Now Hiring!

Burlington Time Banks is hiring an AmeriCorps*VISTA. The application deadline is June 4th and the one year position starts in August. Read below for more information. If you have any questions contact Melissa Stiebert at burlington.timebanks@gmail.com. Apply online at the AmeriCorps website.

Burlington Time Banks reconnects neighbors to each other to create vibrant communities where everyone is cared for and everyone has a voice.

A Time Bank is a group of individuals and organizations who agree to spend and earn Time Dollars. A Time Dollar is something you earn when you help a neighbor for one hour. Our mission is to use Time Dollars as a tool for creating vibrant, safe, inclusive neighborhoods; for empowering individuals; for increasing the quality of life for community members; and to facilitate the distribution of power, access and voice in our society.

Our first project, the Old North End Time Bank is six months old and has 92 Members. Everyone is welcome in the time bank - children, elders, and adults of all racial and economic backgrounds. The AmeriCorps*VISTA position focuses on making the time bank accessible for low income and marginalized individuals. We serve low income individuals by providing a way for them to meet their needs. By reconnecting neighbors to each other, people are able to secure childcare, transportation, plumbing, oil changes, housecleaning, and art classes all without money.

A thriving Time Bank increases civic engagement. Individuals who traditionally feel disenfranchised and barred from community participation realize their own power to contribute to their neighborhood; they feel valued and realize they have a voice.

What will you do?

· Help organize the Old North End Time Dollars Market for Homegrown Food for the summer of 2008

· Work with the Barnes PTO to make the Time Bank work for Lawrence Barnes Elementary School parents

· Work with collaborating organizations that serve marginalized individuals – such as Spectrum, Mercy Connections, and the Heineberg Senior Center – to help them utilize the Time Bank to serve their members and their organization

Facilitate leadership roles within the Time Banks for marginalizedindividuals (examples include empowering a low income member to join our Board of Directors; or encouraging and supporting an individual to help organize a community event).

· Participate in community outreach activities in the Old North End through canvassing, flyering, and giving presentations about the Time Bank to the public.

· Work with community members to distill neighborhood needs and to empower community members to use the Time Bank to take action on those needs.

· Help create a newsletter