to support the development of the Cape Ann TimeBank in building a community among a wide range of residents of Cape Ann and to empower them to contribute to each others well-being through giving and receiving services. We operate with five core values: 1. Assets - Every human being has something to contribute to others; 2. Work - Our society depends on many kinds of work that do not command wages; 3. Reciprocity - Instead of people with needs being only on the receiving end of services, making transactions 2-way empowers both parties to the relationship; 4. Community - Healthy communities need social networks based on trust, reciprocity and civic involvement. Our goal is to get to know and give each other help and to resolve conflicts effectively; and 5. Respect - We strive to develop and express our acceptance of individual differences and diversity.