TimeBanksNYC Resource List NON-MONETARY donate, sell, buy, rent or repair antiques, OTHER ALTERNATIVE vintage items, artifacts and other gently EXCHANGE IN NYC EXCHANGE used goods (including high-end and OPPORTUNITIES designer products). eMail: contact form NYC-BASED BARTER NETWORKS, TIMEBANKS & GROWNYC’s Stop and Swap NYC Waste Match LOCAL CURRENCIES Bring clean, reusable, portable items A free service, created and funded by such as clothing, house wares, games, the NYC Dep’t. of Sanitation, which books, & toys that you no longer need, facilitates the exchange of used and ArchCare TimeBank and take home something new-to-you, surplus goods and equipment from ArchCare, one of New York’s largest free. organizations that no longer need them and most dynamic healthcare systems, is eMail: contact form to other entities that do. pleased to sponsor the ArchCare TimeBank. Enrollment sessions for Materials for the Arts RecycleNet: Offers a variety of new members will begin in November Collects unneeded items from services related to secondary and former TBNYC members are businesses and individuals, and makes commodities and the recycling industry. invited to transfer their hours to the these donations available for free to its The focus is on operating 3 main ArchCare TimeBank. recipients: nonprofit organizations with programs: eMail: [email protected] arts programming, government . The Recycler's Exchange, a agencies, and public schools. Buy/Sell/Trade matching service Ourgoods Receive Application/Give Application for scrap, waste or by-products. A barter network for the creative . ScrapIndex.com, a scrap community, in which members trade Freecycle commodity price information skills, spaces and objects to get work An innovative project that harnesses the service. done without money. power of e-mail to connect people with . ROCs, an innovative program eMail: [email protected] things they want to throw away with designed to promote recycling with others who can use those things. Any Recycling Offset Credits. Women of Color Solidarity Economy member of the community can post an eMail: contact form and Barter Network item they'd like to give away, or an item For women who want to build an they are seeking. The one golden rule: interconnected socioeconomic Every item posted must be free. community for traditional sharing, Join: NYC (general), Brooklyn, Queens ADDITIONAL RESOURCES bartering, lending, trading, gifting, and County, Bronx, Staten Island. ON ALTERNATIVE swapping. EXCHANGE eMail: The Really, Really Free Market [email protected] Free clothing, books, household items, Arts and Labor: What do we do toys, workshops, music, food and fun! now? WomanShare Last Sunday of every month, 3-7pm. Alternative economic resource guide A time exchange network of and for Judson Memorial Church, 55 from the Arts and Labor working women which is mainly active in Washington Square South. group. Manhattan. eMail: [email protected] More Info eMail: [email protected] FAB NYC Load Out Solidarity NYC EFLUX TimeBank Once a year event: Take home all the Connects, supports and promotes An international timebank with a donated costumes, props, and furniture NYC’s Solidarity Economy. branch in NYC run by arts organization you can carry - bring bags and carts to eMail: [email protected] EFLUX. transport your findings, if necessary. eMail: contact form The general public will be charged a $5 entrance fee to participate. Artists NATIONAL RESOURCES The Brooklyn Torch participate for FREE. ON TIMEBANKING A local currency project providing a eMail: [email protected] paper means of exchange in North HourWorld Brooklyn that circulates and supports NYC Stuff Exchange An open-source software for the resident community. This website offers a quick and simple timebanking and advice on starting our eMail: [email protected] way for NYC residents to search for own. places in their neighborhood and throughout the city where they can TimeBanks USA The Poetry Project A nationwide directory of timebanks, Promotes, fosters and inspires the ABCNoRio open-source software, & advice on reading and writing of contemporary Collectively-run center for arts and starting your own. poetry. See calendar for free workshops activism. Ongoing computer center. See and weekly readings. calendar for schedule information. Dane County Timebank eMail: [email protected] Advice and tools for starting and maintaining a timebank. EDUCATION, WORKSHOPS, BUSINESS & HOME & CLASSES OFFICE FREE, OR NEARLY Shape-up NYCOffers free fitness classes taught by expert fitness FREE, SERVICES IN NYS Small Business Development instructors every week at dozens of Center locations across the 5 boroughs. NYC Delivers free high quality business counseling and training