Dear Valued Friends, Community Partners and Members,  We are writing to let you know that due to a combination of factors, including significant loss of funding at the federal and local level and staff, Flywheel (formerly known as Dane County Timebank) will have to end our work as a non-profit organization.  After 16 years of dedicated service, our long-time director, Lorrie Hurckes is leaving her position. Also, our accountant, Bonnie Watson, plans to resign due to personal and family needs. Our services will end August 5th.   As you may know

Exciting News Exciting News Spring is coming and we’re excited for new growth. We’re feeling inspired. We are thrilled to announce that we have found a new space! We will be moving to Atwood Avenue this week. We have missed being able to connect in person and we look forward to building Flywheel’s new home base together! Stay tuned for details about our space warming party!! Big Share Is This Week! If you’ve already given, thank you so much!! If you haven’t, please take a moment to contribute to our

December Newsletter    We did it again. As the year comes to a close, we are once again in the position to look back at our work over the last 12 months with appreciation for the challenges and inspirations. We are embracing openness to learning what we can from all that has transpired. It has been a full year.     We launched our new ambassadors project in which Black youth learn about their history and culture and gain skills for working together to engage just practices and resources the community needs. We

Happy November to you all! We hope you are staying warm and staying connected as the days get shorter and colder. There are lots of big things happening on our end that we are excited to share with you. 1)Flywheel Skill Share Launch2)Introducing New Name, Mission, Vision, and Website3)Giving Tuesday4)Flywheel Has Been Pushed Out of La Follette: Take Action5)First Friday Film Screening Flywheel Skill Share Launch Thank you to everyone who showed up for our Launch Party at October 25. It was a lively night, with great drinks and food

Hello! As we begin to wrap up the year we want to share some of our successes and highlights and express our deepest gratitude to you for engaging with us this year. In addition to the work you’ll see in the following photos, we also want to share the wonderful news that we’ve been able to eliminate the requirement that people have to go through background checks to join the Timebank. We’ve been working on this for a long time and we are thrilled to eliminate this unnecessariy barrier to participation. Thank

Hello all. Welcome to 2021. We hope you are staying safe and healthy. We’re living in a critical time and change is afoot. There is much work to do to eradicate racism and build new systems that enable justice to occur. We are committed to doing that work collectively, both internally and externally. Thank you for joining us. We want to express our appreciation and gratitude for your engagement and work towards our collective liberation.  As we move into 2021 we are committed and hopeful. We are looking forward to

For Immediate Release An Open Letter to Patrick Marsh Middle School Administration and the Sun Prairie School Board: We are 100 Strong, a group of anti-racist activists in Dane County. We denounce the racism that teachers carried out at Patrick Marsh Middle School in Sun Prairie. A group of teachers planned an assignment about ancient Mesopotamia and Hammurabi’s Code, which included a question that asked the 6th grade students how they would punish a slave. The community responded in outrage. How could the teachers not see the violence in this assignment?

Hello friends, supporters, and change-makers! The Dane County TimeBank is excited to be part of Community Shares and The Big Share again this year on Tuesday, March 2nd. We need your help! Please help us reach our goal of raising $5,000 to support our Abolitionist Restorative Justice Project. Our focus this year is on increasing the number of Black Restorative Justice Practitioners and building our Black Youth Ambassador Core. Your support directly contributes to putting the power of restorative justice in the hands of those most impacted. With your help

Please join us Saturday, May 22nd from 12-2 at James Madison Park Shelter for an Open House for the Transformative Action Network, Dane County TimeBank, and Restorative Justice Practitioners. As you know the Dane County TimeBank is in a period of transformation, as we explore deeper intersections of restorative justice, timebanking, and antiracist action. Come lend your voice, connect with community members, and propose new direction for our work!  We will be grilling out and will provide food and drinks, games, live music, and a DJ! Come spend your Saturday with

Hi everyone. We wish you all a Happy Pride Month! We celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community and their legacy of activism to make it safe for people to love who they love and to express their whole selves. At the start of this summer season, it may feel like time of transition; some of us are finishing the school year, some of us are trying things again for the first time since the pandemic started, and some of us are exploring how we can be in community together as things open up more. We want to share with you some celebrations, invitations, and updates.  Name Change Big changes are