi Vannak</a>, our president</li></ul><h4>Partner Organizations</h4><ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1i1x7fY9w5J7KfBSQBJlgQqNTKCOGcby_3itUPWNBDAE/edit?tab=t.0 ">Affiliate Organizations and the CSTB</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vKeZJEWJUKjVSrDSSmOksUGy3a_19xEbRxfHTsY7SHA/edit?tab=t.0">Groups and the CSTB</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nyTHNzFZeDVfj4Z7kxhyMWrScTlwo76SCpbfVBeWNbY/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.9wstw5nbwm6 ">Businesses and the CSTB</a></li></ul><h4>Tutorial Videos</h4><ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://youtu.be/Pmt-7ULWjj8">Hourworld overview</a> (17 minutes)</li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://youtu.be/XpR-Juymb-Q">How to record hours</a> (5 minutes)</li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MxMplA14bM&amp;list=PLBnC3aOjZzUaeKAlAe3ISDgty_bB7DfVr&amp;index=7&amp;t=10s">How to Record your Inter-Trade Hours</a> (2 minutes)</li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://youtu.be/ajI2hcPeNR8">How to enter your bio</a> (1 minute)</li></ul>How to set the frequency of emails from Hourworld<ul><li>When you are logged in to the Care and Share Time Bank,</li><li>click the Account button in the upper left,</li><li>then select Edit Profile. You will see your profile settings.&nbsp;</li><li>At the bottom of the page, click the Notification Frequency picklist. You can set your email updates from the CSTB to come immediately, or in batches daily or every Monday, or select OFF to turn off email updates.</li><li>See the setting <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://cdn.soloist.ai/011a75b7-a3ad-4e32-9b9b-0c837b468206/fe599f88-aa2c-4b12-a862-1f06e018cd2d_1040x1040.webp">here</a></li></ul>Version 2 of the hOurworld Time and Talents platform is coming soon! (Fall 2025)Orientation videos:<ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-d-1MRz7F0">Overview</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://youtu.be/d7-3dYr_-zc?si=o04qNPpd1Q8Je0Mw">First Login</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://youtu.be/dMQreJ-6TCs?si=BnGgHn-AAoI51LFS">Editing Your Profile</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://youtu.be/iPv3wgi9GMw?si=K1OmN0ftcnDhlSz9">Listing an Offer</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://youtu.be/neQw80r4Mdg?si=uFkcwAsMZnOcLq0t">Listing a Request</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://youtu.be/tdfdChhgdvs?si=NQ16f-OW9i0ZMZAI">Announcements</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://youtu.be/4jLDIpqTsfY?si=isitlVIK58hZsiEQ">Recording Hours</a></li></ul>

Hourworld Website Support

<ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/CVilleEnergyC/">Clintonville Energy Collaborative</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://freepress.org/">Columbus Institute for Contemporary Journalism (Cols Free Press)</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.clcworks.org/">Columbus Literacy Council</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/firstuucolumbus/?fref=ts">First Unitarian Universalist Church in Columbus</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://foodrescue.us/site/food-rescue-us-columbus/">Food Rescue U.S. - Columbus</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://www.facebook.com/FourSeasonsCityFarm/">Four Seasons City Farm</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://hourworld.org/bank/OneM.php?viewMbr=1931">Funeral Consumers Alliance</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/people/Growing-Hearts-and-Hands-Community-Garden/100076872701724/">Growing Hearts and Hands</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://thehedronhub.com/">The Hedron Hub</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/InterfaithOhio/">Interfaith Association of Central Ohio</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://www.thejuniperschool.org/">The Juniper School</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://pyramidcdc.org/">Pyramid Community Development Corporation</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.redoakcommunityschool.org/">Red Oak Community School</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.theroichess.org/">ROI -Royal Oak Initiative</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/Simply-Living-76260034510/?fref=ts">Simply Living</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://sunburyurbanfarm.wixsite.com/farm">Sunbury Urban Farm</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/SunnyGlenWellness/?fref=ts">Sunny Glen Wellness</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.villageintheville.org/">Village in the Ville</a></li><li>Columbus Recycles</li></ul>

Affiliate Community Organizations

Some websites describe time banking as an alternative currency or as bartering. While not totally wrong, that misses the point. Time banks build community, one gifted hour at a time.<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.timebanks.org/how-it-works">How time banks work (at timebanks.org)</a>The NPR radio show and podcast Freakonomics in July 2024 featured time banks: Ep 599: The World’s Most Valuable Unused Resource <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQJVb3EQg50">Youtube link</a> (audio only)&nbsp;<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast/the-worlds-most-valuable-unused-resource/">Podcast link</a>Columbus Dispatch<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://tinyurl.com/CSTBmedia"> article about our CSTB</a>Older David Brancaccio PBS<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DovdsMBVmCs"> video about time banking</a>

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Some websites describe time banking as an alternative currency or as bartering. While not totally wrong, that misses the point. Time banks build community, one gifted hour at a time.<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.timebanks.org/how-it-works">How time banks work (at </a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://timebanks.org">timebanks.org</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.timebanks.org/how-it-works">)</a>The NPR radio show and podcast Freakonomics in July 2024 featured time banks: Ep 599: The World’s Most Valuable Unused Resource <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQJVb3EQg50">Youtube link</a> (audio only)&nbsp;<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast/the-worlds-most-valuable-unused-resource/">Podcast link</a>2021 Columbus Dispatch<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://tinyurl.com/CSTBmedia"> article about our CSTB</a>Older David Brancaccio PBS<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DovdsMBVmCs"> video about time banking</a>2019 <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://apnews.com/general-news-c7604a19ff624ffe9770e2c27f17b7ad">AP story</a> about Time Banks