Pet Care for Equal Dollars!
Equal Dollars’ Keepin’ It Local Campaign welcomes new business Wag the Dog! Wag the Dog is based in Philadelphia and serves the Kensington, Fishtown, Northern Liberties and Port Richmond neighborhoods of the city. They offer puppy training, pet sleepovers, dog walking, dog park visits, play dates and more! They also accept up to 20% of their final payment in Equal Dollars.
In addition to offering pet services, Wag the Dog is a community-minded business always striving to reduce their carbon footprint and become a more sustainable business. For more information on Wag the Dog or to book a service visit their website. For more information on the Keepin’ It Local Campaign go here!
One of the most crucial aspects of the work Equal Dollars is doing in Strawberry Mansion is ensuring that we get strong, consistent input from the people in the community we are hoping to serve. It’s vital that the people we work with in the neighborhood feel that they can help steer the project in a way that will provide maximum benefit to them as well as their friends, family and neighbors. The best and most rewarding method of communication we have found thus far is working with Strawberry Mansion’s Block Captains, a group of dedicated community members who look out for the best interests of their neighbors. One of the most active and reliable block captains we have been working with is Tommie Blocker, the block captain for the 2000 block of Etting St.
One of the world’s most expansive complementary currencies exists in Japan. The Fureai kippu (FK), created in 1995 by the Sawayaka Welfare Foundation, functions primarily to benefit to older Japanese citizens. Japan has the fastest aging population in the world. The FK unit of accounting is measured in one hour of volunteer service to an older person, like grocery shopping and cleaning. These credits bear no interest and are able to be accumulated and transferred. The Fureai kippu is an all-electronic currency, allowing members to transfer credits easily. Japanese citizens take advantage of this by transferring FK credits to their aging relatives, who may live away from their family, to pay for care. Surveys have concluded that these older Japanese citizens prefer care provided by workers who are paid in FK credits rather than conventional currency because they feel that the care is more “authentic”.
Equal Dollars has opened its urban farm for another growing season! Located on N. 17th Sreet between West Moreland and Allegheny, it’s the urban farm’s second growing season. Equal Dollars members can volunteer at the farm and help water and harvest vegestables. The food is then sold for Equal Dollars at the farm every Thursday from and also at the Equal Dollarsfood market every Monday and Thursday from 5-7p. Interested in volunteering? Come by the farm on Mondays or Thursdays from 11am-7p or contact Tim at 215-5