Guestbook entries

Submitted:
First Name: Manu
Last Name: Mayank
City/Town: Brisbane
State/Province: QLD
Country: Australia
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
i am a Development Planner by profession and currently pursuing a professional masters in Social Planning and Development.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
your tool box has been very helpful for me during evaluating a sommunity development project.
Submitted:
First Name: Rita
Last Name: Salain
City/Town: Decatur
State/Province: Georgia
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
Currently reviewing for utility for serveral rural health and primary care projects.
Submitted:
First Name: Verlys
Last Name: Reddog
City/Town: Missoula
State/Province: Montana
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
technical write in a grant program
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
to gain knowledge in community development
Submitted:
First Name: Beverly
Last Name: Dion-Potts
City/Town: Ma-Me-O Beach
State/Province: Alberta
Country: Canada
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
2nd year student in Aboriginal Social Work Program. Married with four children.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
Great for essays and term papers.
Submitted:
First Name: Betty
Last Name: Doss
City/Town: Pillager
State/Province: Minnesota
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am the director at a non-profit organization that helps families and children within their own community.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
First time to website to find out information.
Submitted:
First Name: Andrea
Last Name: Stephenson
City/Town: Belle Glade
State/Province: Florida
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
ED of CBO with mission of improving human conditions of residents through system development activities.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
Submitted:
First Name: Deborah
Last Name: Walkington
City/Town: Denver
State/Province: Colorado
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am the Professional Development Coordinator for the CO CDC NBCCEDP program
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
Educate CO community coordinators how to implement consortia-building in their regions to connect women with breast and cervial cancer screening and follow-up services and resources.
Submitted:
First Name: Parker
Last Name: Plitz
City/Town: Oneida
State/Province: Wisconsin
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a Community Planner for the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin. I frequently seek websites to gain insights on planning techniques and experiences of other units of government to improve our planning process for bringing success and improve the quality of life for the community.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
Techniques are presented in the Toolbox that are transferable to community planning in many ways from strategic thinking to task completion. Thank you for providing such a broad and indepth service.
Submitted:
First Name: deloris
Last Name: keels
City/Town: newark
State/Province: New Jersey
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a pastor of a local fellowship (Church At Shalom, Inc.)located in Newark, NJ I am currently seeking to get funding for a program that we have implemented (we help juveniles find employment) we have started our own employment agency. We are tax exempt. I can be reached at 973-642-2327
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
Need help - How to apply for Grants - help in preparing a proposal, etc.
Submitted:
First Name: Navia
Last Name: Gregory
City/Town: Gallup
State/Province: New Mexico
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Public Health Consultant
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
Strategic Planning
Submitted:
First Name: JUDITH
Last Name: PROCTER
City/Town: Wichita
State/Province: Sedgwick
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Female, single, Hispanic, have lived in Wichita for almost 25 years. I have worked on a newspaper, radio and TV(first Hisp.progr. in Wichita) I have serve on several boards, speaker at schools, churches and participated in reach out programs thru the Health Dept.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
I was not aware of this until just now.
Submitted:
First Name: muhammad
Last Name: Farooq
City/Town: Lahore
State/Province:
Country: Pakistan
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I work for a british charity looking after working equines of the poor.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
As guide lines
Submitted:
First Name: Lisa
Last Name: Jones
City/Town: Richmond
State/Province: Kentucky
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a graduate student in Rural Public Health Nursing a Eastern Kentucky University. I have been doing an internship at the Madison County Health Department for the past 3 semesters. Many of the tutorials in the toolbox have been very helpful in both my classroom assignments as well as my internship responsibilities.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
I have passed the information and web address along to others in my class for reference. I have also utilized information for my internship responsibilities.
Submitted:
First Name: Kelly
Last Name: Saechao
City/Town: Fresno
State/Province: California
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a MPH graduate stduent at Fresno State.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
I am learning about the Community Tool Box as one of my class.
Submitted:
First Name: Hermien
Last Name: Schroder
City/Town:
State/Province:
Country: Other
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Student, living in South Africa. Presently busy with Honours degree in Psychology.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
Scanning through the tools to generate ideas for approaches, hoping to compare with what is happening in our country.
Submitted:
First Name: Tracey
Last Name: Mancini
City/Town: Middlesex
State/Province: Vermont
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
College student/using the Toolbox along with a PCD class.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
Submitted:
First Name: Andrew
Last Name: Schechterman
City/Town: Orem
State/Province: Utah
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a Social Scientist and Medical Psychologist.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
I'm looking for employment in Public Health, in Kansas City metro; found your site via KHI. Very informative. Thank you!
Submitted:
First Name: Louise
Last Name: Cheli
City/Town: St. Charles
State/Province: Missouri
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I graduated from KU in 1987 with a B.S.E. in Community Health. This web page is impressive.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
I don't know yet.
