By Grace Maselli
Howdy. Some time’s passed since this blogger shimmied on over to WordPress for a post. (Chalk it up to the day job, out-of-state travel, and kid stuff that leapfrogged to the front of the Must Do line.) Excuses aside, I’m pumped to be here and report that the Tuesday, June 18 jewelry get-together—our Third Tuesday 
of Every Month member-and-guest meeting and orientation—was a whole strand full of bauble-y fun! We had our way with swapped and shared jewelry. We woman (and man-) handled it all: Chunky necklaces and delicate charms. Pipe cleaners and copper wire. We took stuff apart and rearranged it. We glue-gunned and fastened. Considered and chatted, as we noshed on food. We let our imaginations run wild.
All at Tampa’s Life Enrichment Center (LEC). Our Third Tuesdays home and part of TBT’s
revitalization initiative to dispatch our efforts further into the community.
And, with tech support from member Karen Lowman, our TBT Coordinator Rita Cobbs demoed the new volunteer-created Florida-wide timebanks website. The new site is a trove of information from core values to the nitty gritty of how to sign up and get involved in timebanking. Building the new website was a labor of love with some elbow grease tossed in for good measure. The result is a timebank jewel that guides members and visitors to vital content.
Yuppers. Last month LEC was abuzz in bangles and glass beads, in trinkets and treasures, and super useful information about our growing Florida-based timebank movement.
Get ready for next month’s Third Tuesday event. Come and learn more about timebank exchanges galore. Share what you love to do while you make friends and build community.
Gearing Up for Third Tuesdays July Shindig, Too!
| Date | Tuesday, July 16, 2019 |
| Time | 6:30-8:30 PM |
| Address | LEC: 9704 North Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33612; phone: 813.932.0241 |
| Questions? | Contact coordinator@tampabaytime.org or call 608.335.2382 |