Guestbook entries

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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
Submitted:
First Name: Dr. Jennifer
Last Name: Potts
City/Town: Milwaukee
State/Province: WI
Country: us
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am the exec. director of a business improvement district. We are in a crime ridden area and I feel as though we are stuck year after year.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
I just discovered the Community Tool Box and am looking forward to using it.
Submitted:
First Name: Franklin
Last Name: Perkins
City/Town: Corbin
State/Province: KY
Country: US
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Executive Director of 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization engaged in the treatment and recovery of those community members suffering from opioid-use-disorder.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
Used to develop strategic plan and action plan for grant application work plan.
Submitted:
First Name: Lorenzo
Last Name: Webber
City/Town: Hillside
State/Province: Illinois
Country: United States of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Our mission is centered around ensuring that all youth grow up in a safe, supportive, and thriving community.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
To build a community coalition.
Submitted:
First Name: Lange
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Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I'm a university student seeking to open an organization that informs the marginalized Hispanic population about different health care resources in my local community.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
I used the website for a project I was doing in school. We had to write a proposal to a local leader about a problem we wanted to address and I talked about outreach! This website helped me figure out important factors in producing successful outreach strategies. It really helped me write my essay. I plan to use this site for my own future project. Thank you!
Submitted:
First Name: Dante
Last Name: Morehead
City/Town: Seattle
State/Province: Washington
Country: United States
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
My name is Dante, I am a community health educator & researcher here in Seattle, WA with Fred Hutch and The Office of Community Outreach & Engagement. I moved here from Raleigh, NC about 2 years ago, and since then I've become really passionate and involved my cancer-health and health disparities work for underserved communities. I love the work that I do and being very community-oriented. I have a 3 year old that keeps me busy and a wife that keeps me on my toes as well! We all support each other! Not much to tell about me. I originally started a career in biology, but came to learn more about public health and community work and decided to pursue my career and get my MPH. Studying the social determinants of health and using community-based participatory research is an important tool for me, I firmly believe that the solutions to many problem can come from working WITH the communities that we serve.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
I discovered this resource in an email from my supervisor and the learning modules are fantastic, and it helps me to develop my community approach, as well as the connections that you have, and stories of success that I read about. This is a great tool to use! Would love to connect someday and compare notes! I also learned about a number of programs that are happening to support communities as well through the toolbox!
Submitted:
First Name: GEORGE
Last Name: GATUHA
City/Town: Kenya.
State/Province: Kiambu, Limuru.
Country: KENYA
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Am a civil servant who want to help less fortunate kids achieve goals of life.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
i learn most things in this forum about helping the community.
Submitted:
First Name: Felicia
Last Name: Solis-Cummings
City/Town: SAHUARITA
State/Province: AZ
Country: United States
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a graduate student at Northern Arizona University working on attaining my Master's degree to be a Family Nurse Practitioner. I also live in a rural area.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
For research purposes for assignments.
Submitted:
First Name: Cassandra
Last Name: Powell
City/Town: Kansas City
State/Province: MO
Country: United States
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Social Work is my second career. I enjoying learning how to give back in my community.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
I am learning how to assist in empowering my community with this tool.
Submitted:
First Name: Meaghan
Last Name: Thomas
City/Town: Louisville
State/Province: KY
Country: United States
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I'm relatively new to my community and started volunteering for a local group that focuses on revitalizing a mostly retail corridor.

We've grown very quickly and there are a lot of passionate neighbors and business owners willing to collaborate to help the main street in our Louisville neighborhood (Bardstown Road in The Highlands) flourish as a vibrant, safe and unique neighborhood and business corridor.

We’re genuinely a community-run organization, which means the wants and needs of the community drive our goals and responses. We work with people from all over the community (neighbors, local businesses, existing community groups, building owners, among others) to better understand Bardstown Road’s unique challenges and desires.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
I just learned about this tool thanks to the Center for Neighborhoods' Neighborhood Institute and am finding it really helpful. We linked to it on our resources page and I'm sharing the leadership information with our steering committee. I'm also loving the "take action" guidance to help us get more structure to our approaches and more more efficient and effective.
Submitted:
First Name: Cara
Last Name: Loveless-Faulkner
City/Town: Phoenix
State/Province: AZ
Country: United States
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
NP student studying rural healthcare.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
Not yet, but I hope to!
Submitted:
First Name: Sharon
Last Name: Caravetta
City/Town: Phoenix
State/Province: Arizona
Country: United States
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I'm a graduate student at Northern Arizona University. I plan to focus on rural health upon graduation from the Family Nurse Practitioner program.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
This site was recommended to me in one of my nursing theory classes.
Submitted:
First Name: GABRIELA
Last Name:
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Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
USING THIS TOOL BOX TO ASSIST WITH NAU RURAL NURSING COURSE.
Submitted:
First Name: Tiffany
Last Name: Taylor
City/Town: Lake Havasu City
State/Province: AZ
Country: United States
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I have been a RN for approximately 8 years. I currently work as an RN Case Manager at an acute care facility and I am attending NAU an enrolled in MS-FNP program.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
I am just becoming familiar with the Community Tool Box
Submitted:
First Name: Arezoo
Last Name: ghasemi
City/Town: Tempe
State/Province: US
Country: United States
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a nurse who works at Banner University in Phoenix. Currently, I am in the master's program at NAU.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
No, It is my first time that needs t use this for my class.