Guestbook entries

Submitted:
First Name: Linda
Last Name: Perez
City/Town: Tucson
State/Province: Arizona
Country: United States of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a student enrolled in NURS 560 Rural Theory and Health Policy. I also work at the University of Arizona and teach nursing.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
Viewing the Community Tool Box is part of an assignment to help assess a rural community.
Submitted:
First Name: Elisa
Last Name: Venezia
City/Town: Flagstaff
State/Province: AZ
Country: United States
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am beginning my Masters Program as a FNP at NAU. Our instructor recommended this site as one of our go to's for the course
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
I have not had a chance yet! But definitely looking forward to using it!
Submitted:
First Name: Deborah
Last Name: Neal
City/Town: Montgomery
State/Province: Alabama
Country: United States
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I live and work in Montgomery AL. While it's probably the civil rights capitol of the world, it has major community problems, some of which is urban decay. I am working with a faith-based community nonprofit that wishes to improve and expand its capacity to address neighborhood concerns, eg predatory tax lien investments causing urban blight.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
Yes I can't live without it. It's an excellent resource.
Submitted:
First Name: Gobinda
Last Name: Poudal
City/Town: Kathmandu
State/Province: Bagmati
Country: Nepal
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a development practictionar, designing and faciliating training courses to the community workers and students from university.
I think this is very helpful to me.
Thanks
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
Yes, I used PRA tools and found very helpful.
Submitted:
First Name: Marilee
Last Name: Bresciani Ludvik
City/Town: North Richland Hills
State/Province: TX
Country: United States
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Professor and Chair, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Department
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
We are using it to inform our new EdD program proposal. THANK YOU!
Submitted:
First Name: Dr. Connor
Last Name: Trott, PT
City/Town: Memphis
State/Province: TN
Country:
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am in the process of creating an organization which helps people with Parkinson's Disease make lasting lifestyle changes focused on movement and healthy activities to prevent progression.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
I have just found out about the Community Tool Box but look forward to exploring the ways I can engage the Parkinson's community to connect and encourage each other through better health.
Submitted:
First Name: Anita
Last Name: D'Aprano
City/Town:
State/Province:
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Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
clinician researcher, developing facilitator training for a program to enhance developmental monitoring in the Australian Aboriginal community
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
Yes, incorporated much of the 'developing facilitator skills' into my training. Really practical, useful materials.
Submitted:
First Name: Reentseng Felix
Last Name: Letsoela
City/Town: Maseru
State/Province: Lesotho
Country: Lesotho
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Executive Director for Trans Vanguard. The organization is engaging and empowering adolescent girls and young women in all sphere of life.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
With PowerPoint presentations
Submitted:
First Name: Sherry
Last Name: Brown
City/Town: Crownpoint
State/Province: New Mexico
Country: USA
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I work with Navajo Health Education with Navajo Nation
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
I am looking forward to working with your CTB
Submitted:
First Name: Judith
Last Name: Atuhaire
City/Town: Mbarara
State/Province: Uganda
Country: Uganda
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a female teacher who enjoyed serving in the education sector for twenty-seven years (1992-2019) working as a university teaching assistant, health education researcher and educator, secondary school administrator, youth counselor and secondary school teacher.

Today, I have retired from teaching and transferred my services to community development as a consultant, researcher, counselor and trainer in issues related to Education, youth and adolescent affairs these include: Gender based violence against adolescents, Adolescent positive masculinity, Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health and access to services, Adolescent Relationships and Sexuality.

How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
I have borrowed a leaf on preparing and running workshops. I know this guidance will surely help me to improve on my training and organizational skills for conferences and workshops.

Thank you for sharing.
Submitted:
First Name: Fekadu
Last Name: Mekonnen
City/Town: AA
State/Province: AA
Country: Ethiopia
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Consultant
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
Yes and it is really a great tool that makes a real difference
Submitted:
First Name: Kristie
Last Name: Hartig MSN, RN, PHN, CWOCN, CNE
City/Town: Topeka
State/Province: Kansas
Country: USA
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
See credentials.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
Reviewing it now for an upcoming contracted project with CDC on training the workforce in public health service - this is a terrific resource!!
