HCHY List: How are you working with the Developmental Assets?

[Callie PaStarr]

Greetings, Asset Builders -

Here at Search Institute we are overhauling our web site to make it more
useful and user-friendly. One of the new features will be mapping software
that will allow users to scroll across a map and pop up a page for any
location willing to share their asset building activities. Each location,
whether it is a Healthy Communities Healthy Youth initiative or a school or
congregation or youth serving program will have its own page and you can
submit short articles that help tell your story. If you don't currently have
a web site for your initiative, the SI page for your group will have its own
URL, so you can use it to direct folks to your information. If you do have a
web site, we would be glad to post your link so others can find you.

This will replace the static list of  community initiatives currently on our
web site.

We will be spending the next month adding the first round of asset building
initiatives and organizations to the site, with an intent to launch the new
pages later this summer, and continue adding pages throughout the year.

If you are interested in having a page on our web site to showcase your
efforts, let us know!

Here are the kinds of information we are seeking:

1. Name of your initiative, school, congregation, program or other asset
building group and an address for the initiative (this is for the mapping
feature- it won't actually show up on our site).
2. Name of a contact person with email address and a phone number.
3. ONE paragraph about your initiative or organization
4. Any stories you want to share about events, projects, asset builders who
exemplify your work, sectors that are engaged and how, your history...
5. Any upcoming events, if you would like to use this feature to promote
(date, time, place, description)
6. Pictures (If you put the HCHY logo on your water tower, or created a
great tee shirt or your police department hands out positive tickets...folks
would like to see it.)
7. Any documents or resources you'd care to share with others.  (This can
include print based items such as manuals, posters, essays, reports,
activity descriptions, or links to other media such as news clips, videos
you have created, audio files, and so on. Contact us with your questions.)

Numbers 1 through 3 are required in order to have a page on our site.
Stories (number 4) help all of us learn from each other. Numbers 5 through 7
are optional, depending on what you have to share and how you wish to use
the page.

Questions? Contact either Callie PaStarr, Promise Fellow 800-888-7828 ext
546  callie- at search-institute.org or Nancy Tellett-Royce, Community Liaison
800-888-7828 ext 227 nancyt at search-institute.org

We look forward to hearing from you so we can showcase your asset building
efforts!

Our goal is to post information that will help asset builders learn from
each other and share great ideas. We look forward to hearing from you!

Callie and Nancy

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Search Institute, Promise Fellow
615 First Ave. NE
Minneapolis, MN 55413
800-888-7828 x546
www.search-institute.org

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