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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.

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    1 October 2013 Davida Andelman ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I work at the Bowdoin Street Health Center in Dorchester, Massachusetts We have a Community Health Worker Program which has been responsible for some outstanding work in our community which is located in Boston. There are six of us who are currently a part of this project. I also work in our Occupational and Evnironmental Health Program at the health center.
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    1 October 2013 Louis Cohen ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am Director of Planning for 13 not for profit hospitals in the State of Alabama (Baptist Health System).. I will be embarking on several health needs assessments during the next six months. I would like to be affiliated with this organization to learn and share. Thanks.
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    1 October 2013 diane orenstein ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am an evaluator in the Chronic Disease Branch. I need information on "indicator" for evaluating community-based programs
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    1 October 2013 Lin Grist ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Freelance health and human services writer with specialinterest in organizational change I work from Toronto Ontario Canada
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    1 October 2013 Sarah Ogden ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I work with HOPE for Kids and immunization outreach in the North Philadelphia community. I also just received a fellowship with AmeriCore to do more extensive work in the community. I think the Community Tool Box is a great idea, and I look forward to sharing more ideas!
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    1 October 2013 Sonja Hedlund ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I direct the NYS Healthy Heart Program - was talking with arthur Himmelmann last night about his upcoming session in NYS and he menioned your site...so here I am...just starting to dig into it! we are using the monitoring system you all - all cdc developed - in our coalitions around the state..and hope to get some help from you with new 4 we got from cdc.
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    1 October 2013 Gayle Zepeda ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    The Toolbox is a great resource for collaborative planning. I will continue to visit your site. Very informative!
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    1 October 2013 Elizabeth W. Brown ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am an Analyyst at the Massachusetts Dept of Public Health. I participate on a team to evaluate a coalition-based, teen pregnancy prevention program. We currently have a comprehensive management information system in place collecting lots of great process data. This winter we are embarking on focussing on 3 coalitions for an indepth assessment at program outcomes.
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    1 October 2013 Jamie Garity ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am the director of International Health Programs for a company that is developing and implementing health education programs in Pakistan.
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    1 October 2013 Nancy Wai ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am a Public Health Nutritionist working at Lambton Health Unit in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. I coordinate the Heart Health program, which is a province wide initiative. I found your website very useful and the tools will become invaluable as we progress along. Thank you!
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    1 October 2013 Miriam Svobodny ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am working with a Healthy Communities*Healthy Youth initiative to promote awareness, interest and involvement in our community.
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    1 October 2013 R. Prasaad Steiner ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Project Director, AIHA Healthy Communities Partnership for Empowering Women to Care for their Health in Constanta Romania.
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    1 October 2013 Thomas E. Bertrand ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am the Director of the Ocean State (RI) Adult Immunization Coalition
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    1 October 2013 Debra Werner ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Work with schools in the community
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    1 October 2013 Kelly James ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am the director of the North Lawndale Neighborhood Small grants initiative for the Steans Family Foundation in Chicago, IL. I am in search of resources for community residents applying for small grants.
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    1 October 2013 Jane Yetley-Hittner ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Coordinator for a two county collaboration for development of new prevention and early intervention programs for the safety and security of children and families in southeast Iowa.
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    1 October 2013 Jennifer Andersen ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I work with a school-based community nursing center. I am interested in linking Health Promotion and Community Organizing
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    1 October 2013 Penny Hawe ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I started out as a community health worker and I am now an academic researcher with an interest in the design and evaluation of community interventions. Capacity-buildng and interventions using an ecological and empowerment approach are my main interests.
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    1 October 2013 Deborah Swanson ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Grad student...work w/community-based nonprofit endeavoring to develop a permanent housing site for migrant farmworkers.
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    1 October 2013 Linda Fuller ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Currently Associate Director of Children and Family Services for Action, Inc. Community Actiion. (Head Start management for 191/2 years.) Working on Masters in Family Science. Thesis "Enhancing Ccommunities". Propossal due this Nov.!
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    1 October 2013 John Foou ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Manager for ICAN - International Cancer Association Network Manager for Starflower Pub. P/L. - Pub Health Books etc. ICAN - 02-6-9251 4140 Fax - 02-6-9247 5453 , Sydney, Australia
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    1 October 2013 Linda Fuller ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Associate Ddirector of Cchildren and Family Services, Action, Inc. Community Action (Head Start Admin 20yrs) Currently developning project for Head Start, "Enhancina Communities", as thesis project (proposal due in this Nov.)
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    1 October 2013 Tonette Breese ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am not sure if I am contacting the right place, but it is worth a shot. I am looking to start a petition and wondering how to do it. Do you have any pointers or suggestions? Thanks.