Submitted:
First Name: Daria
Last Name: Tavana
City/Town: Voorhees
State/Province: New Jersey
Country: United States
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I’m a NASM-certified plant-based nutrition coach, fitness trainer, vegan activist, and full-time fundraising professional with over a decade of experience in the New York City nonprofit sector.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
I'm designing a fitness program that turns everyday people into everyday athlete activists who create change at a local and global level.
Submitted:
First Name: Emia
Last Name: Oppenheim
City/Town: Columbus
State/Province: OH
Country: United States
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Public Health Practitioner who provides supports to teams around the US doing public health interventions.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
To help teams with building their coalitions, strategic plans and sustainability.
Submitted:
First Name: Jan
Last Name: Loomis
City/Town: WIndsor
State/Province: CO
Country: USA
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I'm a member of a small non-profit organization hoping to address community health and development problems of a small, isolated community in the Navajo Nation. Approximately 40% of residences lack electricity and running water. Un-employment is high, alcohol and drug addiction are problems. The nearest health providers are over 50 miles away. The residents of this community are great people with huge hearts and they deserve much better than what they have.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
We are using the CTB to guide our development as an organization and Board of Directors, and will rely on it heavily to direct our efforts at addressing key initiatives.
Submitted:
First Name: Anicetus
Last Name: Mramba
City/Town: Dodoma City
State/Province:
Country: United Republic of Tanzania
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am Community Development Officer working under Ministry level, but before I used to work in Local Government at the level of Village, Ward and District.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
I used CTB to learn more on how do we suppose to engage community in different initiatives within their localities. Also, it enlight me on our preparation of our Guidelines which are used to involve community in their planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
Submitted:
First Name: Tersia
Last Name: Van Wyk
City/Town: Pretoria
State/Province: Gauteng
Country: South Africa
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Master Student of Social Science - Community Practioner
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
Used it for studies with the intention of using for community intervention
Submitted:
First Name: Debrah
Last Name: Kaufman
City/Town: OKLAHOMA CITY
State/Province: OK
Country: United States
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Strategic Communication Consultant, Advocacy and Social Impact Focused
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
CTB allows insight and context to my community-based initiatives.
Submitted:
First Name: Ronald
Last Name: Indeje
City/Town: Nairobi
State/Province: Nairobi
Country: Kenya
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I was born out of Wedlock and my child hood troublesome because of being away from my parents and being raised by a step mother, having step siblings dropping out of school and overcoming these and living a humble life.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
Currently mentoring youths in crime and drugs addiction.
Submitted:
First Name: Paul
Last Name: Dormond-Brooks
City/Town: Denver
State/Province: Colorado
Country: USA
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I work as a research assistant for the University of Colorado - Anschutz medical campus, and I am pursuing a BA in Public Health, at CU Denver.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
I took the Social Determinants of Health class (PBHL 4040), and they recommend it to be able to put our community health program proposal together. My partner an I used mostly this website to gather ideas and workflows. Thanks!
Submitted:
First Name: Alison
Last Name: McAuley
City/Town:
State/Province:
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Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Hi there! Your site is wonderful! I was referred here as part of my course "Community Health Promotion", leading to Bachelor of Nursing-Athabasca University. After browsing the site, I feel so inspired and hopeful about change in the world to make things better for all. My focus for this course will be the care of children, specifically injury prevention. I think this site will help me in completion of assignments and program planning for this community. Thank you for the excellent resources. Stay safe and be well:-)
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
Submitted:
First Name: Amador
Last Name: JOMUAD
City/Town:
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Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I AM A TEACHER
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
Submitted:
First Name: Dustin
Last Name: Semb
City/Town: Spokane
State/Province: WA
Country: United States
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am the Assistant Director of the Student Success Collaborative & Degree Completion at Eastern Washington University.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
We are using the Community Tool Box as a resource for a professional development course on supporting students from underrepresented and marginalized backgrounds.
