Welcome!
Looking for the online Dane Co. Timebank? Go to community.timebanks.org. You are at our publicly available informational site - community.timebanks.org is where our Timebank accounts, offers and requests are housed and it's only available to members.

Northside Kitchen Cabinet with their award! - Members spending their time dollars on horseback rides

The Northside Kitchen Cabinet (neighborhood steering team for the Timebank) has received a Civic Recognition Award from the Madison Common Council! See it here.

The Dane County Timebank, based in Madison, WI and surrounding communities, links individuals, social service organizations, public and private institutions, food producers, neighborhoods, local businesses and arts groups to make it easier to work together.

Timebanking is an exchange system. People help each other and receive credits for their service. Anyone who helps another member earns one time dollar per hour, which they can then spend on an hour of service from anyone else in the network. Timebanking is a way to value the work we do for others in our community and the work we do in building that community. Instead of going without things because we cannot afford to pay each other with money, we exchange time.

As budgets shrink and expenses grow, it's time for us to use the many wonderful assets of all residents of Dane County, matching unmet needs with unused resources. We each have talents and skills that someone else values. By sharing them, we can create community one hour at a time.

We invite you to join us.

Check out these news pieces on our Timebank!

Time is Money: In these anxious days of faltering financial institutions, it's comforting to know there is a solid bank in Madison generating unusual amounts of wealth
August, 2008
by Leah Dobkin
Madison Magazine, Madison, WI

Timebank idea travels to Allied Drive: Goal is to locate the county's first 'time dollar' store
July 31, 2008
by Vikki Kratz
Isthmus, Madison, WI

New Time Bank Initiative Helps People with Developmental Disabilities
Thursday, July 24, 2008
WMTV Channel 15, Madison, WI

Dane County Expands Timebank Program: Falk Announces $55,000 For Program
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Channel 3 TV, Madison, WI

The 2007 International Timebanks Conference
was a fabulous success!

Nearly 300 people from 13 countries gathered in Madison to learn what's happening with Timebanking worldwide and how we can help each other to further all of our efforts. We'll also be the proud hosts of the next International TimeBanks Conference, June 25-27 2009. Stay tuned for more info...

Conference Website

Check out our 2007 Annual Report for a complete update on our activities last year!