About Us
Reston USE (Useful Services Exchange) is a community-based organization where members exchange
hours of service for time credits they can then use with another member — essentially a time bank.
Established in 1975, USE enables neighbors to help one another by performing small services
without an exchange of currency. Members live in Reston, Herndon, and nearby areas.
USE maintains a database of members and their service offers. Members can post their
requests there or on their private Facebook page or contact members directly.
The beauty of USE is that services can occur at a time and place agreed upon by both parties.
Membership fees are $15 annually per individual or $25 per household.
Rep/Contact Info
Kathy has been a member of Reston USE since 2012 and on the USE board since shortly after that. Starting with the quarterly newsletter, her responsibilities have increased over the years. She coordinates our social events, which occur approximately every month on a small scale and twice a year on a larger scale for our entire membership. She presides over monthly board meetings and coordinates USE business and activities with other board members and the general membership. In recent years, she has filled in as acting president for a former president who had resigned. Being part of USE has provided Kathy with much personal fulfillment and many new friends. (Since covid-19 struck last year, it of course has curtailed the normal activities above, but we are slowly returning to monthly board meetings and beginning to schedule some activities.)
Ms. Kathy Bush
Acting President
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Gar Young has volunteered with a number of nonprofit organizations including WAMU, WETA, and WPFW in service learning and internship capacities. He has also served on a number of committees and with the Board of Directors of homeowners' associations, 40Plus of Greater Washington, Unitarian Universalist Church in Reston, and Reston USE (Useful Services Exchange) where he currently serves as Community Engagement Manager.
Gar has two A.A.'s with honors in radio and television production from Montgomery College. He earned a B.A. in integrative studies (social entrepreneurship concentration) from George Mason University. When he's not changing the world, he enjoys travel, cooking, independent film, plus classical, folk, and jazz music!
Gar Young
Community Engagement Manager
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