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Reston Useful Services Exchange
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The beauty of USE is that services can occur at a time and place agreed upon by both parties.
About Us
Reston USE is a community based timebank in which members provide small services to one another, with payment in the form of hours logged into a database rather than in dollars.
Established in 1975 as a community-based organization, USE enables neighbors to help one another by performing services and repaying in-kind, similar to a bartering system, though not necessarily one-to-one. Members maintain a time bank account by “depositing” hours credited for services performed, and “withdrawing” hours for services used.
USE maintains a central registry of members and services performed. Each member receives a directory of members and the services offered. A private Facebook group is also used to request and offer services. Members report service exchange transactions through a link on the organization’s website.
The beauty of USE is that services can occur at a time and place agreed upon by both parties.
Membership fees are $10 annually per individual or $20 per household.
Rep/Contact Info
View Personal BioMs. Kathy BushKathy has been a member of Reston USE since 2012 and on the USE board since shortly after that. Starting with the quarterly newsletter, her responsibilities have increased over the years. She coordinates our social events, which occur approximately every month on a small scale and twice a year on a larger scale for our entire membership. She presides over monthly board meetings and coordinates USE business and activities with other board members and the general membership. In recent years, she has filled in as acting president for a former president who had resigned. Being part of USE has provided Kathy with much personal fulfillment and many new friends. (Since covid-19 struck last year, it of course has curtailed the normal activities above, but we are slowly returning to monthly board meetings and beginning to schedule some activities.)
Alvarez LecesneGar YoungGar YoungAt-Large Board Member, Reston USE- Cell Phone: (571) 334-7919
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