Submitted:
First Name: Mary K
Last Name: Aucutt
City/Town: Boise
State/Province: Idaho
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
Submitted:
First Name: Jeffrey
Last Name: Shelton
City/Town: Chesapeake
State/Province: Virginia
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
public human svs agency administrator
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
research on community organization strategies
Submitted:
First Name: Rob
Last Name: Kramer
City/Town: Somerville
State/Province: Massachusetts
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Doctoral Student in public policy at Umass Boston. I had the pleasure of contributing to the CTB while doing my MA at Umass Lowell with Bill Berkowitz.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
Now I'm trying to integrate some of the reference materials on focus groups into something I'm currently doing with a group. Enjoyable to read as ever. I'm glad to see people are using the site!
Submitted:
First Name: Bethany
Last Name: Cummings
City/Town: Winchester
State/Province: Virginia
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am an emergency physician and regional EMS medical area for the 5 northernmost counties of the Shenandoah Valley.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
I plan on using it to assist one of our organizations to revamp our mission and vision statements and strategic EMS plan for state funding.
Submitted:
First Name: Sue
Last Name: Weaver
City/Town: Oak Lawn
State/Province: Illinois
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Presently, I'm a MSW student at Jane Addams College of Social Work, University of Illinois and will graduate in May, 2005.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
I'm using this resource with a class I'm taking, Practice in Social Work II. I was just introduced to the tool box by my Professor and must admit I'm very impressed. The reading on Ethical Issues in Community Interventions was excellent and I'm sure I will be referring to it in years to come.
Submitted:
First Name: Gerilyn
Last Name: Powers
City/Town: Temperance
State/Province: Michigan
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I'm an RN completing my BSN through the University of Phoenix. The community toolbox was recommended by an instructor.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
Submitted:
First Name: Joan
Last Name: Kerley
City/Town: Syracuse
State/Province: New York
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
i am the Director of Service Learning at Le Moyne College
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
I am currently taking a course at Syracuse University on developing service learning courses. I am using your site as a resource for developing community partnerships in service-learning courses. I also hope to come back to it to use as a resource in my work at Le Moyne. Thank you for this resource! Sr. Joan
Submitted:
First Name: Beth
Last Name: LaRocque
City/Town: Montreal
State/Province: Quebec
Country: Canada
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I will have 10 years in AA April; S-Anon [friends of sexaholics]: 4 years. Want to start FOR-ON [Friends of Recovery-Ontario] linked to you! Big dreams....!! :)
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
I love Wm White's Incestuous Workplace and all his articles; just 'discovered' the CTB and am going to an AA PI meeting tomorrow to attract West Island ENglish district info......this will help!
Submitted:
First Name: Alison
Last Name: Welch Keliihoomalu
City/Town: Kamuela
State/Province: Hawaii
Country:
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am the Program Coordinator for the North Hawaii Drug-Free Coalition
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
I am trying to get information about evaluations tools
Submitted:
First Name: Stefana
Last Name: Moldovan
City/Town: Lexington
State/Province: Kentucky
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am an international student from Romania and I come to the US with a scholarship and I study in University of Kentucky.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
Submitted:
First Name: Shirley
Last Name: Chow
City/Town: Edmomton
State/Province: Alberta
Country:
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Practicum Student for Social work came upon by accident and just started cruising
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
First of all I have been so unorginazed these last few years that I have started to get thing together again.Thank you for having this here.
Submitted:
First Name: Ken
Last Name: Wedel
City/Town: Millville
State/Province: New Jersey
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I chair a newly forming community development group as well as sit on a couple of NPO bod's
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
I'm looking forward to using it...
Submitted:
First Name: zaiba
Last Name: akram
City/Town: lahore
State/Province: punjab
Country:
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
i am working with Internationl Labour Organization on its project combation child labour in carpet industry.ultimate objective of Project is to eliminate child labour through provision ofnon formal education and micro credit. for this i have to interact with community and mobilize it to participate in project.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
It is helpful in understanding differnet paradigms of community and will help in effective organization of community for sustainab development.
Submitted:
First Name: tracy
Last Name: harper
City/Town: sunderland
State/Province:
Country: Great Britain (UK)
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
im a staff nurse currently working on a medical ward
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
because i want to work in the community and have an interview on the 13th and would like to Know more about the community and the role of the district nurse.
Submitted:
First Name: charles
Last Name: njora
City/Town: canberra
State/Province:
Country: Australia
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I'm a final year communication student at the university of canberra (ACT) australia majoring in community development.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
I'm currently doing my final year project, focusing on the evaluation of a community development project. I have an extensive reference on this subject and I think this website is very enlighting and helpful. Keep it up, you are really helping many students and practitioners out there.
Submitted:
First Name: Melanie
Last Name: Levy
City/Town: Sterling
State/Province: Virginia
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
MSW student. Interested in advocacy, leadership, and end-of-life issues.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
I have used the CTB as a resource for many community building projects. Specifically, the info about grant writing and coalition building. My needs are few right now, but as I become more familiar with community building I will be using the website more and more. I applaud those who maintain this website. What a wonderful resource!
