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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 Michael O'Sullivan ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am teaching a course in Program Management and using the Community Tool Box as a teaching aid and text. I would like to talk with others who are doing the same.
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    1 October 2013 Jennifer Gustafson ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Grant Writer/Planning Assistant for a public healthcare system.
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    1 October 2013 Lauren Morones ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    The BCHD is a public agency that provides grants and services to improve the health of the residents of Hermosa, Manhattan and Redondo Beach California. We have an annual budget of $6 mil/year. It is a perfect model for our community and agency and we are struggling to begin this process.
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    1 October 2013 Melvyn Evans ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am a Supporting Communities Officer With Area Co-ordination, Coventry City Council. I am involved with residents in the Canley & Tile Hill area helping them to set up residents Association, providing training and capacity building.
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    1 October 2013 Thomas Daley ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am a general pediatrician and medical educator.
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    1 October 2013 Beth Wehrman ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Founding the AIDS Prevention Partnership and its Lifeguard Street Outreach project has been a labor of love. I am interested in building partnerships as well as sustaining the work of our organization. This is a great site! I'll be back.
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    1 October 2013 Bruce Chamberlin ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    We are community health development consultants working in western Canada
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    1 October 2013 Susanna Suchak ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I have worked in community development for over 20 years and am presently the Health Promoter for tykeTALK, the Thames Valley Preschool Speech and Language Service Alliance. I work with parents and often these women (there is the rare father in my groups) have many challenges to parenting and getting the services which their children require. I have also used your site as the Executive Director of London Area Good Food Project wherein our participants were working through challenges such as poverty, esl language challenges or nutrition challenges due to food sensitivities etc. Thanks for such an insightful and helpful site.
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    1 October 2013 Meredith Moore ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    We are community health development consultants working in western Canada
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    1 October 2013 Kristin Gadient ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am a University of Manitoba student who is doing her BRS student practicum at Deer Lodge Centre under the supervision of Kevin Scott
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    1 October 2013 Bruce Chamberlin ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    We are community health development consultants working in western Canada (moore.chamberlin@the.link.ca)
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    1 October 2013 Deborah Davenport ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Area Health Officer, Public Health Programs & Services, L.A. County Dept. of Health Services
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    1 October 2013 Mary Burnel ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    The Community Action Program for Children is a federally funded initiative aimed at children 0 to 6 years. Here in Orillia, we are in the process of establishing a drop-in resource centre for teen parents (rate of births to teen mothers is 55 per 1000). We work in partnership to provide a variety of programs to parents whose children are at risk of neglect and/or abuse: parent-child enrichment programs, young mother support group, etc. We are constantly scrounging for funds, volunteers, ideas to give our community choices, programs, etc.
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    1 October 2013 Rick Orton ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I'm the coordinator for the Tobacco Free Dane County Coalition (TFDCC), a coalition of various health, business and community organizations whose mission it is to to reduce and eliminate tobacco use in the county. I am employed by and officed out of the Madison (Wisconsin) Department of Public Health.
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    1 October 2013 Rick Barbieri ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Recently completed the HealthForum's Creating Healthier Communities Fellowship Program. Return Peace Corps Volunteer Zaire 84-87' Public Health. Working for DuPage County Health Department, Office of Planning.
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    1 October 2013 Judith Tripp ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I have been the executive director at Family Resources for Victoria County for the past 11 years. I am currently involved in developing and supporting food security programmes in Victoria County. Our organization has a parent child drop-in, a mobile family drop-in programme, CAPC/CPNP programmes, toylending, curriculum kit rental, a parent resource library, a child caregiver registry and parent education programmes. The Board of Family Resources for Victoria County is very interested in community development.
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    1 October 2013 Rhonda Ackerman ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am the new PC at the Gov. John Carver Schools. Looking forward to gaining new insight into the SLS goals and initiatives. There are many questions! The DOE regulations are a bit overwhelming but will keep on plugging!
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    1 October 2013 Orlaith Moley ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Voluntray organisation focusing on evaluation services to community and voluntary organisations. Our services include evaluation consultancy, training and information and advice. You have a very intersting website - we are currently creating our own site - will be in touch.
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    1 October 2013 Joy Beatty ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I work with Hosptials in California. I assist them in planning community benefit programs through thier hospital and in collaboration with the community.
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    1 October 2013 Aaron Laramore ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Technology Consultant www.handteam.com/alaramore www.handtech.com/alaramore
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    1 October 2013 Lee Ann See ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    teach college,MPH.
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    1 October 2013 Lee Ann See ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Teach college at Univ. of Hawaii, and at a Jr. College. Parenting and human development. Have a Masters in Public Health, prev. exper. Alaska.
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    1 October 2013 Jeri Bachli ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Council On Aging, Director
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    1 October 2013 Rhonda Gothberg ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Great information for many applications. Thank you.
