Guestbook Entries

Submitted:
First Name: Karen
Last Name: Schalker
City/Town: kansas city
State/Province: Missouri
Country:
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
NCADD-KC Prevention Specialist
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
Overview and introduction of tool to C2000 teams in Cass and Jackson Coutnies, MO.
Submitted:
First Name: Steven
Last Name: Nimmo
City/Town: Toronto
State/Province: Ontario
Country: Canada
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a Harm reduction Worker working at Eva's Satellite Youth Shelter. I deal with youth 16yr to 24yr who have substance issues.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I find the information usful in a day to day approach and will pass this along to my co-workers.
Submitted:
First Name: Christina
Last Name: Bentch
City/Town: Brooklyn
State/Province: New York
Country:
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Communtiy Organizing student at the Hunter College School of Social Work.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
What would be great to see more of is how to execute certain tasks as they relate to the tactics of the overall strategy. How do you exactly (FOIL)information --Freedom of information act? How do you organize a press conference? How do you get papers to pick-up your press release? Organizers have a difficult time navigating the esoteric tidbits. The CTB is an awsome resource, I plan to spread the word. Please don't stop with the great work you are putting into the Community toolbox!
Submitted:
First Name: Cynthia
Last Name: Moon
City/Town: Dayton
State/Province: OH
Country: US
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I have recently accepted the position of Sickle Cell Outreach and Newborn Screening Coordinator for The West Central Ohio Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I am using CTB to gain insight for planning, organizing and running an effective advisory committee.
Submitted:
First Name: Tilton
Last Name: Davis
City/Town: Red Wing
State/Province: MN
Country: USA
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am the Sexual Assault Multidisciplinary Action Response Team (SMART) Coordinator for Goodhue County, MN. I have been in the position for about 6 months, and am working with about 25 community professionals to write a Community Needs Assessment in 1-2 years. My Team represents five County disciplines: advocacy, corrections, law enforcement, medical, and legal (County Attorney). The goal is to create Best Practices protocols for the five professional groups in order to achieve our misssion: The Goodhue County SMART fosters a unified interagency, survivor centered, and culturally competent response to those experiencing sexual violence.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I am gathering information to better understand basic assessment processes, terminology, and crticial evaluation methodology.
Submitted:
First Name: Thembile
Last Name: Mohlonyane
City/Town: Pretoria (Tshwane)
State/Province: Gauteng
Country: South Africa
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am busy trying to roll out a project to relieve hardships of the poor in the country.I am an acting secretary of an organisation dealing with this kind of prblems,without any skills I may not be able to succeed.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
Ever since I found the site,I have been able to see issues that were actually hindering my progress and am now able to focus on the bigger picture and not on challenges.I am busy setting up the systems to move forward and the site is very helpful when it comes to capacity building,the basics.
Submitted:
First Name: Jane
Last Name: Goodwin
City/Town: Watertown
State/Province: New York
Country: United States
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a single mother of a teenage boy. I have a horrible disease that will continue to get worse for the rest of my life. I have a college degree I'll never get to use because of my disease so I do my best to be a good mom.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I would like to find a way to get my disease(chronic regional pain syndrome) noticed. Millions of people have the disease and are miss diagnossed or left feeling all alone. I want to find a way to help.
Submitted:
First Name: Cretus
Last Name: Kapato
City/Town: NDOLA
State/Province: Copperbelt Province
Country: ZAMBIA
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a Vice Principal at a centre providing skills to persons with disabilities. I am a wheelchair user.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
If most of the articles could be in PDF format that would help a lot.
Submitted:
First Name: Juan Jose
Last Name: Garcia
City/Town: Cochabamba
State/Province: Cercado
Country: Bolivia
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Hola amigos soy PSicologo comunitario, estoy intersado en aprender mas acerca del empleo de de esta, en al intervencion comunitaria en mi region.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
me gustaria aplicarla en al promcion y el desarrollo de mi comundad, si es que se de la oprtunidad, creo que una caja muy importante, sobre todo muy rica en herramientas qeu son utiles. Gracias, sigan adelante.
Submitted:
First Name: Clarence
Last Name: Begay
City/Town: Rock Point
State/Province: Arizona
Country: USA
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Been a teacher for 10 years, and for the last 13 years as school administrator in different capacity, currently, my roles is Federal/Grants Director.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I would use CTB as another tool to get resources/ideas.
