Guestbook Entries

Submitted:
First Name: Vergenia
Last Name: Ramos
City/Town: Najran
State/Province: Habuna
Country: KSA
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am posted as a Quality Patient Safety Coordinator
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I am just new here, but I heard about VMOSA for a long time, they said it is informative and guides steps by steps.
Submitted:
First Name: Anne
Last Name: Whitley
City/Town: Port Alberni
State/Province: BC
Country: Canada
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a social work student and a family wellness worker, who is looking into doing a support group.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I read about the support group and it helped us plan what to do next. Amazing site and resources, thanks so much!
Submitted:
First Name: Tara
Last Name: Gellene
City/Town: New York
State/Province: NY
Country: USA
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am the Senior Director of Programs at LEDA, a nonprofit that works with high-achieving, low-income high school and college student-leaders from across the US. We support them in maximizing their educational and career opportunities while making an impact in their communities.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I have just found the community tool box, and so far it seems like an incredible resource. I am thinking about ways of incorporating some of these tools in our workshops for student leaders during our Summer Institute at Princeton. Would love to connect with you all about your work.
Submitted:
First Name: Cody
Last Name: Dorrell
City/Town: Lawton
State/Province: OK
Country: United States
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I've studied many things.,..i'm a.class of 77,graduate of mt. view ,HS in OK,....class of 83 graduate,...of plumbers and pipe fitters tech collage, okc ,.....a family man ,I've raised 2 healthy n happy kids ,40 n 35...my wife cents HS ,past away of cancer....we have been involved in the church.,many years,.....i've been a business owner....entertainer ,....teacher ..leader ,...concealer,......among many other things ........at age 18 i read my first self help book now 59 i've read hundreds of books been to many short classes seminars retreats........i've had a life long passion to learn,...self educated mostly around human behavior,....i've worked with many family's ,...over many years .....the last nine years i've at my one expense acted as volunteer to the Lawton and surrounding area.......in the streets , parks ,..missions ,and from my home, ....I've personalty helped over 300 people and counting ......I've become disable ,.and i'm on a fixed income .,.....6 months, ago i lost my to be wife to suicide....she was living on the street she suffered from schizo-typal personality disorder. and major depression........the grief of loosing her is deep ,..she od on her talefero med ,......i still work with people as they need and as i find them ..... my acquired skill as a friendly honest counsel and social worker is as effective as ever ....by chance i stumbled in to the dhs site and found the tool box ....thank you for all you do ......Cody Dorrell .
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
haven't used it yet just found it .....thankful to have found it ...
Submitted:
First Name: Amy
Last Name: Williams
City/Town: Brixton
State/Province: London
Country: United Kingdom
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I’m a qualified maths teacher with over 20 years experience. I’ve worked with chidren and adults in various educational settings from schools to community projects.

I’m very keen to start my own project. I made an attempt in 2018 which failed to go forward. On reflection, I realised I needed a better understanding of the process and how to do things really.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I haven’t yet but I’m definitely going to. It looks like what I should have if I’m going to develop successful and sustainable community projects.
Submitted:
First Name: Cathleen
Last Name: Fagerstedt
City/Town: Wenatchee
State/Province: Washington
Country: United States
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Americorps Volunteer.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
Yes, I have been using your website as a reference.
Submitted:
First Name: Victor
Last Name: Ocaya
City/Town: Gulu
State/Province:
Country: Uganda
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a lecturer in the Department of Counselling Psychology at the University of the Sacred Heart Gulu, Uganda.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
The have used the information for preparing lecture notes for my students.
Submitted:
First Name: THADEI
Last Name: MSUMANJE
City/Town: MOSHI
State/Province: KILIMANJARO
Country: TANZANIA
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Im Thadei Msumanje the president and director of Tanzania Rural Empowerment Organization, TAREO, founded in 2002. personally and with our foundations we brings many years of operations experience working in rural villages and towns in the Tanzania.
We have brought education, information and communication technologies to more than 1million people of Tanzania.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
Yes , but one in our own model.
Submitted:
First Name: Josiah
Last Name: Mathews
City/Town: Lima
State/Province: OH
Country: USA
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
Yes! It is amazing!
Submitted:
First Name: Catherine
Last Name: Peila
City/Town: Jamaica Queens
State/Province: New York
Country: United States
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am the director of programs and artist services for what is considered one of the most densely diverse communities in the United States, Southeast Queens, NYC. I have lived and worked with artists and scholars from across the globe my whole life. I am embarking on creating a process in partnership with immigrant and indigenous cultural communities for Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (JCAL) that would create cultural competency practices for all the constituents engaged in producing and viewing arts and culture in such a hugely diverse community.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I have initiated conversations with my cultural communities and am including it in a capacity building grant as a tool to use with partners to build policy and a collective understanding of producing cultural events and supporting the growth of the arts.