to New Yorkers The Commons This list is a small sampling based who want to start a business or improve Hosts events curated by the progressive on popular categories of the former the performance of an existing business. community, from parties and benefits TimeBanksNYC marketplace. to forums, performances, films, OccuCopy lectures, classes, and workshops. See A worker's cooperative specializing in calendar for schedule of events. THE ARTS printing. We work for a wide variety of eMail: [email protected] activists, non-profits, artists, musicians, Dep’t. of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) small businesses, cooperatives, law Anhoek School Dedicated to supporting and firms, political campaigns. An radical/alternative Brooklyn school strengthening NYC’s vibrant cultural that offers classes based on horizontal life. US Postal Service methods of pedagogy, for barter. Schedule a free package pickup at your eMail: [email protected] New York Public Library home or office. See calendar for ongoing free arts and Brooklyn Skillshare crafts classes and programming. UPS Community-based and community-led eMail: Ask A Librarian Schedule a free package pickup at your community-building learning events home or office. organized and taught by Brooklyn Brooklyn Public Library residents. FREE to the public. See calendar to find ongoing free arts FedEx eMail: [email protected] and crafts classes and programming. Schedule a free package pickup at your eMail: Ask A Librarian home or office. Platform for Pedagogy Group that publicizes and promotes Queens Public Library COMPUTER & INTERNET public lectures, symposia and related Ongoing free arts and crafts and TECHNOLOGY cultural events in and around NYC, computer classes. aiming to cultivate cross-disciplinary eMail: Ask A Librarian lecture attendance and open institutions NYC Dep’t. for the Aging Information on free computer classes, to larger and more diverse publics. Free Arts NYC eMail: [email protected] and free computer access in NYC. Provides underserved children and families with a unique combination of The Public School New York Public Library educational arts and mentoring Ongoing computer classes, or reserve a An open-source educational program. programs that help them to foster the Classes are free and organized by computer. self-confidence and resiliency needed to participants, mostly held in Greenpoint. eMail: Ask A Librarian realize their fullest potential. eMail: [email protected] eMail: [email protected] Brooklyn Public Library Trade School Ongoing computer classes. Cool Culture A self-organized learning space that eMail: Ask A Librarian Cool Culture helps over 50,000 income- runs on barter. Rather than paying for eligible families access and enjoy 90 of Queens Public Library classes with money, sign up for classes NYC's world-class cultural institutions by meeting your teacher's barter Ongoing classes for various levels of for free, providing children with requests. computer literacy, or reserve a experiences that improve literacy and eMail: join computer. learning. eMail: Ask A Librarian eMail: [email protected] Interference Archive Exploring the relationship between cultural production and social movements; this work manifests in 2 public exhibitions, a study and social Green roofs provide cleaner water, NYC Food Bank center, talks, screenings, publications, cleaner air, and more insulation while Organizes food, information and and workshops. also being relatively inexpensive and fun support for community survival and eMail: [email protected] to install. Individuals can join the dignity. Programs Include: Seeding the City network by installing . Food Program Locator: Find a Meetup.com green roof modules on their buildings. soup kitchen, food pantry, senior Helps groups of people with shared eMail: [email protected] center, afterschool and summer interests plan meetings and form offline programs, low-income daycare centers, Open Market BackPack clubs in local communities around the HEALTH & WELLNESS programs for children, shelters, world. SERVICES rehabilitation centers and youth programs citywide. GARDENING Artist Access at Woodhull Medical . Summer Meals: The Food Bank Center works with the NYC Dep’t. of GreenThumb NYC Allows artists and performers to trade Education to make sure children A division of the NYC Dep’t. of Parks their creative services for medical care. have access to the Summer Food and Recreation dedicated to supporting After completing the application Service Program (SFSP) to replace community gardens & school gardens, process, Artist's Access gives artists the the free and reduced-price school assisting over 600 gardens and nearly equivalent of $40 in health care services meals received