Mutual aid · cooperatively owned

Contribute 10. Get the future you want.

10 hours a year of mutual aid — a ride, a meal, an hour of company, a phone setup for an elder — covers your ComfortCard membership for the year, free. And you own a share of the cooperative. Patron-member equity, governance vote, patronage dividend. If everyone in the world contributes 10 hours, we become the most valuable company in the world — together.

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Three ways to belong · same ComfortCard · same identity · same vote

What counts

An hour of contribution is any hour a neighbor needed.

The cooperative's currency is reciprocity. There's no jury. There's no pre-approval list. If a neighbor needed it and you gave it, that's an hour. We help you log it; the network sees it; your card renews.

A

Drove a neighbor to a doctor's appointment

To Boulder Community, the VA, the dialysis center. Round-trip counts as one hour.

~1 hour
B

Sat with someone after surgery or a fall

Company. A pot of soup on the stove. The TV at the right volume.

~2 hours
C

Picked up groceries or a prescription

Same trip you were already making, but for someone else's list too.

~30 min
D

Watched a member's kids for a few hours

Doctor's appointment. A funeral. A break a parent didn't know they needed.

~3 hours
E

Set up a phone, a smart speaker, or a Zoom for an elder

Boulder teens are already doing this for grandparents. Now it counts.

~1 hour
F

Cooked or delivered a meal to a member's family

The classic move. New baby. Hospital discharge. A hard week.

~1 hour
G

Helped sort medications or manage a pillbox

One of the highest-impact tasks in elder care. Most caregiver-burnout starts here.

~1 hour
H

Walked a neighbor's dog while they recovered

Or fed the cat, watered the plants, brought in the mail.

~30 min
I

Gave someone a ride to a CareGoals session

Or hosted a kitchen-table conversation about advance directives. Yes, that counts.

~1 hour
How tracking works

Logging is one tap. We keep the receipts.

No timesheets. No approvals. No friction. Open your profile, tap "+ Log an hour," and that's it. The cooperative sees the hours; your card renews automatically at 10.

Open your profile

co-op.care/profile or comfortcard.org/profile — same hours tracker on either page.

Tap "+ Log an hour"

That's it. The hour lands in your year-to-date total. We mark the date and time stamp.

Watch the bar fill

Visual progress to 10. The bar turns sage when you cross. The cooperative sees your contribution.

Auto-renew at 10

Your ComfortCard membership renews for another year, free. We email Josh; he attests; you're in.

Common questions

The honest answers.

Who decides what counts as a contribution?

You do. If a neighbor needed it and you gave it, log it. We're not a tax authority — the cooperative trusts its members. The matching algorithm and the social fabric will surface anyone gaming the system; we'd rather under-police than over-police. Reciprocity is a stronger check than verification.

Can I work paid caregiving hours AND log contribution hours?

Yes. Paid hours are W-2 work at $25–28/hr through the cooperative. Contribution hours are gifts. They're tracked separately and they both count toward your standing in the network. Nothing stops you from doing both — many caregivers do.

What if I can't get to 10 by year-end?

You finish what you've started, and the cooperative bridges you. Members who fall short for a real reason — illness, family crisis, life — don't lose their card. We talk it through. The whole point of a cooperative is that nobody falls because of one bad year.

Does this replace the $19/mo membership?

No — it's a parallel path. $19/mo or $199/yr stays available for people who'd rather pay than log. Some weeks paying is easier than tracking; some seasons of life make contribution easier. Both paths land in the same membership. Same card. Same identity. Same network.

Are contribution hours legally binding work?

No. They're voluntary gifts between neighbors, not employment. The cooperative does not 1099 you, withhold taxes, or issue a W-2 for contribution hours. If you're doing paid caregiving work, that's a separate W-2 relationship with the cooperative as employer. Read the bylaws at /bylaws when we publish them; consult a tax advisor if you're unsure.

Can I bank hours past 10 and use them next year?

Hours bank toward your second year automatically once you cross 10 in the current one. The 11th hour you log starts your renewal. There's no "saving up" beyond a second year — the cooperative wants contribution to flow, not pile up.

10 hours a year. One ComfortCard.
One Boulder grid.

Sign in once. The hours start counting the moment you do something neighborly. We do the receipts; you do the neighboring.

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