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    The Community Tool Box team greatly appreciates your visit to our site and we'd love to hear from you, and learn more about you and how you are using the resources on the site to support your community work. We encourage you to browse guestbook entries from visitors to our site and while you’re here, encourage you to subscribe to our eNewsletter to keep in touch and learn about new resources as they become available.

    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 Johan Van Tonder Johannesburg, Gauteng
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Architect in South Africa involved with developing Intentional Community /Missionary station in rural areas for previously disadvantaged people who needs poverty alleviation assistance.
    		 For general research and startup problems.
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 Karen Schalker kansas city, Missouri 64110
    Who I am Use of CTB
    NCADD-KC Prevention Specialist
    Overview and introduction of tool to C2000 teams in Cass and Jackson Coutnies, MO.
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 Steven Nimmo Toronto, Ontario M4M-1C5 Canada
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am a Harm reduction Worker working at Eva's Satellite Youth Shelter. I deal with youth 16yr to 24yr who have substance issues.
    I find the information usful in a day to day approach and will pass this along to my co-workers.
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 Christina Bentch Brooklyn, New York 11225
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Communtiy Organizing student at the Hunter College School of Social Work.
    What would be great to see more of is how to execute certain tasks as they relate to the tactics of the overall strategy. How do you exactly (FOIL)information --Freedom of information act? How do you organize a press conference? How do you get papers to pick-up your press release? Organizers have a difficult time navigating the esoteric tidbits. The CTB is an awsome resource, I plan to spread the word. Please don't stop with the great work you are putting into the Community toolbox!
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 Cynthia Moon Dayton, OH 45404 US
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I have recently accepted the position of Sickle Cell Outreach and Newborn Screening Coordinator for The West Central Ohio Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center.
    I am using CTB to gain insight for planning, organizing and running an effective advisory committee.
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 Tilton Davis Red Wing, MN 55066 USA
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am the Sexual Assault Multidisciplinary Action Response Team (SMART) Coordinator for Goodhue County, MN. I have been in the position for about 6 months, and am working with about 25 community professionals to write a Community Needs Assessment in 1-2 years. My Team represents five County disciplines: advocacy, corrections, law enforcement, medical, and legal (County Attorney). The goal is to create Best Practices protocols for the five professional groups in order to achieve our misssion: The Goodhue County SMART fosters a unified interagency, survivor centered, and culturally competent response to those experiencing sexual violence.
    I am gathering information to better understand basic assessment processes, terminology, and crticial evaluation methodology.
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 Thembile Mohlonyane Pretoria (Tshwane), Gauteng ZA South Africa
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am busy trying to roll out a project to relieve hardships of the poor in the country.I am an acting secretary of an organisation dealing with this kind of prblems,without any skills I may not be able to succeed.
    Ever since I found the site,I have been able to see issues that were actually hindering my progress and am now able to focus on the bigger picture and not on challenges.I am busy setting up the systems to move forward and the site is very helpful when it comes to capacity building,the basics.
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 Jane Goodwin Watertown, New York 13601 United States
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am a single mother of a teenage boy. I have a horrible disease that will continue to get worse for the rest of my life. I have a college degree I'll never get to use because of my disease so I do my best to be a good mom.
    I would like to find a way to get my disease(chronic regional pain syndrome) noticed. Millions of people have the disease and are miss diagnossed or left feeling all alone. I want to find a way to help.
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 Cretus Kapato NDOLA, Copperbelt Province 10101 ZAMBIA
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am a Vice Principal at a centre providing skills to persons with disabilities. I am a wheelchair user.
    		 If most of the articles could be in PDF format that would help a lot.
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 Carlos Santos-Burgoa Mexico, DF, Mexico 14059 Mexico
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Director General de Promocion de la Salud con nuestros promotores de la salud
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 Juan Jose Garcia Cochabamba, Cercado - Bolivia
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Hola amigos soy PSicologo comunitario, estoy intersado en aprender mas acerca del empleo de de esta, en al intervencion comunitaria en mi region.
    me gustaria aplicarla en al promcion y el desarrollo de mi comundad, si es que se de la oprtunidad, creo que una caja muy importante, sobre todo muy rica en herramientas qeu son utiles. Gracias, sigan adelante.
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    1 October 2013 Ginette Rows Huntington Station, Suffolk 11746 United States Of America
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am advocating for Haitians living in the Huntington Community. I am devoted to this community.
    Assist me with planning project. I use it as a resource guide for best practice models. Thank You
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 Eun Ah Wycoff Inglewood, California 90302 United States Of America
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Nursing student at Cal State Long Beach and plan to specialize in public health and or gerontology
    New visitor and excited to find so many resources. Currently doing my public health rotation at Curtis Tucker Health Center. Utilizing this site for "tools," suggestions, and guidelines for coalition buiding, collaboration, partnering/networking, and community building for young parents in SPA 8. Thank you!
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 Erin Art Grayslake, Illinois 60030
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I'm a prevention specialist with the Lake County Health Dept in Illinois. We have 9 community coalitions and groups that we work with.
