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First Name: Lori A.
Last Name: Wrzesinski, M.A.
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I am Director of Youth Services for Downers Grove Township. We provide prevention services to 9 villages within the township. These services include but aren't limited to: parenting, life skills in the middle/jr. high schools, conflict resolution programs to elementary age children, various strategies that target substance abuse and violence, two first offender programs, and an anger management group for youth age 12 to 17 and their parents. I have been in the field of prevention for 8 years and started out as a counselor with a private psychiatric group.
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First Name: Steve
Last Name: Lyons
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I am a social worker who is engaged in a needs assessment for McLean County (Illinois). I work for the Applied Social Research Unit, which is part of the College of Arts and Sciences at Illinois State University.
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First Name: Monte
Last Name: Roulier
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Currently serving as the Dialogue Coach for the Coalition for Healthier Cities and Communities' Heathy Communities Agenda Campaign. What and extraordinary resource you have here!
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First Name: Catherine
Last Name: Lamb
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Rural Community Health Center Locations in Temperance and Carleton, Michigan
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First Name: Ruth
Last Name: Ehresman
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I am the Director for Program at Citizens for Missouri's Children. In my non-professional life I am an activist with a church-based community organization in my neighborhood.
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First Name: Cristy
Last Name: Freed
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I am a social work student at Mount Vernon Nazarene College in Mount Vernon, Ohio
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First Name: Pete
Last Name: Hoffman
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I work with a network of diabetes community based programs in Texas
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First Name: Christopher
Last Name: Masi
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I am the project director for Every Block A Village Online. Our address is www.ebvonline.org.
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First Name: Cyndi
Last Name: Forcier
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I'm a director of communications/marketing for a non-profit health care organization.
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First Name: Marc
Last Name: Regan
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I live in Alderpoint/Blocksburg community in the Southern Humboldt County of California. My community has received a Healthy Cities and Communities Grant and I thought this website might be of use. Thanks.
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First Name: Josephine
Last Name: Rogers
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I plan and organize training and technical assistance programs for neighborhood-based organizations and offer a leadership development program. Our organization began in 1994. Web address: www.inrc.org
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First Name: Susan
Last Name: Farrell
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I am delivering a training programme called Health Issues in the Community to a group of women who have been trained as Community Facilitators and I want to discover if this tool box will be of use to them when they go out to work on health projects
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First Name: Peggy
Last Name: Hashemipour
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I must complement you on your website. It is not only beautiful and well-organized, but also contains great information. Thanks for your work.
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First Name: Joao Paulo
Last Name: Amaro
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Hello! i'm a clinical psychologist with a post-graduation in community mental health and interested in empowerment, participation and community leadership. i live in Lisbon, Portugal and work in ISPA (see www.ispa.pt). Thank you for your site it's help me in my work. in Portugal we have very few instruments of research and evaluation in community psychology.
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First Name: Leona
Last Name: Whitman Waser
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I am interested in community development programs
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First Name: Wendy
Last Name: Harris
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Hi. I am interested and working in the area of community building based on the reources and capacities that exist within the community. I'm perplexed about how to conduct my work in the suburbs, any help would be appreciated. thanks
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First Name: Mary
Last Name: Roach
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I am a pharmacy doctor and I have implemented an innovative program in the the community entitiled, "Giving Tylenol (acetaminophen) Products to Infants and Children." It has helped a great deal of people and I am attempted to continue this program across the country. The program has won grant support from the Center for Proper Medication Use.
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First Name: Leon
Last Name: Churchill
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I've been town manager of Windsor, CT since January 1, 1999. I'm looking for ideas and the leadership to develop and implement a Healthy Communities Initiative, particularly as it relates to family support network.
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First Name: David
Last Name: Bigelow
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CEO at North Lincoln Hospital, Lincoln City, Oregon
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First Name: Cindy
Last Name: Mason
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work in community based health promotion program, focusing on physical activity, cardiovascular health; advocate for walkable communities; facilitate local fitness council
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First Name: Maria
Last Name: Limon
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diabetes awareness and education with migrant workers
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First Name: marylou
Last Name: alvarez
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Health educator working on diabetes prevention
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First Name: Richard
Last Name: Stein
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I am a dentist who is part of a group called the Short Grass Prairie Trail inc. which is attempting to develop a hiking-biking trail in southwest Kansas. We live in a community which has a shrinking population and which is consequently losing businesses. We don't seem to have much opposition to the trail at this point but are having difficulty finding ways to get it going.
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First Name: Nancy
Last Name: Markowski
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I am director of the Paradise Valley Community College Child Development Center.
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First Name: Angela
Last Name: Sy
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I am a doctoral student in Public Health at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. (I also have an MPH.) My research area for my disseration is an evaluation of physical activity coalitions in the state. This is a most informative and user friendly resource that I have come across. I have been telling anyone interested about this very useful resource! This "Community Toolbox "is comprehensive, thorough, and well presented. Thank you for having this available to the "virtual communities."
