BACE Timebank

Online Skillshare
2025-10-06 19:00 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
Members express what skill(s) they need/want and what skill(s) they offer.

Zoom link. Click here to enter meeting.

Interview Broadcast on KBBF, 89.1FM
2025-07-14 21:00 - 23:00
KBBF will broadcast an interview between DJ Broken Record and community organizer and our newest timebanking staff member, Jadon Certeza. Jadon will discuss timebanking as a resource for individuals but also as a resource for people engaged in nationwide movements and local advocacy. Listen at http://kbbf.org and call into the show! If you miss the live broadcast, check BACE’s website at http://www.sfbace.org/news for a link to a recording.

Giving Tuesday 2024
2024-12-03 00:00 - 23:59
Help keep the lights on at BACE Timebank – donate on Giving Tuesday, Dec 3, 2024. Give at https://tinyurl.com/5n8cjrve

Last Wed of the Month: Skillshare
2024-03-27 19:00 - 19:30
Meet other timebankers, request a service, make an offer; join us by Zoom.

International Timebank Day
2024-03-23 07:30 - 10:30
RSVP with the event organizer, Timebanks.Org, here and a link to the online event will be sent.

San Jose, Oakland, Berkeley, & San Francisco
2024-03-07 19:00 - 19:30
BACE is seeking members who will take the lead on inviting 10-20 friends/neighbors for gather and learn how to timebank. Come prepared with a date in mind for your neighborhood gathering and tell BACE central how we can best support your effort. Click here for Zoom meeting.

Last Wed of the Month: Skillshare
2024-02-28 19:00 - 19:30
An opportunity to introduce yourself, make a request, and make an offer; join us by Zoom.

Sebastopol Get-together
2024-02-23 14:00 - 16:00 | Coffee & Moore, 6761 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol, California, United States
Meet Chris Gray and Jo Rhodes on their road trip down south. Learn about timebanking from a perspective of community building, one of five principles of timebanking. Hosted by The Sebastopol Timebank.

Earn to Learn Series: How to Integrate Timebanking into Your Business
2024-02-21 12:00 - 12:30
Are you a timebanker who is self-employed (or owns a business) and wants to integrate timebanking into your business? This webinar will explain new BACE Timebank policy and tax-related caveats as it applies to businesses that offer timebanking to individual members. Tips for developing posts will be provided. Twenty minute presentation plus 10 minutes for Q & A.

Chris Gray, Jo Rhodes Interviewed by DJ Broken Record
2024-02-19 21:00 - 21:30 | KBBF.org / Broken Record Radio Show, Santa Rosa, California, United States
The Broken Record Radio Show, a team that critically examines power dynamics within socio-political systems, interviews Ms. Gray, board member of Timebanks.org. Expect an interesting interview! To listen live, go to kbbf.org and click listen/escuche

Chat on the Bench - A Timebanks.Org Event
2024-02-18 13:00 - 14:00
Chat on the Bench is an opportunity for timebank leaders from around the world. The moderator(s) pose a question and move people into breakout rooms for discussions. If you have an interest in becoming a BACE Timebank leader, this event is a great way to explore that interest.

EARN: 1 credit hour for attending. Optionally, provide a written/voice summary of the event’s breakout questions, your experience, etc. and earn one additional credit hour.

Register for Chat on the Bench at www.timebanks.org (scroll and click on the COTB image) or contact us for a link.

Grand Ave Clean-up
2024-02-11 09:00 - 11:00 | The Star, 3425 Grand Ave, Oakland, California, 94610, United States
We’ll start at the bus stop in front of The Star and end at the Cafe Romanat at 462 Santa Clara. Earn 1 credit hour for every 1 hour of service plus travel time. Please bring a broom, if you have one, and gloves.

