r.l)?;C 27 RAIN Dec. 82/)an. 83 How To Organize a Skill Exchange From: Skillsbank 340 S. Pioneer Ashland, OR 97520 $3.50 Includes information about how to raise money, create the right public information, and organize the informatiun about skills. Natural Helping Networks Diane Pancoast, Alice H. Collins National Association ofSocial Workers 1425 H. St. NW, Suite 600, Washington, D.C. 20005 $6.50 paper, 1976 An exploration of the idea of llsing natural social networks of friendships and good neighbors as interperson<ll and community support networks. The Regional Re'iearch Institute at Portland State University (PO Box 751, Portland, OR 97207), is continuing its study of <;elfhelp activities based in part on this origi nal studv. Helping Networks: How People Cope with Problems in the Urban Community The Community Effectiveness Institute 2233 Delaware Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48103 (313)/665-5206 A study of natural helping networks in neighbllrhood settings. Thr{1ugh information gathered in Pittsburgh and Detroit, the aulhors describe a variety of roles people playas natural helpers'and discusses the p(ltential of natural helpers in proViding community services, buiJdin~communtv tnlst, and fomling a new political base. Challenge o/the Resource Exchange Network Seymour B. Sarason, Elizabeth Lorentz Jossey-Bass Publishers 433 California St., San Francisco, CA 94104 $13.95,1979,283 pp. This book, and another similar one, Humall Services and Resource Networks 005sev-Bass, 1977), provide many useful insight!> into the development of reSource sharing among community organizations, a process the authors feel may be one of U,e most effective means to assure the survival of the nonprofit sector in years to come. This volume includes case studies of the Toronto Skill Exchange, Boston Self-Help Center, and Homeworkers Organized for More Employment in Orland, Maine.
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