TimeBanks

My first barter was last month -- a friend asked me to re-write her resume in exchange for making a few dinners' worth of her delicious soup. Simple enough. Then a business associate asked me for a similar swap -- editing copy for his Web site in exchange for two ski lift tickets at Squaw Valley....

Time banking is a must do for anyone interested in doing good and saving money at the same time. Time banks ask their members to provide services to their community neighbors, in return for Time Dollars. Those Time Dollars can then be spent on a service that you would like to have. The services...