Submitted:
First Name: Bobbi
Last Name: Dunivan
City/Town: Oroville
State/Province: California
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am an Administrative Analyst for the Butte County Children and Families Commission, working with grantees. The recognition of and training in diversity, inclusion, and technical assistance are included in my responsiblities, as are grant monitoring.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
Just visiting at this time. Will likely use in the future.
Submitted:
First Name: Lina
Last Name: Castellanos
City/Town: Miami
State/Province: Florida
Country:
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Center for Community Learning is a non profit entity that serves communities, writes proposals, and is involved in capacity building and advocacy.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
The Center for Commnity Learning is involved in assisting communities to become self-sufficent through different programs. The tool box has a wealth of information to guide many areas of our work.
Submitted:
First Name: TOR
Last Name: IORAPUU
City/Town: JOS, NIGERIA
State/Province:
Country:
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
MY BACKGROUND IS IN THEATRE FOR DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZING. I TEACH IN THE UNIVERSITY AND I ALSO FIND SPACE WORK WITH GRASSROOTS ORGANISATIONS
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
WELL, I HAVE JUST COME ACROSS THE WEBSITE AND THE CTB, AND I HAVE FOUND IT INTERSTING. I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW HOW I CAN GET THE MATERIALS MAILED TO ME. THE INTERNET PROCESS HERE IS QUITE EXPENSIVE AND WOULD RATHER HAVE THE TOOLS MAILED TO ME. CAN SOME ONE HELP. THANK YOU.
Submitted:
First Name: Frank
Last Name: O'Hara
City/Town: Keyser
State/Province: West Virginia
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Graduate student...community health promotion, public health...
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
Suggest text assignment...Really looks great. You are bookmarked as a favorite..
Submitted:
First Name: Rev Dr Edwin
Last Name: Goldberg
City/Town: New York
State/Province: New York
Country:
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am an Interfaith Clergyman and Certified Rehabilitation Counselor.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
I am utilizing the Community Tool Box in determining methods of evaluation of effectiveness of vocational habilitation of my clients. Hopefully, I can evolve a way and direction of influencing the agency I work for to look at VR from out of the box perspective.
Submitted:
First Name: Betty
Last Name: Mason
City/Town: Augusta
State/Province: Maine
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
Submitted:
First Name: gregory
Last Name: green
City/Town: Jacksonville
State/Province: Florida
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am student taking course in State Politics.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
In class project, and discussion as how Community vioce can be heard.
Submitted:
First Name: Esther
Last Name: Lwanga
City/Town: Lanham
State/Province: Maryland
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am working as a Community Health Analyst with a PCA in Maryland and am interested in Community Developement Approaches.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
I am new to this tool kit and hope to use it towards improved strategic planning
Submitted:
First Name: Leona
Last Name: Mott
City/Town: Sudbury
State/Province: Ontario
Country: Canada
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Gerontology Student
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
Submitted:
First Name: Rob
Last Name: Kramer
City/Town: Somerville
State/Province: Massachusetts
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Doctoral Student in Public Policy at UMASS Boston, researcher-prior writer for ctb.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
Just looking around. The site looks good, and I'm happy to see people are using it.
Submitted:
First Name: robert
Last Name: sand
City/Town: Los Angeles
State/Province: California
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I'm a hard working dad!!!
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
just checking ot out
Submitted:
First Name: Patricia
Last Name: Courtney
City/Town: Roxbury
State/Province: Massachusetts
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
The Mt.Pleasant,Forest & Vine Streets Neighborhood Association located in the Roxbury section of Boston, MA. is a emerging grassroot organization dedicated to the betterment of the community. We are determined to joined with other neighborhood associations in fighting street crime, preserving the area for old and new residents.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
To increase neighbor to neighbor communication and building grantwriting skills
Submitted:
First Name: teresa
Last Name: naron
City/Town: Rule
State/Province: Texas
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am an online Health Science Studies major at Texas Womens University and have this site posted as part of my homework/quizz assignment. The course is titled, "The Process of Community Health Education and Promotion".
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
I am attempting to locate on your web site, five types of information and list them for my quiz.
Submitted:
First Name: Andrea
Last Name: Kintree
City/Town: St. Louis
State/Province: Missouri
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
A RN, I run the nurse-directed Health Services on this urban community college campus. Tobacco is the drug of choice.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
With colleagues, I hope to find other ways to address this addiction and implement them. Thanks for sharing with other colleges and the campus community.
Submitted:
First Name: Kim
Last Name: Kong-Hyun
City/Town: Seoul, Korea
State/Province:
Country: Other
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Professor and Dean Graduate School of Public Health, Inje University
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
Material for teaching students and helping communities
Submitted:
First Name: Diane
Last Name: Hipp
City/Town: Stevensville
State/Province: Montana
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I work for CSAP's Western CAPT as a TA and Training Coordinator working with 19 grantees in the western region that are implementing grants to reduce underage drinking. I have been in the prevention field for the past 20 years as a trainer and TA provider.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?:
I am using it as a resource to help my grantees and to help me research questions they have in regards to this field.