Submitted:
First Name: Joni
Last Name: Clouse
City/Town: Broken Arrow
State/Province: OK
Country: United States
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Owner/Operator of an Oklahoma visitation center, Secure Families.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
Submitted:
First Name: Lane
Last Name: Fox
City/Town: Hoeringen
State/Province: Germany
Country: Germany
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
My name is Lane Fox (they/them) and I am an MSW student at Salisbury University. This is my first semester and I am incredibly excited about the future. I want to work with LGBTQ populations, consensual sex workers, and/or military spouses. Honestly, I feel like I need 17 more lifetimes to accomplish all the things I want to do.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
I stumbled upon your site while researching 'community strengths and weaknesses.' I have now followed you on Twitter and am planning to utilize your resources as a guide for ANY community project that I'm planning. This includes my work with my roller derby and rugby teams as well as in my future career. Thank you, thank you, thank you for this amazing work.
Submitted:
First Name: Greyson
Last Name: Clark
City/Town: Durango
State/Province: Colorado
Country: USA
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
First year student at Fort Lewis College
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
Student of Global Public Health grasping the understanding of the concept of Social Determinants of Health.
Submitted:
First Name: Vicky
Last Name:
City/Town: Wichita Falls
State/Province: TX
Country: USA
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Southern Grit Advocacy formed November 4, 2019 as a 501(c)(3) organization. Its mission is to prevent, disrupt, and end human trafficking through education and advocacy.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
The VMOSA powerpoint in the Community Tool Box is being used as the foundation to begin the strategic planning process with our Board of Directors. It is a super time saver to educate board members about the process and will help us focus on identifying strategies to fulfill our mission. Slides could easily be revised to fit our organization. Thank you for making this resource available to the public!
Submitted:
First Name: christopher
Last Name: Dapaah
City/Town: Kumasi -Ghana
State/Province: Ghana
Country: Afghanistan
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
An advocate on policy issues on Governance, Education , Health, Human rights, women and Children, environmental issues
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
Not yet , and needs one as guide book
Submitted:
First Name: Angela
Last Name: Richardson
City/Town: VICTORVILLE
State/Province: CA
Country: United States
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a disabled minority small business owner, my finances and resources have been limited because of my disabilities and inability to keep up with things at such a rapid past, However I aim to change that this year by connecting with the right ears mouths and hearts. My goal is to develop a self sustained community for our aging and elderly, I would like to provide jobs for those with disabilities within the community itself. Any how my development research lead me here and im excited to be able to meet others with a passion for change and im all in on doing it TOGETHER! Thanks and im Ang by the way.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
im new here but hope to gain more knowledge of how to get my development off the ground. from start to finish if I may?
Submitted:
First Name: Ashlee
Last Name: Hitchcock
City/Town: Los Angeles
State/Province: California
Country: United States
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am currently a student earning my MSW at CSULA. I also am a member of Lobby Days Caucus at CSULA, a macro social work club. I am a single-mother. I am passionate about justice and changing the status quo to represent the majority of people.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
I am new to CTB. I was introduced to it through my Community Organizing class. I am very excited to know about CTB. I hope to learn and gain the skills I need to effect change locally, nationally and universally.
Submitted:
First Name: Tammy
Last Name: Spoerl
City/Town: Plymouth
State/Province: WI
Country: USA
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am an adjunct nursing faculty member for the RN to BSN Completion Program at Lakeland University in Plymouth, WI.
This is a new program, and I am creating content for the course: NUR 420 Community Health and Population Focused Nursing.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
Just starting to learn of your resources. Thank you.
