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2012 Annual Report
DIRECTOR'S LETTERHello!
2012 was a time of transition and learning for the Dane County TimeBank. Our membership continued growing, reaching over 2000 members and exchanging over 10,000 hours of service in a wide variety of areas.
Our Youth Court Program flourished this year. The Madison Metropolitan School District supported an expansion into all four city high schools. Hundreds of youth participated and avoided the juvenile justice system.
Dane County Human Services supported a new transportation project, using TimeBank members to provide transportation to and from dialysis appointments.
Our work with folks with disabilities continues to be a robust and rewarding part of our work. With many individuals and organizations using the TimeBank to enrich community life.
We began a Wellness Project, focusing on healthy foods and education. We held monthly Wellness events where people gathered to learn more about healthy lifestyles.
And we continued our work in the groundbreaking Allied Community Coop, a new model of multi-stakeholder cooperative designed to make opportunities for organizations and neighbors to work hand in hand to make the community all we know it can be.
We continued to receive lots of recognition of our timebank and, because of it, lots of calls for help from new timebanks starting up came in. So we continued a big learning sand sharing project called Time For the World, with a platform for active sharing of cooperative community-improvement efforts called Build For the World. This gives us the opportunity to share with many initiatives at once and to access shared learning from other folks around the world.
We hired a new staff member, Kristin Sage, to run the Wellness and Transportation Projects. We also made Lorrie Hurckes the Co-Director to help share in the responsibilities of running a nonprofit.
Phew! It was a great year and it really helped to position us to improve, grow, learn and share in the coming year. We're set to make a healthy human-scaled community economy a reality here and wherever people are willing to spend the time and energy to make it happen. We look forward to working on it with you!
Yours,
Stephanie Rearick and Lorrie Hurckes, Co-Directors, Dane County TimeBank
2012 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Members of the Dane County TimeBank Board bring a rich mixture of skills, resources, perspectives, and backgrounds to their tasks as directors. They represent our business, education, criminal justice, local government, and social service communities as well as everyday citizens and residents. The Board directs the activities of the Dane County TimeBank, overseeing operations and monitoring management of its programs.
OFFICERS DIRECTORS
Diane Brown – PresidentRon Chance – Vice PresidentCheri Maples – TreasurerEmily Steinwehe - Secretary
John PeckJonathan GarberChris PetitRick PetzkeDan RemmickCarol Weidel
NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR
TimeBank members are a caring and interconnected community of people who help each other by sharing our abilities, talents, and experiences. By both giving and receiving, we learn to appreciate the value of each and every member. We come to believe in the value of our own contributions. Instead of separating our community into those who need and those who provide, we recognize that we all have needs and gifts to share. When members provide a service for other members, one TimeBank Hour is earned for each hour spent providing the service. Members can then exchange each TimeBank Hour earned for an hour of service from someone else.
With a focus on equality and community building, the TimeBank strives to encourage all members' strengths and involvement. TimeBank Member Coordinators take great care in matching individuals for the success and benefit of all involved in each exchange. We believe through these exchanges members build positive relationships and we broaden support networks within the community. Things that may not be accessible due to financial situations, insurance, qualifying factors, etc. become accessible to everyone through Timebanking.
TimeBank members have access to many different services and resources such as: Help at home, Transportation, Companionship, Community activities, Wellness, Recreation, Education, Arts, crafts and music, Home repair, Business services, and more. Through the activity of TimeBank members, the TimeBank grows and provides an increasingly broad range of talents and skills to ensure we all have the help we need in many areas of our lives.
