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Hello Advisor,
My name is Frank Wieman and I live in Lorain, Ohio.
I am in the process of starting a non profit foundation with as main objective "share the power of sports for underprivileged children!". Because I believe sport can help children to improve themselves both physical as mental. They can learn life long skills. That's why I am very enthusiastic about this. I am new to the non profit sector and encountered the Community Toolbox. This looks very sophisticated and well maintained! At the other hand I have difficulties about where to start, it looks overwhelming to me. Here does my question appear.
Please can you tell me how I can use the Community Toolbox or where to start? Do I need everything? If not, what do I need? If you would like to have an idea what our foundation is about please visit www.spsuc.org .
Thank you very much for your time!

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My name is Maria, and I work for a national general contractor as a project manager. My husband also works for the same general contractor as a union carpenter. My husband suffers from addiction and we have found the work environment to be very dangerous for him. It also seems to be recognized nationally that many people who work in the construction industry, from workers to management, suffer from addiction. However with this knowledge I have not been able to find resources at the Union in which my husband is a member that help support his recovery during his return to work, and I know no resources are offered from the employers. How can I help those that I work with in their recovery journey? How can we get information to those suffering that help is available? What resources and information is available that I can bring to either my employer or the Unions to help initiate programs to help their employees and members?

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I run a non-profit in Nepal that provides educational and social services to orphans in Nepal through an after-school program. In addition to academic support, we do health checkups and nutrition, mental health therapy, etc. I’m currently searching for a database that we can track our program and evaluation outcomes. Something that would help me see their grades, health records, behavioral evaluations over time, etc. I’m having a hard time finding something that would cover all the bases, so I can see a snapshot of each child but also how our program is doing over time (e.g. an entire class’ grades over the year, behavioral changes over time, etc.). Do any of you know of any kind of software that might work for this? Right now I’ve got everything in spreadsheets and I’m realizing quickly, that it’s not a good long-term solution.
Thank you so much for your help,
Jehan

I am looking for Focus Group Moderator training preferably offered by a university or non-profit. I am aware of the training offered by RIVA and the Burke Institute but these two options are cost prohibitive. Thank you,

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I'm interested in making this my career--to create shared value by using the community toolbox to decide on a community solution and then apply it through a community partnership or buying a small business and applying that solution strategy to the current business strategy.

creating shared value
http://www.isc.hbs.edu/creating-shared-value/Pages/default.aspx

How do you recommend that I get started? Do you have suggestions for the ideal outcome or plan? I'm thinking it may be best to pick a community to start in and then find the problem and then find a business that would be a good fit to apply it.

Thanks,

Matt
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattshark32

Hi , Thanks for running this great site and contributing to the well-being of community.
My question is: What is the best software system to use for faith-based organisations?
Thanks.

Hello, I would like to acknowledge a friend who has dedicated his time through the years cleaning-up roadside litter. I would like to put a thank you article in the newspaper. Please help with the wording. Thank you.

I am a psychologist with over 16 years experience in mental health. I would like to receive general advice on where to start on a community initiative to decrease domestic violence in the African immigrant communities in Atlanta, Ga. October is Domestic awareness month and would like to start the conversation about the effects of abuse on families and communities. To involve African churches in reducing the stigma of mental health through prevention methods.