Submitted:
First Name: jamie
Last Name:
City/Town:
State/Province:
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Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Post graduate NP student
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
not yet but planning to
Submitted:
First Name: Jocelyn
Last Name: Noriega
City/Town: Casa Grande
State/Province: Arizona
Country: USA
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a Registered Nurse pursuing my education as a Family Nurse Practitioner with Northern Arizona University and my instructor suggest this website to help with our Rural community health project. I was a public health nurse in the past so this class is near and dear to my heart.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
My professor from Northern Arizona University, Dr. Shelley Vaughn
Submitted:
First Name: Sara
Last Name:
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State/Province:
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Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am an RN completing a Master's degree toward a Family Nurse Practitioner certification. I enjoy all aspects of community and public health and have two other degrees in both nursing and public health.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
Submitted:
First Name: Chol Mading
Last Name: Parök
City/Town: Tonj
State/Province:
Country: South Sudan
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
M&E practitioner
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
For Designing programme learning and accountability tools
Submitted:
First Name: Mary
Last Name: Vejnoska
City/Town: Flagstaff
State/Province: AZ
Country: USA
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Using the CTB for school project. Focus on rural community healthcare needs
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
Submitted:
First Name: GEORGE
Last Name: OYAREH
City/Town: kericho
State/Province: kenya
Country: kenya
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Iam a social worker working within the Tea Plantations towards improving the general welfare and wellbeing of all employees, their Children and other people living within the company Estates.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
It is my first time to here of this tool kit .Am interested in getting all of them to help me improve on my work.
Submitted:
First Name: Lindsey
Last Name:
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Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am the coordinator of the Tennessee Tech University Honors Program. I co-lead getting started in civic engagement groups for students interested in engaging in the community.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
The Community Tool Box is a treasure. From templates to terminology, students can learn about why engaging the community is important and how to get started. Thank you for the time and work invested in this resource.
Submitted:
First Name: Coby
Last Name: Williams
City/Town: Columbus
State/Province: OH
Country: United States
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Founder and owner of New Reach Community Consulting. New Reach Community Consulting is a minority-owned and purpose-driven small business based in Columbus, OH with a mission to help organizations move the needle on social issues through meaningful engagement.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
As a community engagement practitioner, the Community Tool Box is one of my go-to resources for my own professional development and for the social impact projects I work on.
Submitted:
First Name: Katherine Mahoney
Last Name:
City/Town: Flaggstaff
State/Province: AZ
Country:
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
We are using the community toolbox to develop a project for a rural community in AZ.
Submitted:
First Name: Jerry
Last Name: Price
City/Town: South Bend
State/Province: INDIANA
Country: UNITED STATES of AMERICA
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am planning to build a multipurpose facility at LASALLE PARK a 80.5 acre park.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
I am presently reading planning strategies to research planning and development for this project.
Submitted:
First Name: Joyce
Last Name: Murage
City/Town: Thika town
State/Province: Kiambu county
Country: Kenya
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Iam Joyce I work the elderly in our community. Training them on how to be independent financially. Also youths on how start small business and be independent
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
Submitted:
First Name: Claire
Last Name: Colie
City/Town: Flagstaff
State/Province: AZ
Country: USA
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a Nurse Care Manager at NAU Campus Health.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
It's new to me, I am starting to use it for school.
Submitted:
First Name: Nnamdi
Last Name: Okose
City/Town: Abuja
State/Province: FCT
Country: Nigeria
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I work for an organization which fights for the enthronement of an egalitarian, peaceful and just society.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
Community Tool Box has been a well of so much resources for advocacy. I am currently using Community Tool Box to develope an Advocacy Handbook for my organization.
Submitted:
First Name: Kellye
Last Name: Remshifski
City/Town: Doylestown
State/Province: PA
Country: United States
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am the wellness and outreach manager at a community hospital in Doylestown PA.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
I just wanted to send a little note saying thank you for putting this together! After graduating from a masters in Health Promotion and moving away from an academic field, I find myself wishing that there were more refreshers to these things. I'm so thankful I found this as I use it whenever we have a big community projects or need to do a needs assessment to just remind myself of the things I've learned. Thank you!!
