Unity in Our Community TimeBank is a network of neighbors, local businesses, and community organizations that is creating a better world through relationships based on need and reciprocity, rather than profit.  A community of members who exchange services and skills without exchanging money, we were founded in 2009 to help strengthen neighborhood connections in our diverse Southwest Detroit community.

As we celebrate 10 years of TimeBanking we want to find ways to facilitate more TimeBank exchanges and better meet the needs of our members. A major unmet need in our community is small home repairs. To address these concerns as well as engage more folks with the TimeBank we would like to expand and better utilize our tool library.

Several years ago the TimeBank made our first tool purchase of some snow shovels so that youth members could do snow removal for seniors. Slowly, over many projects, we've acquired gloves and hard hats, shovels and rakes, and many other items. We would like to expand this tool libary further and improve access and outreach for it. We already have the TimeBank software to keep track of lending and the space to keep them- now we just need to add storage, more tools, and some funds for regular maintenance to the mix. These funds will do that, as well as allow us to devote staff time and some outreach funds to facilitate some work days to use all our new tools!