Grand Ave Cleanup (& Earn Time)
2024-02-03 09:00 - 11:00 | Meet at, 3535 Grand Ave, Oakland, California, 94610, United States
Grand Ave is a business/residential district in Oakland, CA. Join us this Saturday to remove litter, recyclables, weeds, and leaves. We start at 3535 Grand Ave and move toward the freeway. You may arrive later, as your schedule allows. We’re a small team (1-3 people), so you’ll need to park and stroll about.

REMEMBER: Feed the meter with coins or debit/credit card (We reimburse in cash AT the event only.)

BRING: Gloves (and tools if you have them). Bags and removal provided. (Helpful tools: wide broom, rake, 6-inch pruning sheers, V-tool for removing weeds, mini-broom/pan, spray bottle with cleaning agent & cloth/paper towels), graffiti removal agent).

EARN: Up to 2 BACE Timebank Credit Hours (CH) plus 1 CH for travel.

Last Wed of the Month: Skillshare
2024-01-31 19:00 - 19:30
Online event where you introduce yourself, offer a skill, and request a skill.

Click here for Zoom link.

Giving Tuesday 2023
2023-11-28 00:00 - 23:59
Global giving day. BACE Timebank is a not-for-profit with an all-volunteer staff. BACE Timebank brings people and organizations together to help them meet their needs without using money. The Timebank has more than 75 categories of services and goods. The Timebank is free to join and use. Help us keep it that way by donating today!

BACE Timebank Anniversary Fundraiser
2023-10-31 00:00 - 23:59
BACE launched its Timebank in October 2009, about a year following the start of the financial crisis of 2008. We use time currency to pay for 96% of all operational costs. The dollar you give today goes to pay for commercial technical services that only accept dollars as payment. In keeping with tradition, we are asking for $1 donations. If you’re inspired by our 14 years of operating an all-volunteer resource for the greater Bay Area in California, honor us with your $14 donation.

Neighborhood Cleanup & Lunch
2023-10-28 09:00 - 11:00
Join us when we clean and spruce up a Concord neighborhood. Stay for lunch and learn more about timebanking. Neighborhood timebank members are especially encouraged to attend.

Timebank Potluck
2023-10-21 14:00 - 16:00 | Orinda Community Center Park
Join us at the Orinda Community Park, the grass area between the library and tennis courts. Bring one of the following to share with others: appetizer, salad or cookies/cakes. Beverages will be provided. Meet up with long-time and new members and learn more about timebanking. Potluck is open to the general public. (Venue: Orinda Community Park, 28 Orinda Way, Orinda, CA 94563. Plenty of parking. Accessible by BART, about a 9 min walk from Orinda BART. Make a Timebank requests/offers if you need or can offer a ride by car.) Event is RAIN or SHINE—if it starts to sprinkle, we’ll move to the library deck (upstairs) and/or gallery foyer for continued conversation.

Broken Record Radio Show
2023-10-16 21:00 - 23:00
Broken Record and team discuss relevant and interesting topics each Monday at 9p.

Giving Tuesday 2022
2022-11-29 00:00 - 23:59
Keep this free source available!

Webinar: Fundraising for Timebanks
2022-11-28 09:00
Join this free 20-minutes webinar and learn the 5 W’s of fundraising and the difference between a campaign and strategy. Receive practical guidance along with plenty of time for Q&A. This webinar is part of BACE’s Learn to Earn series.

Rejuvenating Your Timebank
2022-08-31 12:00 - 12:30 | Online
Timebank membership and exchanges can ebb and flow, but when you notice a decreasing trend in the number of members and/or exchanges, it is time to start asking questions. Speaker, Monica Johnston, will discuss salient warning signs that your timebank is having problems and provide a process for rejuvenating your timebank. During the pandemic, many timebank coordinators have expressed that it has been especially challenging to engage members and attract new members. This webinar with work with you to generate 40+ low/no contact ways to do exchanges at your timebank. The webinar ends with a longer than typical Q&A so that participants can get feedback on their specific timebank challenge.

