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tiaan" s Paip In ApvancE, C cau. 886â€"282350 FOR MORE INFORMATION ON Market days give Kâ€"W shoppers a taste of how Barter Works Continued from page 10 special to offer that would translate into trading and mutual benefit... but once they think about it, ideas start coming." Being able to shop and imagine at public market days often motivates longâ€" time and prospective memâ€" bers alike to come up with new ways to offer skills or products. "People will ask, ‘do you know of anyone who does suchâ€"andâ€"such?‘ and then you realize there‘s another niche someone could fill," explained Barterâ€" Works newsletter editor Deborah Evans, who finds that chatty, informative member profiles have become a popular mainstay of the new biâ€"monthly pubâ€" lication. As a major venture of The Working Centre (which also operates St. John‘s Kitchen), BarterWorks, whose history in Kâ€"W goes back more than a decade to LETS â€" the Local Employment and Trading System â€" has the combined advantages of an independent grassroots sysâ€" tem that promotes the exchange of value rather than traditional money, and the resources of a long established communityâ€" building _ organization whose emphasis on jobâ€" readiness and lifelong learnâ€" ing has changed the lives of thousands over the years. With individual memberâ€" ships showing an unpreceâ€" dented growth of more than 40 new traders in the past year, board members are now looking to:boost the organization‘s _ profile among area businesses and institutions, particularly in and around the core urban communities of Kitchener and Waterloo. In keeping with its wholistic approach to community life, Barterâ€" Works continues to be involved in local happenâ€" ings as well. _From the Ground Up is a series of exciting events that began in Waterloo region on April 20 and runs until May 12. The theme is about working in diverse ways towards healthier commuâ€" nities. Upcoming events include a Healthy Commuâ€" nities Forum on Friday (6:30 to 9 p.m.) and Saturday (8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.), a Comâ€" munity Vegetarian Feast on Saturday (6:30 to 9 p.m.), and The Dandelion Festival and Pesticide Free Walkaâ€" bout on Sunday (noon to 5 p.m.) s For more details on From the Ground Up events, visit the website www.waterâ€" looregion.org or contact coâ€" ordinator Ayal Dinner at 579â€"3800 or email to ayal@wildmail.com/ For more information about BarterWorks, visit www.barterworks.org or call coâ€"ordinator Greg Roberts at 749â€"1911. (Kitchener writer Pauline Finch is a theology student at Huron University College in London, ON and an active longtime member of Barterâ€" Works.)