    I am looking to the community tool box to increase my knowledge about coalition building and more specific skills related to them! Thanks!
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 Peg Stevenson , Australia
    Who I am Use of CTB
    greate site. Doing research for a thesis on corporate volunteering.
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 Vanessa Johnson Memphis, Tennessee 38109
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am a high school teacher working on a Masters Degree in School Counseling. Starting a community project on character Education.
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 Pauline Funk Wilmington, Delaware 19809
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Public Policy Director for ContactLifeline's program the Sexual Assault Network of DE
    		 Best Practices for rape prevention education
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 Donald Poindexter Phila., Pennsylvania 19119 United States Of America
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I have recently been appointed to a Community College Advisory Board
    Can a college plan courses to help solve a community problem of a breakdown of the control of the school community.
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 Divita Washington Atlanta, Georgia 30303 United States Of America
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am an Organizational Development Consultant for Habitat for Humanity International.
    I am in the process of developing a literature toolkit for coalition building. This is a wonderful site that provides very detailed information.
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 Dorothy Young Battle Creek, Michigan 49017 United States Of America
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am retired, after working for the City govt for 25 years, in Housing. I am active in my community to make it better, and my Church.
    		 I can learn how to enhance the skills that I already have.
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 Veotria Byrd Chesapeake, Virginia 23321 United States Of America
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am a second-year graduate student anticipating receipt of a Master's in Public Health.
    I plan to use the CTB to assist me in writing my practicum/thesis project. I will be working with local chapters of a national organization, assisting them in identifying community health needs and developing action plans and/or a resource guide for their use in meeting the community's needs.
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 Danesh Kumar Kalpetta, India
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am working in a rural area of India, promoting appropriate Technologies. To be used for training of Local Farmers to shift over to Organic Farming.
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 Cheryl Belcourt Billings, Montana 59101
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Work with Tribes
    I like to see charts and venn diagrams that depict the narrative - not necessarily exclusively, but some are 'visual' learners. Also, are there sample curricula/ums somewhere that provide a snapshot of your extensive and valuable resource?
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 Sheila Johnson Phoenix, Arizona 85381 United States Of America
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am a Diversity Training Specialist for a non-profit organization.
    The CTB is a valuable resource in that I obtain excellent information to share with participants in my workshops. THANK YOU!!!
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 Sandra Good Hazard, Kentucky 41701 United States Of America
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I serve as Community Liaison for the University of Kentucky Prevention Research Center
    		 I'm looking over the sections regarding engaging partners.
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 Anne Roux St. Louis, Missouri 63021
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am involved in grassroots advocacy to improve the lives of persons with developmental disabilities.
    The toolbox articles that I have are invaluable. Can the entire set of articles be purchased? I'm not sure what year they were written, but I obtained a copy in 2005 through the Missouri Partners in Policymaking program. Please advise
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 Chidimma Ajayi ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am a medical practitioner in Nigeria trying to set up a community based organisation on adolescent sexual and reproductive health.
    Stumbling on your website, I would say it has almost been the best thing that has happened to me surfing! It has given me a stepwise explanation on the rudiments of setting-up an NGO. Despite its tremendous assistance, I would like to see ready-made sample questionnaires on community assessment. Thank you.
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 Linda Wiley Lawrence, Kansas 66046 United States Of America
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Full-time KU Administrative Associate, attending graduate school in International Studies, one course per semester
    I am looking at it for potential to apply to my MA research. How, for example, in another country, African or Caribbean, its use could be followed.
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 Brett Sculthorp Asheville, North Carolina 28801 United States Of America
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Prevention coordinator focusing on defining community wellness systems. Plan to ask a lot of questions.
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 Kathy Merkh Norfolk, Virginia 23518 United States Of America
    Who I am Use of CTB
    grad student in Cmmuniy Health. I am a RN at a local hospital.
    Need information on building a community health project targeting cardiovacular disease
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 Gloria Dean Roberts Jackson, Mississippi 39174
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Community advocate
    Develop CBPR framework with institution of higher learning--Do you have a workshop curriculum?
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 DEBORAH BERLIN san antonio, Texas 78220 United States Of America
    Who I am Use of CTB
    i am full time worker helping a friend write a grant. i have had grant writing experience in the past but am really rusty..this site has helped us immensely. keep up the good work!!
    		 guideline..very detailed but easy to understand
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 antonio jesus ramos espay, jaen Other
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Soy el responsable de educacion para la salud en un distrito sanitario. Soy enfermero y antropologo social .
