Guestbook Entries

Submitted:
First Name: jim
Last Name: conley
City/Town: walsenburg
State/Province: Colorado
Country:
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Extension Agent in a rural county, southern Colorado
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
Developing strategic plan for non-profit community organization. Keep up the good work!
Submitted:
First Name: Julie
Last Name: Bennett Barrow
City/Town: Hollywood
State/Province: Florida
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a Prevention Specialist for the Seminole Tribe of Florida
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I am trying to develop a comprehensive, tribal wide Prevention Program for the Seminole Tribe of Florida. I am using your site for information on information gathering and coalition building.
Submitted:
First Name: David
Last Name: Hammer
City/Town: Pittsburgh
State/Province: Pennsylvania
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Entrepreneur, own a bookkeeping and transcription company. The company website is www.globalintegra.com
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
The leadership program information from your site has been useful to us. I have given it to our team managers. Thanks for the info.
Submitted:
First Name: Adriano
Last Name: De Vita
City/Town: Lido di Venezia
State/Province: Venezia
Country: Italy
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I'n a psycologist and teacher in vocatinal traing.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I'm looking for a good community - enabling software...
Submitted:
First Name: Angeni
Last Name: Marque
City/Town: Salt Lake City
State/Province: Utah
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a research analyst in the Data Resources Program in the Maternal Child Bureau at the Utah Department of Health. Our program supports the other programs in our bureau regarding their data needs. This includes program development and evaluation.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
Your Community Tool Box was recommended to me during a presentation by Dr. Meg Scarlet. I am interested in learning more, taking your training, and using some of your developed techniques in working with health policy makers and educators at the Utah Department of Health.
Submitted:
First Name: Lisa
Last Name: Lottritz
City/Town: Reno
State/Province: Nevada
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am the Maternal Child Health Coordinator at the Health Department in Reno, NV. I am also the Chair for MCH Coalition
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I am looking for information on stategic planning. The MCH Coalition is planning to do strategic planning in 2007.
Submitted:
First Name: Beth
Last Name: Christensen
City/Town: Mackay
State/Province: Queensland
Country: Australia
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Community Support Officer with a State Government agency and Teacher at a Tertiary Institution (TAFE)
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
Point to tools for Community Services I work with and to students with a view to achieving best practice
Submitted:
First Name: Chi
Last Name: Hoang Khanh
City/Town: Hanoi
State/Province:
Country: Other
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a lecturer at Hanoi School of Public Health, Hanoi, Vietnam.I am teaching 2 subjects: Health Policy and Health Promotion.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I don't remember exactly how I found this CTB :-) But this site is very helpful to me and my students. It strengthens my academy background for working and teaching. Thanks a lot!
Submitted:
First Name: Claudia
Last Name: Arvey
City/Town: Shawano
State/Province: Wisconsin
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a wife, a mother, a grandmother,a teacher, a Medical Technologist, all of which I wear all the hats in one day. I love my positon in a hospital laboratory and have been doing the same job for many many years. As my career winds down I am moving in a new direction of more volunteerism, and it is very rewarding.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I am working with a city wide comittee of People with Disabilities, and I came accross your web site. while looking for information on grant writing. We are trying to obtain hand held readers for our library and possibly at city hall to help visually impared people, read letters and documents themselves, vs waiting for someone to read the document to them.
Submitted:
First Name: Pam
Last Name: Rask
City/Town: Tulsa
State/Province: Oklahoma
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am the Manager of 3 programs at the Tulsa Health Department - School Health, Healthy Communities Access Program, and Tulsa Fetal and Infant Mortality Review.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
We are always looking for tools to use where we do not have to reinvent the wheel and also for best practices and models to implement within our community.
Submitted:
First Name: Joan
Last Name: Gallo
City/Town: Waxhaw
State/Province: North Carolina
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a new resident of Charlotte/Waxhaw N.Carolina. My work experience is in non-profit/trade association. I am interested in a career as a youth program coordinator for the American Red Cross; a diverse organization with a sense of purpose. At my age, I need to feel that I am making a significant contribution to society :)
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I came across your website as I was researching the skills required as a youth program coordinator- developing action plans. I was delighted to discover such a wealth of information on your website, and I now feel confident about my ability to develop an action plan as a required skill in this position. I will definitely use and recommend your services and products! I plan to spend more time on your excellent website. Thank you! Kindly, Joan Gallo
Submitted:
First Name: Angie
Last Name: Alvarado
City/Town: Atlanta
State/Province: Georgia
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a public health analyst, working with CDC. I am also a member and volunteer of the Vision Church of Atlanta. I want to help the Church to develop a multi-service, community-based organization focusing on health and human services needs for disfranchised populations.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I will use the Tool Box to assist the VCA Committee of volunteers working in the development of the Empowerment Center, d.b.a. the Vision Church of Atlanta, Inc.
Submitted:
First Name: Kathy
Last Name: Reiner
City/Town: Aurora
State/Province: Colorado
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a school registered nurse and child protection advocate for the Aurora Public Schools. I came across your website via a link from cadca.org.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I imagine that I might be able to use CTB in a multitiude of ways, to improve our school district's child protection program, introduce CTB to the Wellness Initiatives group, and as a resource in a workship I am preparing for school nurses.
Submitted:
First Name: Mary
Last Name: Berry
City/Town: Fresno
State/Province: Texas
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I'm a Pastor and Prison Chaplain.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
To gain imformation on handling volunteers.
Submitted:
First Name: John
Last Name: McAlpine
City/Town: Irvine
State/Province: California
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
UCI student...
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
Just getting started.
Submitted:
First Name: Evangelina
Last Name: Garcia Prince
City/Town: Caracas
State/Province: none
Country: Venezuela
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a trainer in leadership (women and men) in many community spaces political, services, violence against women, local public and private organizations.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
Is a wonderfool tool for planning training (conceptual and exercises). I use it as guide in many ways. Thanks for your work.
Submitted:
First Name: Jacob
Last Name: Kahemele
City/Town: Dar es salaam
State/Province:
Country: Other
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a Tanzanian professional working in areas of health and development. I have a background in Theology and development studies, I have worked with a number of faith based institutions in development work, HIV and AIDS and Health in general. I am currently working with an International NGO with main focus on youth.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I just found out about this tool and already I am seeing great potential for its utilization in a number of areas of my work, so I hope to make use of it.
Submitted:
First Name: Charity
Last Name: Coquillard
City/Town: Salt Lake City
State/Province: Utah
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a student working on my Masters in Health Education at Touro University International.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
This is a great resource for students. Especially as a graduate student using an online college this is perfect. I'm glad I came across this resource and am sure I will use it in the future.
Submitted:
First Name: Ernesta
Last Name: Wright
City/Town: Brea
State/Province: California
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
A nonprofit organization who specifically work with grassroots and small nonprofits of people of color- areas of focus: Health, Marriage and Social issues; and technical support with emphasis on sustainability
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
We're going to create partnerships in three counties in California
Submitted:
First Name: Diane
Last Name: Wheeler
City/Town: Portarlington
State/Province:
Country:
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I work for the Primary Health Care and will soon be doing a community development course
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I am using the tool box for information only at the moment. Will continue to use this site as I progress.