The group reaches out to all ages, but the main recipients of help are elderly folks hoping to extend tehir years of independent living. It has grown from 50 members in its first year to 270, and by a recent count had banked over 22,000 hours since it was founded. The group operates entirely through volunteer contributions, with no paid staff. Zaita Petievich, a retired social worker, is the program's chief Time Dollar co-ordinator.
Members exchange all kinds of services.
In recent years the demand for transportation for its elderly members has grown enormously. So the challenge is how to meet the transportation needs, while at the same time keeping the broad range of exchanges that bring people closer together into a sense of community and that draw on the many strengths of the program's 270 members.