Guestbook Entries

Since turning sixty years old, I've taken a different view of life and my role in it. Today I see too many young people missing out on the opportunity to pursue a higher education. Along with that, our own communities are eroding from lack of support for core nonprofit organizations. The rise of crowd- funding as a means to offset conventional funding gives us an option that can unify our communities and educate our young people about the benefits of small actions that can make a big impact.

I can't say what I have not done yet, but my hope is to use Community Tool Box to aid in the teaching of our team members and leaders in the community as to how we can better arrive at the goals that we have set for our campaigns. Funding nonprofits, building relationships with our young people and developing funding for higher educational pursuits are our primary goals. We are just beginning, and we need all the help that we can get. Thank you very much, from all of us.

I have been in Human Services/Social Services/Mental Health/Addictions for at least the last 31 years. Currently, I am the Social Worker for Lititz, Hematology and Oncology Care of Lititz, PA. We are a out pt based infusion center

I will use Community Tools to develop a variety of support group experiences for our patients and their families

I am a registered nurse and returning student

school

I am a college instructor assigned to teach a business writing course that includes a service learning component.

I would like to use the Community Tool Box to support student group project work.

I am the Legislative and Legal Coordinator for a small nonprofit in Baltimore City that assists in the investigation of child sexual abuse. My position was newly created to fulfill our legislative priorities and to full develop our advocacy program.

Your information regarding advocacy, legislative advocacy, and public policy were incredibly useful as I am still getting my footing in this position! Such an amazing resource to have, thank you!!

I work with the University Communications Office with a team of 6. We are tasked
to generate awareness, understanding, engagement, and support to the vision and mission of the University, and help the University communicate more effectively with both internal and external audiences --- students, faculty and staff, alumni, parents, friends and partners, and the general public. Specifically, the UCO team assists the University in the following:
• Media/Public Relations
• Web communications, Social Media
• Strategic communication plans and policies
• Institutional documentation (photography, video production)
• Recruitment and Marketing

I use it as a practical guide on how to do particular tasks such as how to organize a press conference, how to prepare a media kit, etc.

I work for a nonprofit and coordinate state recognition programs on character and ethics

Just started studying the whole tool box.

I am a Community Health Worker pursing an MSW at University of Texas Arlington. I primarily work with Geriatric patients in a health care setting with an interdisciplinary team.

Beginning a volunteer program for sharing skills with others. Skills can be practical such as gardening, farming, cooking, dancing, music, writing, plumbing and carpentry.

My husband and I retired to the Mohawk Valley of NY about 2 years ago. We share a common interest of community action and blog about ways to achieve community improvement. I would like to start a volunteer teaching program and am looking for some tangible ways to get that started.

A retired Electrical Engineer who turned volunteer and now heads a non-profit supporting elders in the community of Cascais, Portugal.

Absolutely! Many topics are known to me, but I need the toolbox to help me set direction for the organization and train my team. I find it very good and full of excellent tips and tools.

I am considering starting a non-profit organization to help underprivileged girls. While browsing online for information, I ran across this site and decided to review it. I decided I wanted to go back later and really explore the Community Tool Box so I decided to sign the guestbook.

We are service for people with disabilities in Ireland. We offer a wide range of community based training, residential, employment and social services to support people to live as independent citizens in their communities. We support over 350 people and employ around 400. We are accredited by the Council on Quality and Leadership (http://www.c-q-l.org) Towson MA. We were the first service in Ireland to achieve such accreditation.

I am responsible for engaging volunteers and your tool box has been very helpful in terms of developing a strategic plan to improve our volunteer program for 2016. I have found the site an excellent resource and I will pass it onto my colleagues.

We are service for people with disabilities in Ireland. We offer a wide range of community based training, residential, employment and social services to support people to live as independent citizens in their communities. We support over 350 people and employ around 400. We are accredited by the Council on Quality and Leadership (http://www.c-q-l.org) Towson MA. We were the first service in Ireland to achieve such accreditation.

I am responsible for engaging volunteers and your tool box has been very helpful in terms of developing a strategic plan to improve our volunteer program for 2016. I have found the site an excellent resource and I will pass it onto my colleagues.

I have worked in the area of advocacy for bilingual education for 40 years. I am a consultant and provide expert professional development to teachers, administrators and parents regarding how to increase achievement and academic success for English Learners.

I work for HUD in the Tulsa Field Office. I am a sociologist.

We are embarking on a 2-year project in a small city nearby. I've been aware of the Toolbox for years and believe it is a good tool to share.

I am the Director of the Promise Community initiative for the state of Vermont. Promise Communities are place based initiatives for communities in rural VT, funded through the Race to the Top- Early Learning Challenge grant.

I just found this resource and it is just great to see such a wealth of information that supports the work we are doing in a great easy to use format. We have been doing this work and pulling from a variety of resources yet this is the most comprehensive and easy to use. We will be looking at it more to see how it can support our work as we move forward. We are less than a year into our community work. Thank you.

I was told about this site as a possible resource to help further my non-profit organization I am in the process of organizing.

I am new to the CTB and not very familiar with everything available to me at this moment.

I am a retired RN, FNP with a DrPH in Maternal & Child Health doing volunteer humanitarian development work in education and women's development in South Sudan where I have a project educating over 400 adult women and am starting a community based school for children where I expect attendance around 700 in 2016.

I've just located this site and think there is considerable potential for use in my work in South Sudan.

I am a mid-level dental hygienist working on my masters in public health.

Serving those with low or no access to oral health care due to age, disability, area, and/or low socioeconomic status. Also an advocate against domestic violence