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First Name: Kristin
Last Name: Smith
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I look after corporate relations for Volunteer Canada. We are the canadian national organization that promotes volunteerism. Currently I work with companies to get them and their employees more involved in the community.
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First Name: Lydia
Last Name: Franc
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Hi, I am a community developer and I am currently working with the Prince Albert Health District, one of 32 in the province of Saskatchewan. I am looking forward to exploring the toolbox and using the information to assist me with the development work that I do with rural communities, aboriginal communities & low income families.
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First Name: John
Last Name: Moon
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I am the chairman of a community prevention group, called Community 2000 and I don't have a clue.
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First Name: Lela
Last Name: Claussen
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I am a graduate student at Univ. of Nebr. Medical Center. Your CTB site is a wonderful source of information for me and for my classes. Thanks so much.
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First Name: Diane
Last Name: Forsyth
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Coordinator of the Addiction Help Agency Cairns Inc. We provide counselling and group therapy for people wanting to overcome the harmful effects of drugs and alcohol and other addictive behaviours.
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First Name: Julie
Last Name: McKenzie
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interested in how communities are developed from within and assisted from outside, particulalrly Australian aboriginal communities.
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First Name: Liz
Last Name: Christiansen
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I am a grant writer for Linn County, Iowa.
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First Name: Corrine
Last Name: Wilson Baurick
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I am a graduating senior soon to receive my BS in Psychology. I am taking my first Community Psych class this fall--it has opened many avenues of study for me and I am in hopes of going into the Graduate program for Community Psych on the Fairbanks campus
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First Name: Eleni
Last Name: Digenis-Bury
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I am an Epidemiologist in Health Assessment with the City of Fort Worth Public Health Department. Part of my work includes conducting a community-wide needs assessment in the city.
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First Name: Stephanie
Last Name: Geller
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I am the Research Director for Volunteers in Health Care (VIH). We too provide technical assistance to community health programs, particularly those that use volunteer health care providers to care for uninsured and underserved persons. See our web site at www.volunteersinhealthcare.org.
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First Name: John F
Last Name: Smith
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I am director of an interdisciplinary graduate program in health development and policy. My interests are in health promotion, community health development, health service evaluation, and integration of social sciences into medical eduction. I also work regularly in the southern philippines.
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First Name: Chris
Last Name: Jenkins
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working on a Reach 2010 project
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First Name: Viktorija
Last Name: Cucic
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I am medical doctor, professor of social medicine, used to be national AIDS coordinator, and now president of JAZAS , NGO in my country. Doing a lot coomunity interventions.
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First Name: Lorenzo
Last Name: Higley
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Community development professional working with a regional substance abuse prevention collaborative to guide development of the prevention system in Southeastern San Diego County serving a variety of rural and urban communities. We are working with both geographically and issue based groups.
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First Name: Anita
Last Name: Smalls
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I am a Registered Nurrse with a MPH and the Coordinator of Clinical Services for 10 School-Based Health Centers located at the Bridgeport Health Department 752 East Main Street Bridgeport, CT 06608
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First Name: Anita
Last Name: Smalls
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I am a Registered Nurrse with a MPH and the Coordinator of Clinical Services for 10 School-Based Health Centers located at the Bridgeport Health Department 752 East Main Street Bridgeport, CT 06608
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First Name: Julie
Last Name: Adams
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Responsible for all community health improvement activities for the Premier hospital alliance
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First Name: Anastasia
Last Name: Wilczynski
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I am the coordinator of our county's SAFE KIDS coalition, part of the National SAFE KIDS Campaign. I work at a local health center in community health education as well as training and development. I love CTB!!!!
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First Name: Jennifer
Last Name: Mullett
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I am a Community Psychologist and Research Scholar (funded by the BC Health Research Foundation) at the Community Health Promotion Coalition, University of Victoria. We specialize in community-based research that is collaborative and brings about social change. Our coalition brings together community members, researchers and government. My colleagues from non-profit agencies and I have recently received a major grant to research and develop a model of inter-agency collaboration to alleviate the effects of competitive funding on the health of the community.
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First Name: Terry
Last Name: Gilbert
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I'm new to the community & the internet.Looking forward to getting better aquianted with the community.
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First Name: bernice
Last Name: tucker
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executive director of a community based minority non-profit for women in crisis. I became interested in becoming an advocate and forrunner when the youngest of my two daughters was diagnosised HIV+ in 1988. She died January 1993 and i am raising her 9 year old, sero-negative daughter. i hold support groups, individualized counseling, help the incarcerated female ttransition back into the community with some social support, also train women in "life skills" in the jail setting and drug rehabilitation environment, referr to drug rehabilitation, housing and jop placement. i am amember of valley brook christian communty church, sing on the choir and greet congregation twice a month. i am single and looking for my "soul mate"
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First Name: Alice
Last Name: Tkachik MSWAC
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Doctoral Student. UIC
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First Name: Laura
Last Name: Swales
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I found the community toolbax very helpful and informative. I used it often to aid in research for a community development course I am taking in university.
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First Name: Corrie
Last Name: Schueller
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I am an AmeriCorps Promise Fellow and Community of Promise Cordinator working with 107 communities in MN. I also co-wrote a workshop on how to authentically involve youth in community programs. I will be done with this position in December and will be looking for another position working with youth and communities.
