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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 Kora Dockter ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am a Program Administrator for Children's Special Health Services. One of my duties is the Administrator for the ND State Asthma Workgroup
    I can see myself using many of the areas in the toolbox. Currently I will be looking at the grant writing part.
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    1 October 2013 Juleen Stephen ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I work on a research team in the department of Family Medicine at the Univ of Virginia
    We are interested in childhood obesity research and possibly starting a community driven coalition. A former colleague said that your site was very helpful and sent your URL.
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    1 October 2013 Teresa Thompson ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am the Community Development Manager for United Way of the Tanana Valley. My job is public relations and marketing for our United Way as well as managing the Volunteer Action Center.
    I am preparing a social marketing campaign for two issues identified in a Community Needs Assessment recently completed for our United Way. There will actually be two campaigns - one related to family violence, one to substance abuse. The tool box (chapter M) provided much insight and tools to use in my plan. Thank you SO MUCH.
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    1 October 2013 Jenny Rodriguez ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am a community coordinator for a Lead Poisoning Prevention Program in our city. I am responsible for the outreach and educational component of the program.
    We are exploring the possibilities of expanding our housing programs to include other issues of health and health hazards in regards to the home environment within our agency but we are definitely going to need collaboration among our community partners and organizations. I am currently reviewing your framework for this. YOU ARE A GOD SEND!!!!!!
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    1 October 2013 Deborah Bright ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am the Education Coordinator for our Native Indian reservation in northern British Columbia, CANADA. The CTB is very new to me, however, I plan to refer to it whenever I need information and assistance! It is a Wonderful Resource!
    I plan to use this resource in my work through questionnairs, and planning for positive change. There are so many resources at your fingertips!
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    1 October 2013 Tarese Gardner ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am a outreach worker with Nashville REACH 2010 Project.I am working with the African American community in North Nashville concerning two disparties which are Diabetes and CVD.
    		 Volunteer, substainabilty and change among change agents.
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    1 October 2013 Tarese Gardner ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am a outreach worker with Nashville REACH 2010 Project.I am working with the African American community in North Nashville concerning two disparties which are Diabetes and CVD.
    		 Volunteer, substainabilty and change among change agents.Speakers bureau.
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    1 October 2013 Laura DeMars ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am the HIV Testing and Counceling Coordinator for CarePoint, Inc. I have been working in the HIV field for 5 years now. I give HIV prevention presentations to anyone or place that will let me. I believe that with knowledge in the hands of all will be the only way to stop the spread of this preventable illness.
    I have just been sent this link by my grantee. I'm hoping to find information to help with my program. I will also be giving this link to others at my agency and hope it will help them as well.
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    1 October 2013 Monica Nickolas ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am a masters student at the UCLA School of Public Health. I am doing an internship this summer with The Children's Clinic in Long Beach, CA.
    I am using the CTB for guidance on ALL the issues that arise in my internship, particularly needs assessment issues (surveys, focus groups, etc.) It is EXTREMELEY HELPFUL!!
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    1 October 2013 Sheryl Pickering ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am Local Program Consultant (Health Services Consultant) with the Washington WIC Program. I am also the co-director of our WIC Healthy Habits Project which is helping to revitalize nutrition services in WIC.
    As part of our Healthy Habits Project, we have mini-grant projects with our local WIC agencies and we trained them on evaluation planning. I have been using this site to get ideas on developing a final report format for them. Also, how to write grant applications and finding funding sources. We will be referencing your website during our last training with the Mini-Grant agencies in January 2003.
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    1 October 2013 Maria Lemus ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    as director fo the community health worker/promotora project i coordiante the development of a network, provide capacity building and technical assistance and advocate for chw/p's. do you have a list of evaluations of chw's and promotoras, particularly in california or the southwest?
    we are convening a research advisory committee to look at the what has been defined thus far and how do we evaluate the work of chw/p
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    1 October 2013 tom kane ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    co ordinator for a newstart project which is running in a area of priority treatment, help tenages empower themselevs and find employment
    		 This is my first visit, and I hope to pick up new methods and ideas
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    1 October 2013 Bruce Petering ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Community Developmenr Officer, Warracknabeal Research
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    1 October 2013 Destiny Myers ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am the Manager of Lung Health for the State College Outreach Center of the American Lung Association of PA.
