Guestbook Entries
Submitted:
First Name: Merlyn
Last Name: Vinzon
City/Town: Hawthorne
State/Province: California
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am an RN with certificate in Public Health. I am very interested in community health nursing and would like to be actively involved and make a difference in the promotion of health in my family, in my work and community as a whole.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
Not yet, but now I think it is worth looking into and utilize this resource.
Submitted:
First Name: Lizette
Last Name: Morales - Chomicki
City/Town: Fairless Hills
State/Province: Pennsylvania
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am the new Community Mobilizer/Project Coordinator for the LYFT (Lower Makefield/Yardley Boro/Falls Twp/Tullytown Boro) community
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
LYFT is a coalition developed in the Pennsbury School District that has put forth in it's goals and objectives to 1) reduce underaged drinking, the use of tobacco products and other drugs through comprehensive strategies that can reduce those risk factors that increase the potential for substance abuse and promote positive/resiliency factors that minimize the potential for substance use and abuse, and 2)expand the partnership between LYFT and community partners by a)coordinating policies that affect the Pennsbury residents across all 4 domains (school, community, individual/peer and family), b)Promote academic success, and c) to develop and promote programs and services that will assist families in setting appropriate boundaries.
Submitted:
First Name: Sue
Last Name: Allen
City/Town: Westfield
State/Province: Wisconsin
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Associate Director, Alliance for Wisconsin Youth
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
Recommending it to local member coalitions for easy reference in a vast number of areas. Using it as part of training and technical assistance.
Submitted:
First Name: Marilynn
Last Name: Grossman
City/Town: College Station
State/Province: Texas
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Manager of public relations for the Texas Forest Service and chair-elect of the Southern Group of State Foresters (SGSF) Communications Committee.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I found your Social Marketing materials in my Google search. I'm exploring the idea of proposing such a strategy in our efforts to impact public perception regarding healthy forest management and eventually develop a state forest policy
Submitted:
First Name: ramakrishnan
Last Name: nanjundan
City/Town: kotagiri
State/Province:
Country: India
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
medical practitioner interested in preventive health through environment protection. one of the directors of LIONS club of Kotagiri,President of Kotagiri Wildlife Association. Networking with other local organisations to have sustainable development in this rich biodiversity hill station in The Nilgiris forming part of the Western Ghats in south India.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
Through creating awareness among the masses.
Submitted:
First Name: Jo Ann
Last Name: Nesbitt
City/Town: St. Petersburg
State/Province: Florida
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a faith based service and consulting company.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
To help with organizational development activities.
Submitted:
First Name: Mario
Last Name: Mendoza
City/Town: Bacnotan
State/Province: LA UNION
Country: Philippines
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a Faculty member of the Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University, La Union, Philippines. I am teaching agricultural engineering subjects particularly Irrigation and Drainage as well as Soil and Water Engineering. I am also handling subject in Management both in the undergraduate and graduate levels.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I just came to know the site and trying to introduce it to our organization.
Submitted:
First Name: rhonda
Last Name: wilcox
City/Town: jackson
State/Province: Ohio
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a registered advocate with the state of Ohio. I work for a rape crisis center, which we also handle alot of domestic violence cases.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I need statistics and curriculum and manuals for sexual assault and domestic violence for our center's resources.
Submitted:
First Name: Teresa
Last Name: Sprague
City/Town: Wasilla
State/Province: Mat-Su
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I work with the Fetal Alcohol Resource Project and the Mat-Su Parent Resource Center working with children with abilities, not disabilities as we say.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
New to the tool box.
Submitted:
First Name: Rick
Last Name: Melendez
City/Town: Parma
State/Province: Cuyahoga
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Supervisor for local health department. Curently working on MPH.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
Grant development.
Submitted:
First Name: La Nora
Last Name: Glaze
City/Town: Pensacola
State/Province: Florida
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a asthma educator for the Naval Hospital
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I am becoming familar with the site.
Submitted:
First Name: Michael
Last Name: Kamau Kinyanjui
City/Town: Nairobi
State/Province:
Country: Kenya
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Am a community development worker
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
Costomizing it to local training sessions and needs for our community. Its really useful.
Submitted:
First Name: Harvey
Last Name: Wallace
City/Town: Marquette
State/Province: Michigan
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Professor-Health Education Head, Dept.HPER, Northern Michigan Univ. Past Pres. National Assoc. of Local Boards of Health
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
Shared with my faculty in health education.
Submitted:
First Name: Joanna
Last Name: Johnson
City/Town: Kansas City
State/Province: Missouri
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am the Schools Collaborative Coordinator for Kansas City Chronic Disease Coalition. Prior to this, I was the Nursing Supervisor for the Kansas City Missouri School District.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
KC-CDC uses the Community Tool Box to accumulate information related to our various health programs.
Submitted:
First Name: Janet
Last Name: Strock
City/Town: Rensselaerville
State/Province: New York
Country:
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
Our small town is trying to start a food coop in Rensselaerville, NY. I am on the committe to write the bylaws.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
We are writing bylaws for this new endeavor and I found your site on my Google Search. I have not had time to read much but it looks to be very helpful and I will most likely return to find out more information. Thank you for sharing.
Submitted:
First Name: Jenie
Last Name: Joannou
City/Town: Adelaide - South Australia
State/Province:
Country: Australia
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a lecturer coming from a Teritary Program after 15 years looking to change into community development within an educational context. I have an interview for such a position on Wednesday 22 February and am in the process of preparing a 15 minute presentation on developing a strategic framework for a capital protected foundation within a very large very very new community centre.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
I am using the Tool Box as a resource to gain employment and just love it. It is extremely well done and if successful who hope to run the community program using many of the resources and information in your Tool Boxes.
Submitted:
First Name: M. Ilham Morgana
Last Name: Morgana
City/Town: Yogyakarta
State/Province: Center of java
Country: Indonesia
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I'm a staff of a provincial health promotion board.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
Actualy, I'm looking for a concept and practice of health promotion to be implemented on my job. Could you give information about freecharge training and funding to follow this concept?
Submitted:
First Name: Janet
Last Name: Desrochers
City/Town: Pilot Mound
State/Province: Manitoba
Country: Canada
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I am a recreation director
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
hoping it will help
Submitted:
First Name: Terry
Last Name: Schleder
City/Town: Albuquerque
State/Province: New Mexico
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I'm a former student of Nina Wallerstein's here at UNM. I got my MPH in 2003 and I specialize in low-income women and children's health access issues.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
just getting started.
Submitted:
First Name: Vanessa
Last Name: Braithwaite
City/Town: Atlanta
State/Province: Georgia
Country: United States Of America
Please tell us a little bit about yourself:
I function as the Executive Director, Health Initiative Programs with the Georgia Department of Community Health.
How have you used the Community Tool Box to support your work and make a difference?
Utilizing the tools related to coalition building and methodology of logic models with staff. The staff is composed of several individuals who possess different levels of expertise with coalition building and logic models. Excellent materials are offered on your site. Thank you for creating such a tool.