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    1 October 2013 John Furman ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am the Program Planner of Utica Community Action, Inc. in Utica, NY. Our organization assists low-income people to become self-sufficient through education, job training, youth development, family development, and housing programs.
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    1 October 2013 Martina Fleming ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Service Leader Paediatric Outpatient Area
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    1 October 2013 Angelina Mummert ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am the Health Services Administrator for the Bureau of Community Health Services,Guam Dept. of Public Health and Social Services.
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    1 October 2013 Rachel Dixon ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I work with Neighborhood Associations in Salem, OR.
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    1 October 2013 Brenda Linn ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am a Program Manager in Tobacco Control for the American Lung Associaiton of Minnesota.
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    1 October 2013 Alan Silver ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am an independent consultant who works with health provider/community-based partnerships who need help getting organized, researching local health problems (data, best practices, etc.), seeking funding.
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    1 October 2013 Chan McDermott ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am very enthusiastic about starting a new position working with motivated folks in population-based community health in Austin, Texas.
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    1 October 2013 MARY CROOKS ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am currently researching information for with our local Turning Point Program, called Healthy New Orleans: The City That Cares. When I am not volunteering, I serve as Women's health services coordinator for a non profit community health center network.
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    1 October 2013 joan ottinger ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Nutrition consultant for the Oregon Health Division WIC program.
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    1 October 2013 Becky Markt ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Development Manager of Heartland Regional Community Foundation which is the co-facilitator of Healthy Communities for the Midwestern Four Corners, one of six sites in the nation selected by the Health Forum as an Accelerating Community Transformation (ACT) site.
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    1 October 2013 Jackie Sudhoff ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am the Neighborhood Enhancement Coordinator for the City of Springfield, Ohio
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    1 October 2013 Tony O'Rourke ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Great idea - waiting for updates!
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    1 October 2013 Beth Siddens ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I'm a Health Planner for a District Health Department that is becoming very active in community-based health promotion. Thanks for having the Community Toolbox - Its exactly the type of resource we need to help mobilize and support health interventions within our local communities.
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    1 October 2013 Jennifer Thorp-Overton ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Reviewing toolbox in connection for some anti-drug work I am doing for a client of mine at the Academy for Educational Development. I just emailed your site address to my former collegues at the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, a Washington, DC-based tobacco-prevention advocacy group. Wish I had known about it when I was there -- what a terrific resource for local coalitions!
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    1 October 2013 Deb Recksiedler Grundmanis, MBA ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Working as a health educator for the Minnesota Department of Health, Environmental Health Division. Continuing to learn and apply evaluation skills-- thanks for your work. http://www.cdc.gov/eval/framework.htm was the link I followed to your site.
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    1 October 2013 Gene Brunner ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am the Demographic Analyst for the Little Rock Fighting Back Project and am always looking for tools for building a better substance abuse reduction coalition.
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    1 October 2013 bob chicken ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am a transportation planner (a forester at heart and training) in a county dept. of human services. Current project is to help organize a county coalition for special neds transportation.
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    1 October 2013 David Gilding ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Hi! I work in a voluntary sector development agency in the ex-coalfields of Nottinghamshire - yes, we are quite near Robin Hood and Sherwood Forest! My role is Community Care Development Worker but with growing interest in public participation, 'real' evaluation, use of IT (esp databases) to support community initiatives and how community and voluntary groups are coping with changes to our health and local government services.
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    1 October 2013 Myla Everett ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Juvenile Diversion and Turning Point Steering Committee member for CCNTR
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    1 October 2013 Lawrence Tanouye ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    non profit california corporation consisting of three acute care facilities, one free standing hopice, home health and dme.
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    1 October 2013 Richard Gist ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Principal Assistant to the Fire Chief/Director; doctorally prepared community psychologist (systems/epi) with specialty in community response to disaster and catastrophe.
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    1 October 2013 alan geller ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    involved in multiple cancer prevention activities, including pursuing community cancer control in high risk part of Boston
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    1 October 2013 JOan Wagnon ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    Mayor of the Capitol City of Kansas
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    1 October 2013 ANNA MARTIN ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I AM AN NUTRITION EDUCATOR WITH UC COOPERATIVE EXTENSION IN SAN JOAQUIN/CALAVERAS COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA. I ALSO AM A GRAD STUDENT AT CSU, SACRAMENTO WORKING ON A CALAVERAS COUNTY HUNGER STUDY AND ACTION PLAN.
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    1 October 2013 Kathleen O'Malley ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am facilitating the creation of safer communities for women, children and other vulnerable people in our rural communities. We have just completed the development of an Action Plan using data collected through community consultations. The Action Plan developed by 50 people representing all sectors of the community. We are now seeking funding for its implementation.
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    1 October 2013 Louise Crane ,
    Who I am Use of CTB
    I am consultant working as a facilitator for Building Better Communities. We are developing a pool of learning circles within communities to develop the sense of community sharing. Great site! keep up the good work!

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