    I am chair of a 12 county community asthma coalition in Northcentral PA. We are currently looking for resources that can help increase our effectiveness.
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    1 October 2013 Dr. Lee Bell ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    A community Activist/Organizer Radio Show Host Project Coodinator/ Universty of Michigan, School of Public Health
    		 I use it as a resource for bettering my work
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    1 October 2013 Kelly Tucker ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am a graduate student at University of Michigan. My spring class is an independent study on grant writing. Review of your site is required.
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    1 October 2013 Pamela Milask ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am a student and part time marketing person at the Eastern School of Acupuncture in Montclair NJ. We are looking to expand our school advertising.
    I came to your site while searching for advertising outlets for the school. I spent only a few minutes browsing your site, and will return to it in teh weeks ahead. it looks wonderful!
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    1 October 2013 Jill Nerheny ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    As the Community Co-ordinator for Birkenhead Northcote/North Shore City Council. I work with and for various groups to co-ordinate and improve their service delivery and outcomes/outputs utilising community development principals.
    		 This is the site for resources, thankyou, I refer many groups to this site.
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    1 October 2013 Donna Van Bogaert ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am a graduate student in adult education returning to grad school after 22 years of producing corporate training and communications video and consulting on team building and HR development especially creativity and creative problem solving.
    In my grad work, I am currently writing a grant to fund research I would like to do in showing how creativity and brain dominance training speeds recovery of life changing trauma, ie, divorce, death, critical illness. I am looking for ways to conduct my research and instruments that will enable me to effectively measure the results. I am finding the toolbox a very streamlined way to processes that might be useful. If anyone is aware of any research already existing which may help me in this project, I would be very greatful for the information.
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    1 October 2013 Max Llewelyn ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am a community group facilitator and my primary function is capacity building and upskilling people and resources within community organisations
    The Community Tool Box is a particularly useful tool in that I can prepare manuals in a simple language for use by community groups and show them the site so that they can use it as a resource should they require. I have found the Community Tool Box to be excellent and congratulations to those who have and are still putting it together.
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    1 October 2013 Beverlie Ludy ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Maryland Cooperative Extension has a CYFAR (Children Youth and Families at Risk) grant to conduct leadership training in at-risk communities. I'm site coordinator for the Charles County site. Have a program called "People Empowering People" for parents at an elementary school.
    I just discovered thia great resource. Look forward to reading and studying the tool box. Looks like it has a lot of information that will be useful in my work.
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    1 October 2013 Peter Newport ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I'm a Unitarian Universalist minister currently completing a residency in Clinical Pastoral Education at the Roger Williams Medical Center here in Providence. I have worked with the Brockton Interfaith Community (BIC) and the Organization for Community Leadership Training in Boston.
    I'm not yet, but I am very interested in your approach. I am working on a proposal to help fund hospital-based support groups for family caregivers that seeks to bring that consitiuency together for 1)psychosocial/spiritual support 2)practical education, and 3)resourcing with other institutions/initiatives/services doing outreach to this community. My own observation has been that families with long-term critically ill members, either in home-care or nursing homes, are isolated from larger community and face sometimes sustained periods of dislocation and change with little, if any, support. In effect, looking at the difficult interface of wellness and end-of-life issues in family and community systems.
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    1 October 2013 Joy Wingrove ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am a community staff nurse hoping to further my training in the near future with a degree in district nursing.
    I am currently using your site for a short presentation I have to perform. However, having just discovered this obviously useful site, be sure I will return.
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    1 October 2013 Dr. David M. Kilpatrick ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am the Executive Director of a broad-based community healthcare coalition that was founded in 1993 called Healthy malden, Inc. We have a web-site at www.healthymalden.org
    		 We just became acquainted with it and intend to use it a lot in the future.
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    1 October 2013 Eustolia Ruiz ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am the Latino 5 A day Program Coordinator at UC-Cooperative Extensions. This position is new I am still trying to organize myself, your web-site has been very helpful.
    		 How to recruit Volunteers for my Steering Committee.
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    1 October 2013 Richard Galope ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Currently in the process of start-up for community development consulting business. Former public agency management professional with diversified program development, strategic planning, community and government relations, and grant funding acquisition experience spanning eight years and across multiple functional areas in the public and private sectors. Specific expertise in business development, economic and workforce development, strategic partnership development, community organizing, legislative analysis and policy development, with accountability for continuous improvement, personnel supervision and multimillion-dollar budget administration.
