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Grant gives Time Trade a needed boost

By
Laura Brooks
Wednesday, July 6, 2011 — Issue 108

BRATTLEBORO — Brattleboro Time Trade thanks the Crosby Fund for its recent grant of $750. These funds will help us a great deal as we expand our network of individuals, agencies, and businesses.

The Time Trade now has more than 235 active members who have collectively exchanged more than 3,200 hours, helping one another and their community.

Time Trade members give and receive help with everything from respite care to web design, computer help to home-cooked meals, fiddle lessons to transportation for the elderly.

Thanks to the Crosby Fund and its help, we can further tap the rich resources within our own community. To find out more, visit us online, stop by our office at 15 Grove St., or call us at (802) 246-1199.

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Building housing and community, together

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