Timebanking for Organizations
2022-08-24 12:00 - 12:30 | Online
There are two ways that nonprofit organizations can integrate timebanking into their organization. This webinar will demonstrate why organizations may want to integrate timebanking into client programs, and secondly, how they can use timebanking to attract and retain a more diverse group of volunteers to their organization. This webinar is led by Monica Johnston and inspired by the work of Alexis Contreras. Monica is a former co-director and current advisor to the BACE timebank. As a Time Philanthropist, she gives 30-40 hours per month to people and organizations around the world and has been timebanking since 2014. Alexis is the Edgar Cahn Memorial Intern and has experience working with nonprofit organizations.

Timebanking for Organizations
2022-08-17 12:00 - 12:30
There are two ways that nonprofit organizations can integrate timebanking into their organization. This webinar will demonstrate why organizations may want to integrate timebanking into client programs, and secondly, how they can use timebanking to attract and retain a more diverse group of volunteers to their organization. This webinar is led by Monica Johnston and inspired by the work of Alexis Contreras. Monica is a former co-director and current advisor to the BACE timebank. As a Time Philanthropist, she gives 30-40 hours per month to people and organizations around the world and has been timebanking since 2014. Alexis is the Edgar Cahn Memorial Intern and has experience working with nonprofit organizations.
Presented every Wednesday, Noon to 12:30pm Pacific, in August

Webinar: Timebanking for Organizations
2022-08-10 12:00 - 12:30

How to be Eco-friendly on a Budget--CANCELED
2022-08-08 19:00 - 19:30
Unfortunately, Ms. Contreras has canceled her appearance and has not set a day/time for rescheduling.
Managing your carbon footprint and living sustainably are habits that often ring through our heads, yet feel out of reach. How are we meant to live sustainably if petroleum-free products are four times the cost of a regular brand, and we need our cars to commute to work? While these are valid concerns, living sustainably and living on a budget are not mutually exclusive. BACE Timebank intern, Alexis Contreras, has developed a list of hacks and habits that are meant to guide the consumer to sustainable living. Some of these habits decrease consumption so low, that they will save you money! This presentation stems from her own research on the topic and from insights gained from what she has learned through the University of Michigan’s Ecology Center.
RSVP by Sunday, August 7: https://forms.gle/N9KJcT7EnNg6XBFJ6
Presented by: Alexis Contreras

Timebanking for Organizations--CANCELED
2022-07-27 12:00 - 12:30 | Online
There are two ways that nonprofit organizations can integrate timebanking into their organization. This webinar will demonstrate why organizations may want to integrate timebanking into client programs, and secondly, how they can use timebanking to attract and retain a more diverse group of volunteers to their organization. This webinar is led by Monica Johnston and Alexis Contreras. Monica is a former co-director and current advisor to the BACE timebank. As a Time Philanthropist, she gives 30-40 hours per month to people and organizations around the world and has been timebanking since 2014. Alexis is the Edgar Cahn Memorial Intern and has experience working with nonprofit organizations.
Speakers: Monica Johnston, Alexis Contreras
Zoom Link
Meeting ID: 872 3812 9785
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Training on Engaging Communities
2022-07-25 19:00 - 19:30 | Online
Engaging diverse communities takes skilled leaders. In this webinar, Alexis Contreras will share what she has learned about community engagement and about the EACH principles of leadership for successful community engagement. She has experience engaging communities through her work on climate change projects with the Peace and Justice Center and the Sunrise Movement. Alexis is the Edgar Cahn Memorial Intern at the BACE Timebank and is currently helping the Timebank engage the Latinx community in the North Bay through collaboration with other timebanks and organizational leaders.
Speaker: Alexis Contreras
Zoom Link.
Meeting ID: 975 1640 4745
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Staff Business Meeting
2022-06-15 19:30 - 20:00, 2022-05-18 19:30 - 20:00 | Online
The conference link is located at BACE’s online calendar.
General members may listen in. Contact support@bace.org for a link.
