HOW DO I JOIN?

=$'s WORKS!

Sample list of services currently offered by =$'s members:

Tool Lending Library

Food Co-op

Baked Goods

Child Care

Beauty Products

Bike Mechanics

Artistic Services

Chess Lessons

Carpentry

Hair Braiding

Carpet Cleaning

Antiques

Cement Work

Hand Crafted Jewelry

Notary Services Cleaning

Marriage Counseling

Vegetarian Cooking

Catering

Desktop Publishing

Homegrown Herbs

Fashion Consulting

Log Splitting

Computer Consulting

Needlework

Nursing

Hair Cuts

Home Repairs

Massage Therapy

Sound Engineering

Elder Care

Manual Labor

Garden Planning

Mortgage Counseling

Editing

Resume Writing

Stained Glass

Questions?

Community Currency and Bartering

WHAT is Equal Dollars?

Equal Dollars is a legally structured community based currency and trading system, enabling communities and members to enjoy US Dollars savings and creatively/cooperatively share resources.

WHY Equal Dollars?

To create an additional means to exchange services and products based on a currency accessible to people of all incomes. Equal Dollars' philosophy and basic operations recycles wealth and promotes a community based, economically supportive environment for participants.

WHO benefits?

Individuals:

YOU! Anyone interested in stretching their earnings and purchasing power. Membership enables you to place a value on a product or service you have to others to enjoy a savings in US dollars to acquire what you need.

Businesses:

Any business interested in expanding its networking, resources and marketing potential with consumers and other businesses.

This short scenario describes Equal Dollars benefits and operation.

• Mary, who provides baby-sitting services becomes an Equal Dollars member. Mary, calls Fred an Equal Dollars Member who offers landscaping. Fred who might normally charge $50, offers his services at a cost of $30 US dollars and 20 Equal Dollars. Mary's Equal Dollars account is charged / debited 20 Equal Dollars.
• Fred who has no need of Mary's baby-sitting services, utilizes the membership products and services directory and locates Carlos who does cement work. Carlos, who usually charges $80 negotiates a price of $60 US dollars and 20 Equal Dollars.
• Carlos, then takes the 20 Equal Dollars that is credited to his account from Fred and purchases beautiful Hand Crafted Silver jewelry from Leslie for his wife's birthday.
• Leslie another Equal Dollars member uses the 20 Equal Dollars earned from Carlos to secure baby-sitting services from Mary. Mary's Equal Dollars account is then credited for 20 Equal Dollars.

HOW do I Join?

• Determine if you are willing to be an active member.
• Think creatively about what service(s) you might provide.
• List all products or services you might provide to other members. We believe everyone has something to offer. Services range from, cleaning, baby-sitting to computer repair, hand-crafted jewelry and auto body repair work.
• Download and mail completed membership application and appropriate fee.


Individual Membership
$5 receive 50 =$'s credit

Business Membership
$15 receive 150 =$'s credit

Each member is assigned an account number and issued equal dollars checks/currency.

Equal Dollars members can buy more for less cash!

Enjoy Bartering and Stretching your US dollar!!!!

=$s Members pledge to protect and respect our community and its members

=$s All participants must be documented members.

=$s Each member must agree to provide some service or product to other members.

=$s Equal Dollars savings should total no less than 10% of traditional US dollar cost.

=$s Members understand that the Equal Dollars system is backed by the good faith of the members to continually honor and trade in the system and there is no U.S. backing for the Equal Dollar.

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Equal Dollars is brought to you by Resources for Human Development, Inc.

Copyright © 1995