    La utilizo en busca de evidencias cientificas en prevencion y promocion de salud y para la metodologia del desarrollo de intervenciones
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 Clarice Davis Birmingham, Jefferson County 35233 United States Of America
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am a graduate student and a 20 year employee of Jefferson County Dept. of Health, in the Division of Community Health. At UAB School of Public Health my area of interest is Health Behavior and Community Systems Building. For years I have worked under the direction of others to deliver behaviorial-based health promotion programs to the community. Though I did not have a masters degree,I was up-to-date, well read and attended every workshop and seminar I could find about community-based interventions. Finally, at age 57, I decided to attend graduate school at UABSOPH. I wanted to connect theory to the interventions we were trying to implement at the Department of Health. For years I've wondered, what is the missing component, why is it that nothing really works for any length of time? Contrary to everything that had been said in the Department; I am learning that the missing component is "TRUE" community involvement, throughout every phase of an interventions. From Assessment - Evaluation
    I will use the CTB at work as a resource in implementation of the MAPP public health assessment process and as a resource for assignments in school. Greater assessibility adds value.
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 Marcia Hearn Houston, Texas 77040 United States Of America
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Elementary school nurse
    Am looking for information to motivate students and staff members to make better nutritional/activity choices at an elementary school.
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 Carolyn Trench-Sandiford Belize, Belize
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Am a community development planner with a focus on planning and environmental law
    Am working with a newly formed urban community based organization as an advisor in developing a strategic development plan
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 Donna Clayson Sacramento, California 95814 United States Of America
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am an Associate Governmental Program Analyst recently hired by the CA Department of Alcohol & Drug Programs. One of my duties is to participate on the FASD Task Force and put together an awareness campaign for FASD.
    I have been asked to review your "Tool Kit" for the education of high school staff and students on FASD. Do you actually have one?
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 CHARLES ADDOCO DAGENHAM, RM9 5DT Great Britain (UK)
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am the Director of a not-for profit organisation called Youth With A Global Vision based in London.
    I am using the CTB to do my startegic planning and I am finding it very useful. May be choosing some examples from other locations in addition to what they have can help say developing countries or other developing communities around the globe. On the whole it is an excellent site for me.
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 Dina Slusher Galax, Virginia 24333 United States Of America
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Executive Director of a local Free Clinic. Haven't seen it yet.
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 JOHN K HOLTON Chicago, Illinois 60611 United States Of America
    Who I am Use of CTB
    VP for research at Prevent Child Abuse America Exploring your resources (excellent!).
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 Vicki Bamman Medford, Oregon 97504 United States Of America
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Development Director, $350,000+ agency budget First time visitor.
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 Jennifer Kready Fayetteville, North Carolina
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Research Analyst with early care and education (0-5 yrs old) nonprofit.
    Using in social research re: local community and early care and education assessments. Wish it were easier to navigate w/o all the links such as in PDF formats.
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 Jeanette Hildebrand Stafford, Kansas 67578 United States Of America
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am in a small town working with 2 groups Pride and Main Street here to revitalize our town of 1,067 population.
    I just found your site through the Dept of Commerce - Kansas web site. I am alsways looking for new ideas and ways to accomplish our goals. I will be back to learn more. thanks.
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 Gail Kingwell Calgary, Alberta T2N4E4 Canada
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Consultant to Ethnocultural Council of Calgary Developing civic participation tool kit
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 randy schlecht san bernardino, usa 92401 United States Of America
    Who I am Use of CTB
    i am a board member for rolling start inc president 4 year term + vice president term ongoing i facilitate support groups and advocacy classes. also vice president of DASS/PA ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
    		 This is my first day coming accross the site.
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 Kathi Bivens Hendersonville, North Carolina 28793
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am charged with creating a primary prevention program for rape and child sexual abuse for Henderson County, NC.
    To educate myself on community assessment techniques and "templates" for running focus groups and interpreting the information.
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 Verne Kleinsmidt Pretoria, South Africa 184
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am a researcher at the Department of Home Affairs in South Africa.
    I found the Community Tool Box while searching for information on developing a framework for Integration of Migrants in our country. Many thanks for the information, I have found it very useful. Regards Verne Kleinsmidt
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 trina boyd Indianapolis, Indiana 46226 United States Of America
    Who I am Use of CTB
    intrested in starting a youth program in community want information and resources
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 Edward Udell, Sr. Houston, Texas 77004 United States Of America
    Who I am Use of CTB
    MA. ED. in Education Adm/Counseling; Master's thesis on using schools as the change agent to improve the health of the nation; BA in Christian Education/Psychology; research work on health, wellness, nutrition, exercise, and strength training; over 40 years working with children and youth; community health experience through the Regional Medical Program of the University of Washington Medical School, Washington State Sickle Cell Program, and Spokane County Health Systems Agency; delegate in 1970 to national conference to help shape national health policies.
    I am using the Community Tool Box in our organization primarily as another research tool to connect me to relevant data and people interested in children's health, wellness, and physical fitness. I am also interested in developing the strategic plan to bring others of like mind along so we can instigate policy change in our city. Then I would like to use the Community Tool Box to expand a successful city program state-wide, and then nation-wide.
    Date Name City,State/Province Zip Country
    1 October 2013 Nettie L Ferguson Columbus, Ohio 43215 United States Of America
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am eployed by Franklin Alcohol Drug and Mental Health Board. Looking for models to use with a Sucide Prevention Coalition.

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