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Upcoming Events and Opportunities
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New Name and Location for Allied TimeBank Store! Maxine's is now at 2225 Allied Dr.
Mon., Wed. and Fri. 9am-12noon
Tue. and Thur. 12noon-3pm
2225 Allied Dr.
Come see the exciting new TimeBank Store, Maxine's! All members are welcome to shop!
Also, please donate your new and gently-used, clean items. Check out our wish list
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Movie Night Benefit!
Wed. July 28th, 6 - 8:30pm
Dane County Humane Society, 5132 Voges Road in Madison.
Audience will vote to see either Bolt or Hotel for Dogs! Board
games also available. Suggested $4 donation per person, snacks
included! Fun for the whole family!Doors open at 6 pm, movie starts at
6:30.
All proceeds benefit Dane County
TimeBank.
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Ride the Drive - TimeBank hot dog and veggie dog sale!
Sun., August 29 2010, 9am-4pm.
Location TBA
Come by, say hi, buy some food and drink. Help out if you're able! Call 663-0400 or email Stephanie to sign up for a shift.
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Get involved in your neighborhood!
Join a Kitchen Cabinet!
Call Gary at 608 663-0400 or email gary@danecountyTimeBank.org to learn more.
A Kitchen Cabinet is a neighborhood steering team made up of active TimeBank members and organizations within a given geographic area or interest area. Kitchen Cabinets conduct outreach in their areas, help recruit members who have skills that are underrepresented, keep in touch with members to help ensure that all members are able to get their needs met. All are welcome! Current Kitchen Cabinets include: Madison North, Madison East, Allied Allies (Allied Dr. neighborhood), Madison Central (just forming!), Middleton, and Stoughton/Oregon with one likely on the way in Sun Prairie. Call or email Gary at 608 663-0400 or gary@danecountyTimeBank.org to get involved.
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Community Car opportunity
Do you want to run errands for TimeBank hours but don't have a car? Why not use Community Car to pick up someone in need of a ride and receive TimeBank dollars in return while getting your own errands done too! Community Car is a member based carsharing organization that provides vehicles by the hour and includes gas and insurance. For more information check us out at www.communitycar.com or call us at 608.204.0000. |
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Eastside Kitchen Cabinet Members
Thanks to all the wonderful Eastsiders stepping up to create great Timebank partnerships and activities in their area. Here they are:
Chris Hunter
Chris was born in California. "You were born in California," her father told
her. He added, "And never go back!" To date, I have not. I have been
circulating between the stated of Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Illinois.
I was raised in Rhinelander, Wisconsin (home of the Hodag!). I went to
school in Minnesota (St. No-Laugh College). I migrated from there to
Chicago, where I became a legislative aide to the Alderman of Lincoln Park
(Martin J. Oberman), and then became an Administrative Assistant for a
Michigan Ave. not-for-profit (and had the corner office overlooking the
lake!). I attend three years of courses at a center for Oriental Medicine,
and became an acupuncturist.
Life in Chicago got too stressful, so I moved to Milwaukee to enjoy some
family ties (ok, maybe more like family neglect). Life was hard... I ended
up homeless twice (not fun), but for mercifully brief periods of time. I was
most often helped by strangers and acquaintances who had no stake in my
well-being, but cared enough about other humans to give someone a hand. They
gave of themselves quite generously, and I will be forever grateful to them.
After getting my feet back under me, I decided to follow a life-long dream
of becoming a veterinarian. I finished up my pre-requisites at UW-Milwaukee,
then applied to Madison. I graduated in 1998 with my DVM.
I headed into community practice in Sullivan, WI. I worked half of the time
in the clinic with "companion animals" (aka "furred family members"). The
other half of the time I was slogging through manure, delivering calves,
gelding stallions, and vaccinating nearly anything that has four legs.
After just over a year, I headed from there to an emergency clinic in
Rockford. I worked nights, weekends, and holidays there, for 3 1/2 years. I
left 8 months after our son was born, when my partner needed brain surgery.
Not long after my partner's recovery, I went on to develop serious health
problems: Constant, crippling pain and neurological symptoms. It turned out
that it was caused by a Vitamin D3 deficiency... Fancy that... after
spending 2 decades locked in small rooms to study, and working nights for 3+
years... Not enough sunshine!
I had been paid well enough as a vet to have a higher-than-average
disability payment. Though I was homebound and in a wheelchair, the amount
of my benefit check disqualified me from absolutely ALL services that are
normally available to people with disabilities.
The good news? Eventually, this brought me to the Timebank! And I have been
enjoying this community ever since. I have provided medical and shopping
transportation to some folks who have no cars. I have taught knitting, and
provided companionship. I have tutored math. And in return, people have
helped me with my house and yard, taught me yoga, and hung out with me.
