Our Mission
Hour Exchange Portland is a service exchange based on Time Dollars, the currency of equality that empowers individuals to utilize their assets, to enhance their lives, neighborhood and community.
                    Our Core Values

Assets: We are all assets.
Every human being has something of value to contribute.
Equality: The heart of a Time Dollar is equality.
One hour of service equals one credit, regardless of the service and all people are valued equally.
Reciprocity: Helping works better as a two way street.
The question: “How can I help you?” needs to change so we ask: “How can we help each other build the world we both will live in?”
Redefining Work: Some work is beyond price.
Work must be redefined to include whatever it takes to revitalize neighborhoods and families, to make democracy work and to advance social justice. This kind of work needs to be honored, recorded and rewarded.
Social Networks: We need each other.
Networks are stronger than individuals. People help each other build communities of support, strength and trusting relationships.
Respect: Everyone matters.
We must respect where people are in the moment, not where we hope they will be at some future point.