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First Name: jim
Last Name: mcguire
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I'm the Drug Demand Reduction NCO with the Wyoming National Guard Counterdrug office in Cheyenne. We support several community health projects including Healthy Communities-Healthy Youth and Tar Wars, a tobacco education program for fifth graders. We do drug education, team building and public affairs support for our partners.
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First Name: Craig
Last Name: Ravesloot, Ph.D.
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Wonderful site.
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First Name: Brandon
Last Name: MacMillan
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I am taking Community Development at Dalhousie University
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First Name: sheri
Last Name: vail
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MN student, University of Washington, Tacoma. What a great site!!!! Thanks you!
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First Name: Denise
Last Name: Bentley
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I am the associate director of health promotion for a small community health center who serves the LGBT community.
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First Name: Heidi
Last Name: Spann
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I am a BSW student at KU and am trodding around on the web looking for ideas for a practicum and I LOVE your web site and The Community Toolbox is a great idea!
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First Name: Lawrence
Last Name: Lais
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I'm a resident of a small community that is implementing an Urban Renewal District. I'm doing some research to take part in the change in my community. Thank you for the information.
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First Name: Weerasak
Last Name: Chaipah
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I am working as a researcher and university lecturer of public health. My research area has been focusing on community health development in the rural area. I found that this site is very helpful to my career and to my students. THANK YOU.
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First Name: Greg
Last Name: Mackay
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Work & study in community development, community capacity building, social capital, and disability areas
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First Name: John
Last Name: Wentz
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Health education graduate student
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First Name: Carolyn
Last Name: Wait
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I am interested in community development and community building projects and ideas. I work in the voluntary sector for the New Zealand Council of Social Services.
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First Name: Yin
Last Name: Wei
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Retired faculty of computer science at Ohio University. Interested in medical information for elders.
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First Name: Judy
Last Name: Bower, BS,RRT, RCP
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I am the Manager of Cardiopulmonary Services at our local hospital.
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First Name: Susan
Last Name: Wolfe
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I consider myself a community activist in the area of public education.
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First Name: Jody
Last Name: Rivers
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I have just been hired by the Town of Jupiter Florida to develop a Neighborhood Enhancement Program
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First Name: mitch
Last Name: bernstein
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I am a youth director at a YMCA working with diverse population primarily in an inner city along with a suburban population at the YMCA building. I am always looking for materials about working together.
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First Name: Regan
Last Name: Crump
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I met Steve recently. His thinking and life's work is clearly something I want to connect with. More importantly, I believe that this toolbox could be an integral component of what helps to build healthy communities - where everyone has access to and uses the available resources that build personal and family health. A healthy community is more importantly a place where people realize their full potential for optimal health status, and that does not differ by race, culture, ethnicity, or class (income, education, job, etc.) I hope that vision becomes reality and you are a part of making it so.
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First Name: Claire
Last Name: Fawcett Brown
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I work in the North of England as a community development worker. My backgroung is in health. I have just started a part time Masters in Applied Social Research. The Tool Box is a good source of information.
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First Name: Anne
Last Name: Mohi
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Centre Manager for the Wainuiomata Community Resource Centre. Researching information about Community needs Assesments, in particular School Holiday Programmes and Youth needs.
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First Name: Arthur
Last Name: Angst
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I am the Director of Nursing Systems, at North General Hospital in Harlem. I am looking into developing grant proposals to better involve this community hospital with its community.
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First Name: Jerrie
Last Name: Abshire
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I'm a sophomore at Collin County Community College in Frisco, Texas, one of the fastest growing suburbs of the Dallas area. I'm an active member of Psi Beta; I have leadership experience with CampFire Boys and Girls; I serve in volunteer organizations within this community, and an advocacy group in a bordering community. I also mentor with my religious organization at the state's women's prison. I plan to transfer to a nearby university (UTD, UNT, or TWU) for completion of a BS in the year 2000.
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First Name: Cathy
Last Name: Flanagin
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Thanks for responding. I am glad to know it was only a temporary problem. Very useful site.
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First Name: George
Last Name: Bradley
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I am the president of Youth Organization of Generation 2ooo. We are a non-profit organization that have a National Anonymous Hot Line for kids at risk. Please visit our web site at www.generation2000.org.
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First Name: daniel
Last Name: korin
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Hi again, I can't believe that I wrote to you on December 96 (and I gave almost no information on myself). I'm a physician (pediatrician by training) with many years of involvement in community health and empowerment in the poorest neighborhoods in New York City. Among other things, I am involved in cultural competence training and program implementation, and in domestic violence. Times flies! You improved with age, keep going. I'm currently a consultant for the March of dimes national hdqrtrs for their reaching out into the Hispanic/Latino communities. I plan to use a lot of the CTB approaches. My daughter joined the Peace Corps and she is a volunteer in Belize, Central America. Among all the important things she carried there, I downloaded and copied for her a selection of the most interesting chapters. Thanks.
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First Name: Greg
Last Name: Oliver
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I manage a healthy, sustainable community information/communication center for Missoula County at www.co.missoula.mt.us/measures.
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First Name: Ruth
Last Name: Hamlin
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Executive Director for 501 (C) (3) Presbyterian Outreach, Inc.
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