Submitted:
First Name: Rita
Last Name: Purvis
City/Town: Hickory
State/Province: North Carolina
Country: United States
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a graduate student in our Human Services program; my professor referred me to the site. I also work at the institution in career and community relations.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I am just beginning to learn about the resources.
Submitted:
First Name: Paul
Last Name: Greenlee
City/Town: Washougal
State/Province: WA
Country:
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Vice Chair, Anderson Foundation, Chemung County NY
Washougal, WA City Council Member since April 2007.
Unite: Washougal Leadership Team since its founding in 2012 (Unite is a Community Prevention (Drugs, Alcohol, Tobacco) Coalition. Building a community, creating environmental change is the bedrock of modern Prevention Science.)
Founder of the Unite Washougal Foundation
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
Today was my first visit. I'll let you know
Submitted:
First Name: Bonita
Last Name: Telford
City/Town: Wellington
State/Province: FL
Country: USA
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
We are a non profit located in the SE Part of Florida, we work with first time home buyers, preparing them to purchase a home. We take them thru the buying process, we do this thru education sessions, seminars, webinars and workshops, along with 1 on 1 counseling.
For Homeowners - we provide the education on home maintenance, part of the home maintenance model is to educate on building and creating a healthy home and using green building home products that is safe for the environment.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I discovered your website and am now browsing thru to see if there is anything our organization can use for further education.
Submitted:
First Name: Paul
Last Name: Ellis Jackson
City/Town: Wichita
State/Province: Kansas
Country: United States
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I'm the Associate Minister at University Congregational Church in Wichita, Kansas where I've served since 1995 in a variety of positions. I am fiercely committed to social justice and being an advocate/ally for those who have been shoved to the margins. I try to be a good neighbor in all I do.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
Just discovered your resources and plan on making use of them immediately.
Submitted:
First Name: Kristin
Last Name: Hadley
City/Town: Chicago
State/Province: Illinois
Country: Cook
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am the founder and President of organization that is call I Love Myself with CP and ADHD Networking Group. And what we do is disability advcation-training-workshops program.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
We had done some disability advcation-training-workshops program on our own. But we had learn that the way that we was doing the advcation-training-workshops that we had to get little more way to become better trained when do our advcation-training-workshops program for now own.
Submitted:
First Name: PAREMEDO
Last Name:
City/Town: Bute
State/Province:
Country: Kenya
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I'm Yahya Bulle Mohamed. I'm 46yrs of Age. I'm a Kenyan by birth and currently in North Eastern region of Kenya. I'm the currently the Managing director of Pastrol resources management and educational development organization (PAREMEDO) ,a community based organization working for the Maginilized Community of Wajir North Subcounty of Wajir County, NE region of Kenya.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I have recently found the community tool box recently and found it as a very useful tool to use. It's very relevant and reliable in deed.
Submitted:
First Name: Lisa
Last Name: Harris
City/Town:
State/Province:
Country:
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Assistant Professor-Public Health Nurse
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I use the toolbox for my Master's courses; introduce students to the resource
Submitted:
First Name: Kelly
Last Name: Anthony
City/Town: Waterloo
State/Province: Ontario
Country: Canada
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a teaching professor and an active community member. I like to demystify Program planning and evaluation for my university students as well as help community groups and members see how they can create and support the solutions that best fit them and their communities. Most of my teaching in the School of Public Health at University of Waterloo is around health inequities; the CTB is perfect for much of what I do.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
For a few years, I have use the CTB for my Health Program Planning and Evaluation course; this year, it's the primary textbook. Accessible while still being a serious and evidence based information source. Fantastic resource that I use personally in community work.
Submitted:
First Name: Muzi
Last Name: Tshabalala
City/Town: Germiston
State/Province: Gauteng
Country: RAS
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Student
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
research
Submitted:
First Name: Vuyelwa Clara
Last Name: Monnakgotla
City/Town: Johannesburg
State/Province: Gauteng
Country: ZA
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I a Community Developer and trainer and my main core functions are to capacitate emerging organisations, build community connections and also to train them of basic requirements for operating their organisations,
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
It has helped to create a template to be able to identify key stakeholders to be able to co-ordinate community coalitions