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    1 October 2013 Robert Swindell ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Board member, Onslow Community Health Improvement Process Onslow County, Jacksonville, N. C. Recipient of Turning Point Grant
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    1 October 2013 John Greenlee ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am not a professional activist, I do not know where to channel my e-mails and was hopinng your organization and your contacts may help. I am specifically seeking those who may have contacts in southern california, particularly L.A county... It is with the utmost urgency that I write this letter, in hope that I can help prevent an ecological disaster in a city that has precious little nature left as it is. Let me briefly explain the situation and hope that this plea can be acted upon before irreversible damage is done to perhaps the most historic wetland in all of Los Angeles - the La Brea Tar Pits at the Page Museum. Please listen to my observation of the situation as time is of the utmost importance since more destruction is scheduled for next week! My name is John Greenlee. I am the owner and operator of the Greenlee Nursery, a supplier of native grasses and author of "The Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses", an authority on native grasses, sedges, and rushes. Because of my experience I was asked by the contractor, Valley Crest, to come to the site to save some native sedges, propagate and grow them so they might be replanted after landscape renovations to the museum grounds have been completed. Today, to my horror, as I went to the site to pick up these native sedges, I discovered that the original native reeds and rushes surrounding the historic Tar Pit ponds have been bulldozed out! Physically, mechanically removed. I was shocked and stunned by what I feel to be a gross mistake, one that may not be salvageable unless action is taken immediately to stop this destruction. Observing what I believe to be the systematic dismantling of one of the oldest and perhaps most historic wetlands in all of Los Angeles, I asked the contractors what was the reason for this action. I was told by the landscape foreman that the next step was going to be the sterilization of the pond by chemical treatment to remove all vestiges of the native plant materials and the spraying is to take place sometime next week! I believe we must act now to stop the spraying. There are some native rushes still left but these are slated to be killed by chemical application. Why is this happening? The architect's office, Fong and Associates, and the landscape contractors told me the county mosquito abatement district wants them removed to fight mosquitoes! This explanation is absurd and goes against all that I know about mosquito abatement. The presence of native rushes does not cause mosquito infestations. This is patently false. The prime breeding ground for mosquitoes is standing water in old tires, buckets, and anywhere water is left to collect in total absence of any vegetation. It is my understanding, and I have consulted with Neil Diboll, world renowned restoration ecologist, who supports my position that emergent aquatics, the term for the native rushes and tules, are essential habitat for insect predators. Predators, such as the dragon fly, are voracious consumers of mosquitoes. The city - in short - is being sold a bill of goods. Once again, someone mistakenly believes that taxpayer subsidized chemical applications is a better solution than a natural, balanced ecosystem. This belief is not only poorly conceived and without scientific substantiation, but there is far more to lose. What are we about to lose? Genetic material that has been on this very same site, since perhaps the days that those now extinct animals once trampled upon it to search for water - the native sedges and rushes. Once chemical sterilization is complete, this historic vegetation will cease to exist! Perhaps 45,000 years of ecology will cease to exist! Remnants of the rushes and sedges are still on the site. But, for how long? Dragon flys perch and molt on rushes and sedges. How does the county propose to replace the lost habitat? This grave mistake must be halted before any further damage occurs. We must act now, or we will lose this bit of remnant nature forever! If there is anything I can do please call me anytime day or night. office: (909) 629-9045 (leave a message and I will check in) pager: (888) 945-2362
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    1 October 2013 karen duggan ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am an undergraduate doing BSc.Hons Psychology and I am doing community psychology as a n elective. I do voluntary work with the elderly and I am involved in action research developing and evaluating change on a peripheral housing estate .Can you guide me to issues on empowerment, nature of community and social support. thanks
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    1 October 2013 Elizabeth Harris ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I work with Community Support Programs, Inc. We are a private non-profit agency in Shreveport, La. The address is 610 Marshall, Suite 405, Shreveport, LA 71101.
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    1 October 2013 sheila robinson ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Involved in International Health--Community based participatory planning and evaluation, University and private sector based, extensive work in Asia, particularly South Asia in Women's health, District health strengthening and community development initiatives. Also developing field based monitoring tools to be used by communities and project managers.University of Calgary, International Centre, Centre of Excellence for Participatory Development.
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    1 October 2013 Scott Fearing ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am the State-wide Community Organizer for OutFront Minnesota, the largest Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender organization in Minnesota
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    1 October 2013 Kathleen Dockett ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Community psychologists on the psychology faculty of the University of the District of Columbia. Teaching areas include social change and prevention in mental health, community psychology. Research interests include homelessness; the role of religion and spirituality in promoting well being; stress management/resistance.
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    1 October 2013 Teresa Daub ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am Coordinator of the Howard County Office of Substance Abuse Impact Services. In June 1998, members of our community were trained in Asset-Based Community Development. We are just beginning this process.