    Conducting analysis of CTB tools and comparing with proposed business products, services and capabilities to ensure comprehensive inclusion of and compatibility with CTB into service delivery methodologies.
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    1 October 2013 Jennifer Love ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am a first degree black belt in TaeKwonDo, the first woman firefighter in our town, I am head of the Cardiovascular Health Intervention Program with the Cowley County Health Department and the Health Consultant for William Newton Hospital here in Winfield.
    I am trying to build up the coalition that I work with on the Cardiovascular Health Intervention Program. We need more members to help plan programs to reduce Cardiovascular disease here in Cowley County. Is there anyway to get a printout of a manual or book on this information? I would be very interested.
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    1 October 2013 Jim Barrett ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am a life-long activist (can one say that at 30 years old?) who has been involved in political, social, and spiritual actions to raise awareness of the human condition in my various communities. Currently I work for a progressive non-profit.
    Using elements from previous agencies, tied together with the great layout and informative "dialogues" from Community Toolbox I have generated a "textbook" on how to be an activist that we call "Activism 101" to empower our members to act in their communities as well (the non-profit I work for works throughout Oregon).
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    1 October 2013 danuwinata J. Kristinus ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am a medical doctor (MD) and have graduate master health science (M H Sc) and give lecture in university. I'm interesting to use and promote preventiv medicine to my student
    		 I just early user and want that toolbox very usefull for me
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    1 October 2013 Pilgrim Lamb ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am currently living in an Intentional Community called Twin Oaks. (www.twinoaks.org)
    I'm interested in starting an IC sometime in the future. I am living at TO in order to learn from their system. They've been a community for 35 years. I plan to utilize your website while I'm living here somewhat as a college course. We are currently developing a program under the heading "Community Organizer". I hope to be our first graduate. This is one of the most amazing and informative sites I've ever come across. Thank you!!! Pilgrim
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    1 October 2013 Nancy Myers ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am in the very beginning stage of my own SED - to start a new industry for the North Coast of California. This industry will accrete minerals out of seawater for use in (initially) artificial bone for transplants and in (later) other uses for this low-cost material, such as construction elements and a new medium for artists. (More information on request.) I am about to graduate (June 1) from College of the Redwoods with an AS degree in electronics technology (microcomputer option).
    I just discovered this valuable resource, but am wondering why I can't access all of the sections. Can you explain this? (If you like, you can edit out everything after the word "resource" and put a period there for inclusion in the guest book.)
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    1 October 2013 Anne-Marie Turnbull ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Psychology Master's graduate planning to work in community liaison and development
    Preparing presentation for local county council. CTB has been invaluable - I'll be referring to it again & recommeding it to colleagues. Thanks for providing this resource.
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    1 October 2013 Frank Lule ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am Medical Officer from Uganda,Africa - M.Sc. Community Health (Dublin, Ireland).
    I was just browsing! Brilliant and exhaustive tool box. Easily applicable in the Third World as well. How can I access a hard copy to use in Africa? Computers are rare in that part of the world.
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    1 October 2013 Shay Chan Hodges ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Grant Writer for Community Clinic of Maui, Inc. Looking for information related to smoking cessation programs.
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    1 October 2013 Daniel Borrero ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I'm a dentist with the USPHS, IHS at the Inscription House Clinic. We are located in the most traditional part of the Dine Nation(Navajo).
    I have been working to start a patient education program in our clinic. I'd like to begin by establishing a participatory community coalition to deal with numerous health promotion issues. I would like to start though with how to prevent early childhood caries. We have the highest incidence in the U.S. I'd like to see our program use the latest knowledge from cognitive science as well as to do everything in a culturally competent way, so we build over the foundation that is already in place. I just found the toolbox site today. I will use it for everything.
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    1 October 2013 Michael Wilson ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am a RN working for the past 13 years in the Burn ICU of the Massachusetts General Hispital. My passion is end-of-life-care and I have worked per deim as a Hospice visit nurse for the pasr three years. I am a board member of the Massachusetts Coaliation for Compassionate Care and also a founding member of a coummity coaliation called Pallaitive Care Coalition of the Merrimack Valley. My involvement in end-of-life has been a source of much growth for me personally, professionaly and spiritualy.
