Guestbook Entries

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First Name: Yvette
Last Name: Summers
City/Town: Birmingham
State/Province:
Country: Great Britain (UK)
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I'm a freelance trainer and community development worker. Came across your site by tapping in to issues around conflict resolution.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
Your information on conflict resolution was excellent, and knowing about the other areas of community health and development you cover was a lovely and encouraging surprise. Keep up the great work. Thanks.
Submitted:
First Name: Jamie
Last Name: G
City/Town: Toronto
State/Province: Ontario
Country: Canada
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a member of a collective called Sumkidz. We organize and create community events and spaces for education, harm reduction, and fun.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
Research on grant writing.
Submitted:
First Name: Maureen
Last Name: Baker
City/Town: Whangarei
State/Province: Northland
Country: New Zealand
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I have a short term job with Cancer Society, Northland, assisting Events Co-ordinator with preparations for Relay For Life.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
First time I've found it!
Submitted:
First Name: Jimmy
Last Name: Jackson
City/Town: Aspen
State/Province:
Country:
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
Great resource. Keep it up!!Thanks a lot for interesting discussion, I found a lot of useful information!With the best regards!
Submitted:
First Name: Prashanta
Last Name: Swain
City/Town: Burhanpur
State/Province: Madhyapradesh
Country: India
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am development professional.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
Personal use only to understand community issues. Kindly send some guidebooks for references.
Submitted:
First Name: John
Last Name: Kakaire
City/Town: KAMPALA Uganda
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Country:
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Director, Centre for Development Alternatives: training, research and information support organisation in rural Eastern Uganda. Organisation runs Resource Centre and provides ICT services.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
Seen for the first time, and I plan to use more as there quite a good set of resources.
Submitted:
First Name: Christie
Last Name: Binzen
City/Town: White River Junction
State/Province: Vermont
Country:
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Coordinator, community partnership and early childhood council.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
Actually, I haven't used it in this organization. It is referenced in a grant RFP so I was just checking.
Submitted:
First Name: LeRoy
Last Name: Colotti
City/Town: Spokane
State/Province: Washington
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am currently a student at Eastern Washington University, majoring in Community Health Education.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I heard about the website in class and was looking for some grant writing tips.
Submitted:
First Name: Michelle
Last Name: Hesselrode
City/Town: Doniphan
State/Province: Missouri
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am employed by the Ripley County Memorial Hospital in the position of printing manager and public relations, also as required as recording secretary of the hospital board of trustees. The board has asked me to train myself on grant writing in order to get grant monies for projects at the hospital.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I am using the grant writing training, but I am also interested in all of the community material that you have available. I believe that the material here will help me become more involved in my small community and also more valuable to the hospital. Knowledge is power. Thanks!
Submitted:
First Name: Luz
Last Name: Horta
City/Town: Hightstown
State/Province: New Jersey
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Better Beginnings is a not-for-profit agency providing affordable quality subsidized child care to income-eligible working families or families in training.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
To learn more about collaborations. Although we do collaborate in various capacities, funding agencies are now looking for formal collaborations.
Submitted:
First Name: Valerie
Last Name: Johnson
City/Town: Kokomo
State/Province: Indiana
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am an registered nurse and have just completed my masters degree in Nursing from Indiana Wesleyan. I have been in nursing for nine years. My area of focus as a registered nurse is critical care, however my Masters degree is as a family Nurse Practitioner. I am currently studying for certification.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I have been asked by my pastor to start a wellness program for the members of my church, and I am looking for ideas on how to implement such a program. This site appears to be a place to find a great deal of informtion, and I am certainly excited that I have found it.
