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Louisville, kentucky. our first stop? the babysitters. all right, so we re going to go meet laura and frankie. hi, laura, how are you? laura is babysitting 1-year-old frankie. her charge? free. across town now we will see a photo shoot. becky, a professional photographer, is taking her family s portrait. her price? also free. how much do you think you re saving? at least $250. reporter: what s the catch? laura, becky and her neighbors are doing something called time banking. instead of paying with money, they pay with their time. and everyone s time is equal. it is organized through time bank usa. national group that helps communities get started and track their time. and time banking is booming. now in 42 states in just three years, the number of time banks across the country have nearly doubled. ....
For example, get your oil changed in kent, ohio, medical services in allentown, pennsylvania, your computer fixed in los angeles, california, and your bike repaired in new york. and back in kentucky, how about a yoga class? remember our photographer, becky? that s her at neighbor jody s studio. and down the street, linda uses her time dollars to visit local chiropractor, dr. hahn. medical care linda says she could never afford otherwise. i didn t have money to go to a chiropractor. i feel wealthy since i ve been in the time banking and i don t have cash. reporter: and the cycle keeps going. home improvements, dog walking, even jewelry repair. in just one day our family saved a grand total of $1,480. and for this town, it is not just money. it is a whole lot more. and it s all tracked and organized through the website timebanks.org. you can contribute virtually ....
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cnn saturday morning. it s sart, march 24. george zimmerman s attorney. he speaks out. 100 years after the titanic disaster, thousands of items salvaged from the wreckage are up for grabs. and in the race for supremacy, which political party comes out on top, democrats or gop. the 2012 tweet states right now in the cnn newsroom. big day in louisiana. 20 delegates eight stake. rick santorum is ahead. santorum and gingrich are addressing a leadership conference. the former not will attend a couple of rallies later in the day. we ll now show you a video showing rick santorum shooting a rifle as part of his campaign stop. listen carefully to what somebody is saying in the background. all right. it might not have been very clear for you but the woman is in the background heard saying pretend it s obama. rick santorum was quick to slam that comment. no. we re nothing that s a horrible, terrible remark. i m glad i didn t hear it. the secret service has confirmed it ....
Baby on the way. bushes and intense weeding, i can t do anymore, it s fabulous that i have help. help she didn t paying for. she earned the help through a system called time banking, it s a growing movement of giving and receiving for free. i think it helps to really weave in a deeper richness in the community. when people are helping one another. there s a great moment at the end where people are just like, they look at the garden that we ve done for them as a gift and they feel like they then need to pass on the gift again to someone else. time bank members earn hours or so-called time dollars for each hour you give of your time. there s no money involved and everyone s service is of equal value and that s why the money-free community banks are now popping up across the country in these tough economic times. and as people are more and more suffering from unemployment and lack of resources, they re turning to time banks when those exist, ....