Guestbook Entries

Submitted:
First Name: Richard
Last Name: Oler
City/Town: Pittsburg
State/Province: KS
Country: United States
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Retired CPA from public practice. Community volunteer and presently working with the CFSEK.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
Interested in developing community leadership in Pittsburg.
Submitted:
First Name: jennifer E
Last Name: Brown
City/Town: Amherst
State/Province: MA
Country: United States
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Hello, I am a University of Massachusetts Amherst Doctorate of Nursing Practice student. This semester we are focusing on program evaluation and beginning the process of a community intervention using the Minnesota Dept of Hlth intervention wheel.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
Just beginning to look through your site, I am interested in "asthma friendly housing units". Great site and I can say this with confidence having done extensive reading. Thanks!
Submitted:
First Name: Hope
Last Name: Wharton
City/Town: Arlington
State/Province: Texas
Country:
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Parent Resource Center
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
To collaborate with other organizations
Submitted:
First Name: Faiz
Last Name: Naufal
City/Town: Purwokerto
State/Province: Jawa Tengah
Country: Indonesia
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am actively writing in the field of health on http://www.metris-community.com/category/kesehatan/ and 1 interest too about self development http://www.metris-community.com/inspirational-quotes-about-life/
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
This community is very helpful to build a healthy society because these pages provide practical guidance in creating change and improvement.
Submitted:
First Name: April
Last Name: Teichrow
City/Town: Winnsboro
State/Province: Texas
Country: USA
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
RN working on BSN and then will start MSN currently studying community nursing. Live in rural community in East Texas 64 years old, 43 years of experience as an RN
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
At this time would be research tool for my on-going education
Submitted:
First Name: Lorine
Last Name: Henderson
City/Town: Romeoville
State/Province: Illinois
Country: U.S.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
For Guidance
Submitted:
First Name: Adson
Last Name: NERVIL
City/Town: Gonaives
State/Province: Artibonite
Country: Haiti
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am the first leader of a community-based organization located in Gonaives, Haiti. Our activities is focused on strenghting people abilities so that they can make their lives better by creating and developping small business, solving their problems, etc
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I hope that the CTB would help me to get a better approach in conceiving and carrying out my programs with the target people.
Submitted:
First Name: John.
Last Name: Elianu
City/Town: Kampala
State/Province: Central
Country: Uganda
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Im program officer maternal, Neonatal and child health and working with Uganda Protestants medical bureau (UPMB).
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I have found the tool very helpful in my work especially in the area of community mobilization, advocay, partnerships and networking, resource mobilisation, and many other areas. I thank you for such a usuful tool especially for poeple invoved in project work in the developing countries. I wish I could let every body know about this rich resource. Many thanks CTB.
Submitted:
First Name: Afh
Last Name: Gittens
City/Town: Port of Spain
State/Province:
Country: Trinidad and Tobago
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Consultant working with NGO, CBO and youth groups in HIV&AIDS, youth development, community development.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I am using and will use the CTB to help in evaluation of projects and for writing for grant funding
Submitted:
First Name: Audy
Last Name: B
City/Town:
State/Province:
Country: Canada
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
This site is awesome! Thanks so much
Submitted:
First Name: Jim
Last Name: Kennedy
City/Town: Geneva
State/Province: NY
Country: Ontario
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I represent a federally qualified health center in NYS serving rural communities.
Submitted:
First Name: Cynthia
Last Name: Arganbright
City/Town: Manhattan
State/Province: Kansas
Country: United States
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am an AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers In Service To America) alumni (May 2006-Feb. 2009). My main focus as a VISTA volunteer was resource development. I am currently the Resouce Development Coordinator for Morning Star, Inc. a Consumer Run Organization in Manhattan, Kansas. I was recently invited to participte in the Kansas Consumer Advisory Council for Adult Mantal Health Leadership Academy. The Academy requires that participants engage in a community service project. My project will involve walking Morning Star, Inc. through the Strategic Planning process.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
The CTB has a pertinent user-friendly guide to developing a strategic plan. I plan to use this guide to walk Morning Star, Inc. through the planning process.
Submitted:
First Name: juanita
Last Name: ortiz
City/Town: texas city
State/Province: tx
Country: usa
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Residential Advocate for a organization that supports woman and children in crisis situations
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
Information
Submitted:
First Name: Kilolo
Last Name: Ajanaku
City/Town: Lanham
State/Province: Maryland
Country: US
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I head a national non profit basic research and education organization which has as its mission solutions for teach Americans how to live out the American Creed.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I am teaching young people how to change their social and cultural environment as part of a 10-week summer initiative. I want to use the section on organizing for effective advocacy as the primary teaching material.
Submitted:
First Name: Rebecca
Last Name: Hartman
City/Town: Wyomissing
State/Province: PA
Country: USA
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a 3rd year PhD student at Alvernia University, Reading, PA. My area of focus is Community Leadership wih an emphasis in women's leadership.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I am working with our local community foundation to develop a supporting document outlining the benefits and need for urban agriculture in the city of Reading. I am using the tool as an effective way to organize my section on the benefits of UA and developing support for the concept. It is a gold mine! Very useful and practical for communicating to my audience of decision makers. Theoretical based without the layers of academic jargon. Perfect!
Submitted:
First Name: Norma
Last Name: Griffin
City/Town: Baltimore
State/Province: Maryland
Country: USA
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am researching available information on adult literacy as my church group is considering starting such a program. We are looking at having a volunteer program or becoming a partner with an established organization.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I will use this material to present to my group so that we will understand what we are getting ourselves into.
Submitted:
First Name: irina
Last Name: huett
City/Town: adelaide
State/Province: sa
Country: australia
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
lecturer on community welfare course
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
for lecture
Submitted:
First Name: Lorretta
Last Name: Frenton
City/Town: Newark
State/Province: Ohio
Country: USA
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
researching coordinated public transit services
Submitted:
First Name: joanne
Last Name: oneill
City/Town: collingswood
State/Province: nj
Country: usa
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
State Coordinator for Progressive Democrats of America - New Jersey
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
Help me to be more informed into how to organize chapters and develop issue organizing programs
Submitted:
First Name: barry
Last Name: burch
City/Town: Vancouver
State/Province: BC
Country: Canada
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Currently working to develop road safety solutions for developing countries
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
This site helps me to structure my thinking on how to best approach the local problems encountered