Submitted:
First Name: John
Last Name: Furman
City/Town: Utica
State/Province: New York
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am the President of the Utica Citizens in Action, a progressive multi-issue organization. I am interested in learning about models of community development which we can replicate in our area. The City of Utica is located in Upstate NY between Albany and Syracuse. We have lost one-third of our population since 1970 and have rates of poverty. Much of our housing stock has been demolished. However, we have significant opportunities at this time to transform our community into a model for sustainable urban redevelopment. We have large tracts of vacant land, housing prices are low, and our city has a large immigrant population. (Utica is home to the third largest Bosnian community in the U.S.) The Utica Citizens in Action is a multi-issue advocacy organization concerned with neighborhood redevelopment, predatory lending, affordable housing, and community-based economic development. We have over 500 members. Located In Utica, New York, our community-based and multicultural organization is committed to living wage jobs, affordable health care and education, educational opportunities, and improvement in living conditions for low and moderate income people. We are a membership organization which consists of working people, tenants, small business persons, the elderly, students, clergy, and representatives of the labor movement. Our organization is a community-labor-faith-based coalition dedicated to revitalizing Utica's distressed neighborhoods. We also advocate for low-income and marginalized neighborhoods in the Central New York region. Our group is affiliated with Citizen Action of New York, a large multi-issue membership organization consisting of over 20,000 members. Utica Citizens in Action has organized a successful 40 hour fast for the working poor, news conferences on a wide variety of issues, lobby days in Albany, and local coalitions to work on funding for schools and against predatory lending. We have published studies on alternative economic development, affordable housing Community Development Block Grant, and school funding. Established in 1997, our organization has been successful in highlighting public attention on local economic development issues, health maintenance organization reform, affordable housing, and consumer rights. We have successfully conducted campaigns on neighborhood development, media accountability, and health care and joined state and national organizations in advocating for progressive policies. Our organization has helped low income people in our community to obtain more local, state, and federal funding for housing programs. We are one of only a handful of organizations in Central New York that represents a progressive vision for our community and develops alternative analyses of local, state, and federal policies. We would appreciate technical assistance on developing community-based development programs for our community. We are interested in integrating progressive and ecologically sound planning principles into the redevelopment of our central city communities. Our organization is interested in replicating such projects such as community gardens, creating community schools and community centers, green construction techniques, neighborhood-based energy conservation and recycling, mixed use and economically diverse housing, eco-indusrial parks, business incubators for low-income people, green belts and neighborhood parks, bike and hiking trails, and ecologically sensitive and democratically controlled economic development. We would appreciate any information on these topics you could share with us. We are particularly interested in specific replication materials (e.g., neighborhood plans, funding proposals, newspaper articles, studies) which we can use to improve our community. We are seeking descriptions of innovative programs/projects/legislation that address any of the following categories: 1. Identifying sources of funding for community development 2. participatory planning models 3. Integrating economic development with housing 4. Developing vacant lots into new development 5. Maintaining historic character of neighborhoods 6. Using arts to promote economic development
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
Your website is a wonderful source of very useful information to create positive social change.
Submitted:
First Name: Diane
Last Name: Chase
City/Town: Petaluma
State/Province: California
Country:
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Online RN to BSN student at another University and Staff Educator at my hospital.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
UNM provided it as a link. What a great site! Thanks for sharing.
Submitted:
First Name: Docktor
Last Name: Njathika
City/Town: Nairobi
State/Province: Nairobi
Country:
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Im a 4th year medical student at the university of Nairobi, Kenya and currently undertaking a 2-month clinical attachment at Ripas hospital in Brunei Darusalaam. Community health is one of the areas that i would be interested in specialising in after my undergraduate studies.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I have just learned about it while surfing on the net and generally want to explore more in the area of community health.
Submitted:
First Name: Anthony
Last Name: Nix Sr
City/Town: Chicago
State/Province: Illinois
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Founder and Executive Director of Choice Acts NFP - Re-entry Program and Services for Exoffenders
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
Devoloping vision statement and overall development of programs and services.
Submitted:
First Name: Calista
Last Name: Ukwuoma
City/Town: FCT, ABUJA
State/Province: Abuja, Nigeria
Country:
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
MY NAME IS CALISTA UKWUOMA. I'M CURRENTLY RUNNING AN ONLINE PROGRAMME IN A SWEDISH SCHOOL, KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET. THE PROGRAMME IS ON HEALTH PROMOTING SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT. I HAVE GOTTEN SOME MATERIALS THAT WILL HELP ME IN MY RESEARCH FROM YOUR WEB SITE. I ALSO WISH TO BE A PART OF YOUR ORGANIZATION TO ENABLE ME GET THE PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE AND RETURN BACK TO MY COUNTRY TO SECURE A QUALITY HEALTH PROMOTING SCHOOL.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I'M USING IT IN MY ORGANIZATION BUT I THINK I WILL LOVE TO HAVE A PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE TO ENABLE ME WORK WITH MY GOVERNMENT IN HEALTH DEVELOPMENT SECTOR
Submitted:
First Name: Kimberly
Last Name: Hymer
City/Town: Wichita
State/Province: Kansas
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a Consumer Researcher at Self-Help Network at WSU. I have been working here for 2 months now and love to find different ways to learn about different things.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
It will help me to know more about things and be able to pass some information on to others.
Submitted:
First Name: Princess
Last Name: Savage
City/Town: Raleigh
State/Province: North Carolina
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
My name is Princess Savage. I am 28 years old and I graduated from Delaware State University in 2000, with a degree in Psychology. I have a strong background in community service and I like to work with children.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I grew up in a small town in Delaware and am working toward developing a community center in that area. I am utilizing the site to learn about grant writing and to solidify the structure of my organization.
Submitted:
First Name: George
Last Name: Coates
City/Town: Greensboro
State/Province: North Carolina
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Executive Director of a nonprofit: Guilford County Substance Abuse Coalition
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
Information on organization, structure, surveys, outcomes. It has been very helpful.
Submitted:
First Name: ana
Last Name: alvarez
City/Town: Brisbane
State/Province:
Country: Australia
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a policy officer working in the development and establishment of early intervention responses to homelessness.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I have used the Community Tool Box as an information source on culturally competent service delivery.