Submitted:
First Name: Terry
Last Name: Fountain
City/Town: Jacksonville
State/Province: Florida
Country: USA
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
My husband & I pastored for 30 years before his health broke. In our late 60's, we started a public 501(c)(3) charity called Gleaners Dispatch, Inc. eight years ago, to rescue ("glean") excess fresh bread and fresh produce from area from the docks of area wholesale vendors and re-distribute ("dispatch") it free of charge to families in need (single parents, senior citizens, under-employed, etc).
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
We get no govt funding, and have a crew of 200+ unpaid volunteers that make over 75 gleaning trips with our 3 old trucks and 4 old vans every week. We gave away over $3.5 million wholesale value fresh food to over 220,000 last year - we are ALWAYS looking for ways to raise our operational funding to defray the costs of distribution. We do not charge for food, but we need to learn how to "get the word out of our need" for operational support. I look forward to reading everything you have on your site, and seeing if there is anything we can do to help other groups while learning ourselves.
Submitted:
First Name: Mark
Last Name: Crowson
City/Town: Fort Leavenworth
State/Province: KS
Country: US
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I'm a retired soldier now working as an educator with the Combined Arms Center's Center for Army Leadership (CAL)
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I came across the CTB while I was looking for ways CAL might be able to help or partner with KU. You have a great many useful tools here. Many of them are very similar to tools the Army uses to lead our people and manage our resources. The differences between your approaches and mine are valuable to me in that they broaden my perspective. I think there are opportunities for partnership between CAL and KU in some of the areas addressed in the CTB. I hope we can explore them. Congratulations on a great-looking site! Mark 913 758-3035
Submitted:
First Name: Danesh
Last Name: Kumar
City/Town: Kalpetta
State/Province:
Country: India
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am working in a rural area of India, promoting appropriate Technologies.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
To be used for training of Local Farmers to shift over to Organic Farming.
Submitted:
First Name: Sheila
Last Name: Johnson
City/Town: Phoenix
State/Province: Arizona
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a Diversity Training Specialist for a non-profit organization.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
The CTB is a valuable resource in that I obtain excellent information to share with participants in my workshops. THANK YOU!!!
Submitted:
First Name: Anne
Last Name: Roux
City/Town: St. Louis
State/Province: Missouri
Country:
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am involved in grassroots advocacy to improve the lives of persons with developmental disabilities.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
The toolbox articles that I have are invaluable. Can the entire set of articles be purchased? I'm not sure what year they were written, but I obtained a copy in 2005 through the Missouri Partners in Policymaking program. Please advise
Submitted:
First Name: Linda
Last Name: Wiley
City/Town: Lawrence
State/Province: Kansas
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Full-time KU Administrative Associate, attending graduate school in International Studies, one course per semester
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I am looking at it for potential to apply to my MA research. How, for example, in another country, African or Caribbean, its use could be followed.
Submitted:
First Name: Kathy
Last Name: Merkh
City/Town: Norfolk
State/Province: Virginia
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
grad student in Cmmuniy Health. I am a RN at a local hospital.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
Need information on building a community health project targeting cardiovacular disease
Submitted:
First Name: DEBORAH
Last Name: BERLIN
City/Town: san antonio
State/Province: Texas
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
i am full time worker helping a friend write a grant. i have had grant writing experience in the past but am really rusty..this site has helped us immensely. keep up the good work!!
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
guideline..very detailed but easy to understand
Submitted:
First Name: Ginette
Last Name: Rows
City/Town: Huntington Station
State/Province: Suffolk
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am advocating for Haitians living in the Huntington Community. I am devoted to this community.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
Assist me with planning project. I use it as a resource guide for best practice models. Thank You
Submitted:
First Name: Eun Ah
Last Name: Wycoff
City/Town: Inglewood
State/Province: California
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Nursing student at Cal State Long Beach and plan to specialize in public health and or gerontology
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
New visitor and excited to find so many resources. Currently doing my public health rotation at Curtis Tucker Health Center. Utilizing this site for "tools," suggestions, and guidelines for coalition buiding, collaboration, partnering/networking, and community building for young parents in SPA 8. Thank you!