“I don't know how I could have possibly managed these past few months without the TimeBank and the wonderful people who are members. They have been invaluable, kind and diligent and are now good
friends. To be honest, they are more like family.” - Gail Scherer
“I have really enjoyed getting to know Hailey through the TimeBank. Ihave been able to go to the Madison museums with her, for coffee and she
helped me with an art show. It really helped me to have newexperiences. “ - Cindy Wegner
2012 TIMEBANK HOURS EXCHANGED BY CATEGORY
Misc - 5027.75Care & Companionship - 1650.5Transportation - 719.75Arts & Culture - 557.5Health & Wellness - 548.5House & Garden - 509Business & Clerical - 496.75Education & Language - 267Computing & Electronics - 168.5Goods - 122.5Sports & Leisure - 106Food - 36
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NUMBER OF EXCHANGES BY CATEGORY 2005-2012
Arts, Crafts, MusicBusiness ServicesCommunity ActivitiesCompanionshipComputing & ElectronicsEducationFoodGoodsHelp At HomeHome RepairMiscRecreation
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SPECIAL PROJECTS
The TimeBank aims to address issues surrounding access to economic resources, juvenile and criminal justice, social and human services, transportation, and wellness, through special projects run by TimeBank staff and TimeBank members. Individual members and member organizations who offer services in these interest areas are organized and trained to participate in the TimeBank Youth Court Program, where youth hold their peers accountable for their actions outside of the juvenile justice system; the staffing of Maxine's TimeBank Store, where members can access goods for their TimeBank Hours; the empowerment of the Developmental Disability Community, where members provide inclusion, companionship, and skill building opportunities; and the Coming Home Project, where members support people returning to the community after incarceration through education and circles of support. In 2011 the TimeBank joined forces with 5 partnering organizations to begin forming the Allied Wellness Cooperative, to create a new kind of resident/organization cooperative. Additionally the TimeBank runs a Mobility Project, where members teach others how to ride Madison Metro, and a Dialysis Transportation Project, where members earn hours by driving people to and from their dialysis appointments. The TimeBank's Wellness Project brings people together for healthy community meals as well as workshops on wellness activities.
By coordinating these special projects the TimeBank is helping to:bring people together to work on social issues
promote system changemake a wider range of resources available value the work of all community members
increase support networksengage disengaged youth
make goods and services accessiblepractice restorative justice
prevent young people from entering the juvenile justice systemencourage leadership skills in teens
promote positive, productive relationshipsprovide goods in exchange for TimeBank Hours
provide job skill development facilitate empowerment
practice inclusion
SPECIAL PROJECTS
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DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY COMMUNITYINCLUSION PROJECT
There continues to be plenty of activity around the TimeBank's efforts towards including everyone as equal partners in our community, where each person's gifts and contributions are truly valued.
In 2012 there were 82 individuals who were in the Dane County Developmental Disability system who were also members of our TimeBank. These 82 people exchanged 1492 hours, and 871 of those hours (over 58%) were hours they spent helping others in their community! Much more important though than the hours exchanged is the value felt when people are given the opportunity to help others, and the opportunity to develop relationships with other community members....as equals.
A strong partner throughout these efforts has been Options in Community Living. In addition to the hours exchanged above, Options as an agency also exchanged well over 1,000 hours to help people they're supporting to be active members of their community.
A wonderful organizational partnership has developed between Options and Zion Lutheran Church. The church has offered some space so that a gentleman that Options provides support to can create art in a safe and welcoming environment. In addition to this, the church's Personal Essentials Pantry has received help from four other individuals that Options works with. They each come at different times to help out and make connections with other volunteers there. One person has made a strong connection with the church, and another has enjoyed being a participant in the church's annual production of A Christmas Carol.
We're looking forward to building upon the success that Options has had with it's partnership with the TimeBank and working closely with other agencies and the county to spread this success to other organizations and individuals, to the benefit of everyone in our community.
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY COMMUNITY - 2012
● In 2008 the TimeBank received funding from Dane County Human Services to provide support for individuals with developmental disabilities in the community.
● There were 82 self identified participants in 2012. There were 1492 TimeBank Hours exchanged in 2012. There were 871 hours of service given (58%) and 621 hours of service received (42%).