Submitted:
First Name: AUDREY
Last Name: NYAGO
City/Town: Kampala
State/Province: Kampala
Country: Uganda
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a 20 year old Ugandan girl who is passionate about the well being of the girl child coming from a family of a single mother of two girls and a boy.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
I have collected a team that has taught girls how make reusable sanitary towels for the girls to stay in school and communicated about the importance of educating the girl child therefore keeping many of the girls in school.That was before the outbreak of covid 19.This upcoming organisation started with only two girls that I taught who with their help we collected a few passionate others to achieve a common goal.
Submitted:
First Name: Alexander
Last Name: Nayve
City/Town: Magarao
State/Province: Camarines Sur
Country: Philippines
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Hi!. I am Alex Nayve. I'm working for Salanga as the focal person for community-led monitoring, evaluation and learning (ColMEL). My primary role is to lead the development of the ColMEL methodology and accompany INGO partners and their local partners to pilot it in 3 countries.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
The ColMEL is a component of community-led development (CLD) programming. I really appreciate the Community Tool Box because it provides access to CLD resources in a very organized way. I just love how CTB organized the resources into chapters and sections, plus all the section overviews, examples, tools and ppt. I would love to refer our partners on the ground to the CTB resources when I contribute to their capacity building soon. While I do read about a full chapter on participatory appraisal, design and evaluation in the CTB, I'd like to check whether there are chapters or sections that deal with participatory monitoring especially community-led monitoring. I will be very interested to receive resources on this topic because it is something that we really need. Thank you! Blessings and more power to CTB!
Submitted:
First Name: Eric
Last Name: Saforo
City/Town: Accra
State/Province: Greater Accra
Country: Ghana
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Youth Empowerment Synergy (YES-Ghana) is an ECOSOC-accredited NGO at the forefront of youth development policy, practice, and research in Ghana. For more than 15 years, we provide tailored skills training for youth, leading to improvements in their leadership, financial literacy, entrepreneurship, and life planning skills. Through our service delivery, we provide education, skills training, and technical support to thousands of youth and helped them transition to self and wage employment. Our research has contributed to filling the gap in youth data and the evidence base for public policy. And, we continue to use our national appeal and grassroots constituency, through our Voices of Youth Coalition, to advocate and campaign for youth-inclusive policies at all levels.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
YES-Ghana organised an innovative learning experience targeting representatives of youth-led organisations working at the community level to support and initiate especially local efforts at localising the SDGs. Before the learning experience, participants already benefited from an organisational capacity assessment revealing various strengths and weaknesses.

The training contents were tailored to address capacity gaps identified through the OCA exercise, while also providing a firm theoretical and practical foundation on sustainable development. Using the unique approach of the Community Tool Box, the Academy covered areas such as creating and maintaining coalitions and partnerships, assessing community needs and resources, analysing problems and goals, developing a framework or model of change, developing strategic and action plans, building leadership, developing an intervention, advocating for change and influencing policy development. Other areas include evaluating the initiative, implementing a social marketing effort, fundraising, improving organisational management and development, and sustaining initiatives.

The youth leaders from the various organisations were highly impressed with the rich content of the toolkit from the University of Kansas Community Toolbox. They could not hide their appreciation for the opportunity to learn using such a rich resource to improve the capacities of their organisations and how they implement their projects.
Submitted:
First Name: cristen
Last Name: zaleski
City/Town: howell
State/Province: Michigan
Country: USA
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I'm a student. Your tool box is awesome! It is a wealth of information! Thank You!
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
Submitted:
First Name: An
Last Name: Dinh
City/Town: Ho Chi MInh
State/Province: Binh Thanh
Country: Vietnam
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am working as a facilitator and coordinator at center for service-learning of a local university. I had 5 years experiences in community work.
One of my interestes is searching for new tools and fun educational learning activities for my students. Lack of information is a common issues in Vietnam.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
Based on what I provided above, I really just use the information here to better our new generation and this is not for profit purposes.