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    1 October 2013 Pam Smith ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I have been an ak amputee for the past 18 years. I am 43 years old and have my own business. I am looking for information on how to present to the city officals a recommendation to hold a disability awareness day. I have seen them in the past in other cities but not ours. There is little regard for complying with the ADA in this city and we are beginning a renaissance program. It would be an idea opportunity to bring awareness to the fore front during the rebuilding of our town.
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    1 October 2013 Arlene Andrews ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I'm on faculty at the Institute for Families in Society, University of SOuth Caroliona
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    1 October 2013 Esther Blanco ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am a community development graduate student at UC Davis. My interests are in environments for teens. I would be interested in any information or additional web sites that are focued on this issue. Thanks-
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    1 October 2013 sharon martin ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    As Director of Community and Public Involvement for the Vancouver Richmond Health Board, I am responsible for ensuring the board's principle of effective involvement of communities and particular populations in the development of health issues and solutions. With a staff of community developers we support communities to identify health issues, organize community responses and advise the board in their policy decision making. This website is a find; it confirms our direction in many areas but also provides a wealth of practical tips for our work. Thanks.
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    1 October 2013 Debbie Kane ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am a PhD student in the School of Public Health @ the University of Illinois @ Chicago. I've used the "But Why?" technique in previous jobs, and was happy to find its source through your organization. It's a great tool and I had had it in mind for use with a current class project. Thanks.
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    1 October 2013 Karen ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I'm a psychology undergraduate who has elected for community psychology and we have to spend 70 hours devloping a poverty stricken estate and have to do a portfolio assessment on community change.
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    1 October 2013 Robert Chalhoub ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am a Public Health Nurse with the City of Milwaukee Health Dept. Immunization Project. We have just formed a county- wide coaliton for childhood immunization and are also developing the immunization registry for this area.
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    1 October 2013 Colette Kelly ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Quality L.I.F.E. is an ongoing project established to reduce teen pregnancy. Please visit our website at www.qualitylife.com. Though we are in Dodge City, we are available across the internet via the qpals address to anyone wanting to get information or ask sensitive questions anonymously.
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    1 October 2013 John Howard Society of Kingston Ontario, Canada K7L 3J4 ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    We are a NGO which provides direct service to prisoners while incarcerated and upon release. We do reform and advocacy on prison issues. We are concerned about criminal justice issues and provide public education on these issues within our community.
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    1 October 2013 DENICE MALDONADO ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I got my MPH degree from KUMC on May, 1996. Right now I am the Epidemiologist for the Breast and Cervical Cancer Program. I have found the community tool box very informative and friendly. Congratulations!!
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    1 October 2013 Joe Pierron ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Judge on the Kansas Court of Appeals. Long involvement in children's issues. Presently am involved in early child literacy efforts. A group of us are organized under the name of "Read To Kids -- Kansas." Our goal is that every child in Kansas will be read to every day for at least 20 minutes beginning at a very early age. We hope to do this by pushing the concept of reading to children and helping to make books more available.
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    1 October 2013 Melissa Kern ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am a student in a community psychology class and I would like to learn how to start an AIDS/HIV prevention program in my hometown high school.
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    1 October 2013 Jennifer Diefenbach ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am a student at Sunshine Coast University in Queensland, Australia. This site was recommended to my tute group by our lecturer.
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    1 October 2013 LUCY FLANNAGAN ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Vice President for Human Resources at Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend KS. Six months ago I moved to Great Bend from the Chicago area. I have a keen interest in collaborating with school districts and KHA to increase the ranks of health professionals at all levels in the state of Kansas.
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    1 October 2013 John F C Turner ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Author Housing By People (1976) co-author/editor Freedom to Build (1972) Board member of Hastings (local development) Trust (UK) working on Tools for Community Regeneration, a project with identical aims focussing on our own town (pop.85000) and countryside in a global perspective. After 18 months' mainly voluntary work we have a viable prototype database now being developed with sample users. We are anxious to network with others sharing the same aims and values.
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    1 October 2013 Willis Peavy ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I work for the City Of Detroit's Empowerment Zone a Recreation project called The School As The Heart Of The Community.
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    1 October 2013 DeWitt Webster ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Health Educator/ Coalition Training Institute - Center for Pediatric Research in Norfolk, VA
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    1 October 2013 Mary Hawkins ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Teach undergraduate health education courses at North Carolina Central University, Durham NC; chair the SOPHE-AAHE Baccalaureate Program Approval Program (SABPAC) a profession-endorsed quality assurance program for preparation of baccalaureate health educators
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    1 October 2013 Holly Berry ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I work with Oregon State University Extension Service in Marion County. We have some 12 community groups organized throughout the county commited to working on issues facing children and families. The various groups are called Community Progress Teams and have entered into a formal partership agreement with the county which allows them some dollars each year to do the job that needs to be done in their community. Several county departments support the efforts of the teams.

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