    I have found the articles and how to guides wonderful in my attempt to pull a community coaliation together. I am a nurse, I have never done such work, but this website makes it possible for me to feel like it is possible to surmount the difficulties of placing three hospitals, two hospices, two family health centers and representives from several other agencies at the same table, rise above territorial and political issues and find a common path to our shared goal of improving the care we give to the dying. I thank you for all your efforts.
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    1 October 2013 Tim Barretto ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am an associate professor of communications at the Thompson School of Applied Science at the University of New Hampshire.
    I am using the CTB as a resource for teaching a class entitled "Communication within Communities."
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    1 October 2013 judith ( Dr.) Palmer Castor ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Mental Health Researcher/consultant Areas of espertise include violence prevention, at-risk youth and femily support programs ( program development, technical assistance and evaluation)
    I am searching for a tool that that assesses or evaluates community collaborations; i.e. degree of collaboration such information sharing, relationship development, leadership, decision making, etc. Want a tool that can be administered to collaboration partners or members on some interval basis.
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    1 October 2013 Michael Kinsley ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Hi I'm not responding in the appropriate section of your site, but I couldn't find another place to send an email. I work with Rocky Mountain Institute, have worked with David Allee in Cornell extension, and thought you might find the following site useful, since it attempts to address many of the same audiences as does your site. www.rmi.org/sitepages/pid356.php Good luck with your work.
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    1 October 2013 Tim Livermore ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am Asst Health Officer for San Joaquin Co Public Health Svcs. We are part of PPH.
    Took your toolbox breakout session today. Enjoyed it. I will return to it sometime soon, and look around. Thanks. -TL.
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    1 October 2013 Jeffrey Maurus ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    part-time student working on MPH at UIC part of course on Community Health and the Media
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    1 October 2013 alfred garcia ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    will be using for planning
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    1 October 2013 Cindy Winters ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am the new CHIPr Program Manager for KDHE. I will be the liason between the state and the grantees to help provide technical assistance and support.
    		 Looking for resources and guidance as I begin my new position.
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    1 October 2013 Amy Henniger ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Im getting my masters in community social psychology from UMASS Lowell.
    I am working with Dr. Berkowitz here at UMASS in order to improve upon what is already going on with the community toolbox.
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    1 October 2013 M. Patricia Jones ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am president and ceo of the Maryland Prevention Institute, Inc. This is a 501 (c) (3) organization that functions as a community coalition, providing technical assistance to faith-based organizations and other community-based organizations.
    I will share your web address and info on grant writing with the faith community.
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    1 October 2013 Michael Schmidt ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am currently a hospice director and I have been working with our local EOL Coalition here in Monterey CA, one of the many across the country that started as a result of OOT outreach efforts. We have a viable coalition that continues to work hard through the efforts of community volunteers dedicated to improving how we care for the dying.
    This is my first visit. But hope to see how others are doing in there efforts around the country.
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    1 October 2013 M. Patricia Jones ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am president of the Maryland Prevention Institute, Inc. This is a 501 (c) (3) organization that functions as a community coalition, providing technical assistance to faith-based organizations and other community-based organizations.
    I will share your web address and info on grant writing with the faith community.
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    1 October 2013 Elizabeth Dorda ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am a mental health nurse for Washtenaw County looking for ways to conduct a community assessment in our community & start a new program. I am also a graduate student at the University of Michigan School of Public Health in a Health Promotion & Risk Reduction program.
    I heard about the toolbox from public health & am using it for work & School. I love it and will share it with many! What a great sight! Thanks
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    1 October 2013 Margot Manning ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I co-ordinate an advocacy project at Virginia House Settlement in Plymouth. I am 49 yrs old and am terrific for my age!!! I work in the best place with the best people and regard myself as being extremly fortunate to be where i am.
    It is my intention to take a Masters course in Community Enterprise at cambridge university and I have an interview on Dec 3rd I am quite nervous and was researching the subject when I came across your site. I have been raving about it ever since. I think it is the most useful and generous site I have encountered and I shall take great pleasure in giving you all credit if and when i use your material. I do not believe in re-inventing the stone as it were, but firmly believe in giving credit where its due and you deserve it in bucket loads!!! Been great talking to you, bye for now
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    1 October 2013 Shannon Gravening ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am a volunteer in my community getting people in my community together to get things done

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