Awesome! Nowhere else does this kind of mutual collaboration happen!
The highlight was the International Timebanking Conference this summer. If
you have a chance to attend in 2009, jump at it!
So the moral of this story is: Follow your dreams, rely on your neighbors
and on the benevolence of strangers... and more importantly, take your
Vitamin D3!
Mariah Miller
I'm Mariah Miller... I'm excited to be asked to be part of the Kitchen Cabinet. Have been interested in the Time Bank for some time, and this is a good opportunity for me to be involved. I live in the Atwood neighborhood, have 3 children ages 23, 20 & 11. I'm probably best known in my role as event coordinator for Celebrating Youth!, Options & Alternatives in Education, and as the founder of Kids for Peace Day. I also was the coordinator for Martin Luther King Youth Service day - way back at the beginning. I've been a member of the Dane County Youth Resource Network since 1997. I work part-time at the Wisconsin Youth Company on the far SW side...and run my own business part time. www.ariesrisingproductions.com is my website - which will tell you a bit more about me - so I don't have to go on forever here. I'm really passionate about bringing people together through celebration, the arts, and creative self-expression, and enjoy groups where a wide range of cultures, age, and experiences are represented. My greatest skill is probably connecting the dots between people, organizations and projects. info@ariesrisingproductions.com. SASY neighbor
Mary Jo Walters
Moved to Madison in 2003 after living in Milwaukee for three years. Moved to WisconsinÊafter many travels, a Master's Degree from CalArts in Southern California, and a friend thought I'd like it here. AND I DO. Have worked for Willy Street Co-op and Mifflin Street Co-op (now closed), AND since 2005, have been a proud volunteer at WORT, primarily as a reporter,Êand currentlyÊas Chair of theÊProgramming Committee, love it (pledge now!!!) Mom of Eva and Emile, partner to Guido. We proudly live in a house we bought at a yard sale at 137 Corry Street. Excited to be on the eastside Kitchen cabinet. mjleplae@gmail.com (not preferred method of communication). Marquette neighbor
Kay DeWaide
My home away from home is just a hop off from Willy St. on Dewey Court
where I work as a family advocate. My other home is in the Village of
Poynette where I grow veggies, flowers, herbs and chickens. My interest
lies in helping people (including myself and my family) become connected
with a simple lifestyle, with inner creativity and with others with whom
they can share, learn and rejoice. I am a mother of five grown children
and grandmother of six. My affiliations are; Community Partnerships,
Inc.; Nami; Willy St. Coop; MATC alumni; Edgewood alumni; Dane Timebank;
Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health.
Dace Zeps, Worthington Park Neighborhood Assn.
My partner Tim and I live in the Worthington Park neighborhood. During the
day I work at the UW System as the office administrator for Academic &
Student Services. An occasional evening and most Saturday's I work
part-time as the office administrator for the Progressive Dane political
party. When I can, I consult local small businesses on efficiencies,
organizational structure, and change management. I recently became more
active in my community and currently serve as the President of the
Worthington Park Neighborhood Association. In addition to serving on the
newly created Eastside Dane County Timebank Kitchen Cabinet, I serve on the
East Isthmus Neighborhood Planning Council's Eastside Community Committee. My goal is to get as many people and organizations in my neighborhood
exchanging time for service as I can to strengthen our need for each other.
Pamela Hathaway, East Isthmus Neighborhood Planning Council
Community Organizer at the East Isthmus Neighborhoods Planning Council, loves timebanking as both an effective community building and organizing tool. EINPC is promoting the Timebank as a resource to Eastside neighborhood groups to recruit more participation. We'd like to work together on outreach (attending neighborhood group meetings and the eastside farmer's market). During the beginning stages, she/EINPC can support the cabinet by offering partnership, meeting space, copier use and whatnot. Ultimately, she sees the Timebank on the Eastside as a tool for organizations working together to build community power and make change on social justice issues. roots@eastisthmus.org. Tenney neighbor
Emily Steinwehe
Emily is an experienced Timebank member-coordinator who is helping the East side Kitchen Cabinet get started. Emily has been involved in leadership roles within the Dane County Timebank for years now. She coordinates the activities at the Northside Farmer's Market. And, she is a resident of the Eken Park neighborhood. esteinwehe@gmail.com. Eken Park neighbor
Amanda McKaig
Janet Marcelino
Janet is one of the Timebank's longest-standing and most active members and she'd absolutely love to help.
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Dane County TimeBank, Inc.
1202 Williamson St. Suite 107
Madison, WI 53703
(608) 663-0400
info@danecountytimebank.org
Copyright 2005 Dane County Timebank
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