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YOUTH COURT
MISSION: The Dane County TimeBank Youth Court involves community members of all ages in the process of applying restorative justice, addressing wrongs to the community, and helping young people succeed.
ABOUT THE YOUTH COURT:Dane County teens who have been charged with ordinance violations such as habitual truancy, some drug possession, petty theft, vandalism, disorderly conduct, trespassing or fighting are offered the option of accepting the ticket or charge or attending Youth Court. The arresting police officer offers this option based on the type of offense. Teenagers come to Youth Court for sentencing only having already admitted guilt.
When a youth is referred to the Youth Court, he or she appears before a jury of peers. The jurors, under adult supervision and earning TimeBank Hours for their service, determine and deliver a sentence to the youth. A sentence can involve: attending life skills classes on anger management, healthy relationships, employment skills and money management, alcohol and drug use awareness, and others; community service; writing an apology letter; serving on the jury and other strength based strategies decided by the jury.
The youth has 60 days to complete the sentence. After the 60 days is up and the sentence is completed, the ticket or charge is destroyed and the violation does not appear on the respondent's record. If the respondent fails to complete the sentence in 60 days, the ticket or charge is issued.
Upon completion of the sentence we encourage the respondent to continue to use the system of support the TimeBank can provide. Earning and receiving TimeBank Hours is a great way to keep adolescents involved in a strong social network building trust, skills, and work experience.
In addition to the obvious benefit to referred youth who are given opportunities for productive community involvement, we work extensively with our jurors to develop leadership capabilities.
2012/13 School Year StatisticsTimeBank Youth Court - MMSD
22 11 68 62# sessions # referring officers total # respondents # successful completions
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Total Respondent - Race
African American -39White -15Hispanic -14
2012/13 School Year StatisticsTimeBank Youth Court - MMSD
Total Respondent - Gender
MaleFemale
(8) (30) (14) (11) (3) (2)14 15 16 17 18 19
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2012/13 School Year StatisticsTimeBank Youth Court - MMSD
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Drug Possession
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Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
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Damage to Property
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CHARGES
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2012/13 School Year StatisticsTimeBank Youth Court - MMSD
Sentence Components
Homework club/tutoring hours -277Community Service Hours -55RestArt Sessions -39Club/After School Activity Participation -38One on One Sessions with an Adult at School -36Mentoring Sessions -32.5Community Service Hours at School -28Apology Letters -25Nonviolent Conflict Resolution Sessions -25Essays/Reflection Work -18Anger Management Sessions -17Career Development Activities -15Peer Mentoring Sessions -12Mediations/Circles -9Job Training/Employment Counseling Sessions -5Research Papers -5Police Officer Perspective Activities -4Progress Reports/Tardy/Attendence Improvement -3Required Jury Duty Sessions -2Meet with a Teacher About Grades -2Meet with a Link Crew Member -1Shadow a School Staff -1Interview a Teacher -1Keep a Reflection Journal -1
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Trained Jurors
MHS EHS WHS LHS Total
TimeBank Hours Earned by Jurors/Schools
MHS (120)EHS (150)WHS (224.5)LHS (360)
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THANK YOU
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS - 2010
2012 SUPPORT AND REVENUE
Contributions -Individual and Business -Non-Profit Organizations Government Contracts State Contracts Community Fund Contributions Membership Dues Special Events TFTW Other -interest, MMSD, training fees
Total Income
2012 EXPENSES Personnel Operating Space Contract Services Travel - mileage Other Expenses – membership dues, training costs, etc.
Total Expenses
$11,704.88$21,528.14$88,585.55$14,081.11$2424.46$930.00$1272.50$30,000$50,137.62
$221,119.45
$174,977.46$9226.41$9025.48$20,700.75$2855$7223.85
$224,008.95
% OF TOTAL
5.3%9.7%40.1%6.4%1.1%0.4%0.6%13.6%22.7%
78.1%4.1%4%9.2%1.3%3.2%