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First Name: Ayo
Last Name: Heinegg
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looking for a job in economic community development 2 years working directly with small scale producer coops, 2 years of field research and evaluation of coops M.S. in agricultural economics from Cornell--fluent Spanish
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First Name: Cindy
Last Name: Byfield
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I'm very interested in promoting physical activity within my community; would like to make it a "walkable community". I'm a Ph.D student at Colorado State University and a Registered Dietitian (and a K.U. grad!)- great site.
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First Name: Muriel
Last Name: Clement
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I am affiliated with ECCO, Lynn Ma. We are looking for a talented organizer with broad-base orgnizing experience and interest. I can be reached at 781-306-3171
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First Name: Brad
Last Name: Jordan
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President of the Oak Park Homes Association. 2,358 homes in Overland Park & Lenexa Kansas. Web site http://www.kcmetro.net/opha
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First Name: Elaine
Last Name: Douglas
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I work with health and social service agencies -- supporting their efforts through training and offering advice on implementing effective communication programs.
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First Name: Gil
Last Name: Sisneros
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I am a health education consultant with the Calf. Dept. of Health Services. I am currently employed by the California Nutrition Network for Healthy, Active Families Program. I work in the community development unit and will share this excellent web-page with our community development contractors. Thanks.
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First Name: ron
Last Name: miller
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I'm a pretty cool dude and a personal friend of Vince Francisco...that pretty much sums it up.
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First Name: janice
Last Name: hansen
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I'm the art director at art&sign and am priveleged to know and work with ron miller.
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First Name: amy
Last Name: wing
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I'm interested in receiving grant monies for personal use...such as travel to Italy and Portugal.
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First Name: Dorothy
Last Name: Watley
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I discovered this web site trying to find sample proposals that have been funded. I found several very interesting things on here and bookmarked it. I will be visiting quite often.
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First Name: ron
Last Name: miller
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I'm a good guy and like what you guys are doing.
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First Name: Lyne
Last Name: Landry
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Masters in Community Psyc student, working on thesis, topic is safe sex education among chronic mentally ill.
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First Name: Michele
Last Name: Gagne
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I work with communities to aid in the development of coalitions. I also work with the Teen Assessment Project, which surveys youth in schools and provides the information to parents through a newsletter series and parent forums.
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First Name: Jane
Last Name: Hittner
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I am the lead person on several community projects for developing a healthlier and safer community for children and their families in our two county area.
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First Name: Dana
Last Name: Keener
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Graduate student at University of South Carolina studying Clinical-Community Psychology
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First Name: Raymond
Last Name: Daw
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I am the Executive Director for two rural private, non-profit programs that serve largely Native American populations; a 150-bed residential program, secondly, a prevention/community mobilization program.
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First Name: Taj
Last Name: Nadeem
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I am a Master of Public Health having extensive experience in Community Health Sciences. I have excellent computer skills including Windows 95/98/NT, Excel, Power Point, MS Words, Access, SPSS, Visual Basic, Oracle7 using SQL, PL/SQL languages and application development in Developer 2000 tools(Oracle Forms and Oracle Reports). I have extensive experience in Research, Teaching and Training and Community Work.Iam interested to work with your team.
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First Name: Marie
Last Name: Kissinger
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I am married with two children. I teach school with special needs students.
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First Name: Joyce
Last Name: Perrett
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I'm writing in from The Salvation Army in Hartford, CT and working on a program called "Kids Count!" which encourages young people in the elementary grades to become actively involved in volunteerism and fundraising for The Salvation Army. They know little about the organization, with the exception that they do "good work" at Christmastime -- and it's much more than that!
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First Name: Karen
Last Name: Bruce
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Program Director of Family Medicine Residency Program of Topeka. The program faculty have a strong committment to community health and community service. Found CTB through Kansas Connections. Interested in the resources on the site.
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First Name: Sharifa
Last Name: Riddett
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I work as a Regional Facilitator with the Alberta Women's Enterprise Initiative Association. We are a not for profit organizaton funded by the Canadian Federal Government. We work with Alberta women wo are running their own businesses and those in the planning or start-up stages.
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First Name: Linda
Last Name: Spong
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I'm the director of a food pantry and soup kitchen.
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First Name: pam
Last Name: taylor
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I work with persons with mental retardation. My main focus is supported employment for persons with disabilities.
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First Name: Michelle
Last Name: Hurtubise
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I am with a community health centre located in Toronto. We serve seniors, youth (13-24) and people with spinal cord related disabilities.
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First Name: Rhonda
Last Name: Collins
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health education coordinator for city of Norwalk, CT
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