ANCHOR LEAD IN:
WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT IF YOU COULD GET AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM FIXED FOR FREE? OR MAYBE YOU NEED SOME PANTS HEMMED, OR HAVE A LEAKY FAUCET BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR A PLUMBER. YOU'RE IN LUCK... IN TODAY'S HEADS UP -- IF YOU HAVE A TALENT OTHER PEOPLE NEED LEARN ABOUT VOLUNTEER 'CURRENCY' THAT'S GOOD FOR YOUR COMMUNITY, AND YOUR BOTTOM LINE!

TRACK ONE Length: :02
TOM BRENNAN LIKES TO FIX THINGS...

NATS Length: :01
fixing toilet

TRACK TWO Length: :13
CAROL EHNERT (EE-nurt) LIKES TO BAKE...
AND NOW, ACROSS THE COUNTRY, MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE USING THE SKILLS THEY HAVE TO 'PAY' FOR GOODS AND SERVICES THEY NEED.
IT'S CALLED TIME-BANKING...WHERE HELPING OTHERS EARNS YOU CREDIT IN THE BANK.

SOT:
KEY @: :17 Edgar Cahn, Founder, Time Dollars
"They put in their time, they get their hours, they get a bank statement."

TRACK THREE Length: :16
WHETHER IT'S FIXING A COMPUTER OR HELPING SHUTTLE SOMEONE'S KIDS TO SCHOOL -- EVERYONE'S TIME IS CREATED EQUAL...ONE HOUR ONE CREDIT.
EDGAR CAHN IS THE FOUNDER OF TIME-DOLLARS, A NON-PROFIT THAT HELPS COMMUNITY CENTERS, CHURCHES AND OTHERS SET UP THEIR OWN TIMEBANKS.

SOT:
KEY @: :36 Edgar Cahn, Founder, Time Dollars
"Time Dollars is a new kind of money that people can earn helping each other and then can spend to get help from each other or from somebody else."

TRACK FOUR Length: :13
TO PARTICIPATE IN A TIME BANK ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS BECOME A MEMBER. IT'S FREE. TIMEBANK GROUPS ALLOW YOU TO SWAP SERVICES WITH ANY MEMBER - SO EVEN THOUGH TOM IS FIXING CAROL'S PLUMBING, SHE'S NOT DOING SOMETHING FOR HIM IN RETURN.

SOT:
KEY @: 1:00 Tom Brennan, 'Banks' with Time Dollars
"I always wanted to learn how to sponge and faux paint, so I had found a lady in the directory who did that."

TRACK FIVE Length: :10
REQUESTS AND CREDITS ARE TRACKED BY A COOORDINATOR, WHO ALSO SCREENS MEMBERS. THAT BUILDS TRUST IN AN AGE WHEN IT CAN BE SCARY TO LET SOMEONE YOU DON'T KNOW INTO YOUR HOME.

SOT:
KEY @: 1:18 Tom Brennan,'Banks' with Time Dollars
"They do do a background check on us, which I think increases the comfort level."

TRACK SEVEN Length: :05
TOM AND CAROL SAY FOR THOSE WHO USE TIMEBANKS, THERE'S AN ADDED BONUS...A SENSE OF COMMUNITY...

SOT:
NO KEY (Covered)Carol Ehnert, 'Banks' with Time Dollars
"I have met a lot of wonderful people."

ANCHOR TAG:
SOME CITIES AND TOWNS HAVE ORGANIZED INDEPENDENT TIMEDOLLAR BANKS, TOO, SUCH AS ITHACA, NEW YORK'S 'ITHACA DOLLARS' OR BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA'S 'BLOOMINGHOURS'. CAHN'S TIMEDOLLAR NETWORK IS NOW WORLDWIDE, AND IN THIS AGE OF TECHNOLOGY - HE SAYS THAT OFFERS TIMEBANKERS ANOTHER COOL POSSIBILITY - TRADING SERVICES OVER THE INTERNET!

SOURCE INFORMATION:

Edgar Cahn
Founder, Time Dollar USA
5500 39th Street, Northwest
Washington, DC 20015
Cell: 202-262-1176
Home phone: 202-362-5605
http://www.timedollar.org/

Bio: Edgar Cahn is the founder of Time Dollar, a worldwide organization that helps communities organize neighborhood exchanges.

ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND/SOURCE INFORMATION:
A time-based currency is an alternative currency where the unit of exchange is the hour.
Time-based currencies value everyone's contributions equally. One hour equals one service credit. In these systems, one person volunteers to work for an hour for another person; thus, they are credited with one hour, which they can redeem for an hour of service from another volunteer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-based_currency

Widely used in the United States in the early 1900s, local currencies are a legal, but underutilized tool for citizens to support local economies. Local currencies function on a regional scale the same way that national currencies have functioned on a national scale--- building the regional economy by creating a protective "membrane that is defined by the currency itself.
Local businesses that accept the currency are distinguished from chain stores that do not, building greater affinity between citizens of the region and their local merchants. Individuals choosing to use the currency make a conscious commitment to buy locally first, taking personal responsibility for the health and wellbeing of their community, laying the foundation of a truly vibrant, thriving local economy.
http://www.smallisbeautiful.org/local_currencies/currency_groups.html#local