1. Community Partnering Judy Bowen, Program Analyst State Unit on Aging 676 Church Street NE Salem OR 97301 Tele: 503-373-1842 Fax: 503-373-1133 Email:Judy.Bowen@state.or.us

2. WHAT IS A GOAL? … … … the end toward which effort is directed

3. Goal Setting   Make sure the goal you are working for is something you really want, not just something that sounds good.   A goal can not contradict any of your other goals.

4. Goal Setting (cont’d)   Develop goals in all areas of life: health, family, community, business   Write your goal in the positive instead of the negative.   Write your goal out in complete detail.

5. Continued…   By all means, make sure your goal is high enough.   This is the most important, write down your goals.

6. Caregiver Program Interested Parties Supporters Collaborators Participating Supporting Sharing Information AAA “Family” Informal Sector Private Sector Key Individuals Public Sector Voluntary Sector Community Partners

7. Community Map   Creating a Community Map enables you to become familiar with the interrelationships of the people and geography of your whole community.

8. Community Mapping Identifying the following five aspects allows residents to build a map of their community: 1. Boundaries: A community’s boundaries, or external edges, show the turf to its residents. 2. Pathways: Streets, bike trails and walkways provide for the comings and goings of pedestrians and vehicles.

9. Continued…. 3. Gathering places: Gathering places within the community are squares, shopping malls, plazas, building complexes and other places interchange. 3. Gathering places: Gathering places within the community are squares, shopping malls, plazas, building complexes and other places interchange. 4. Key Landmarks to which people attach special significance: A community has distinguishing features which “define it” and “make it” unique. 4. Key Landmarks to which people attach special significance: A community has distinguishing features which “define it” and “make it” unique. 5. Neighborhoods: Communities are composed of smaller internal units that are defined by the boundaries and pathways. 5. Neighborhoods: Communities are composed of smaller internal units that are defined by the boundaries and pathways.

10. Helping each other achieve goals!