Diane, 
You said that you are 
> looking for a story that I can use to illustrate how community health promotion/education works. 
 
Take a look at the Community Health Promotion Network Atlantic region (CHPNA) website at www.chpna.ca and find their resource called "Guess What?!" 
 
It is a 4 page colour PDF that illustrates, with small vignettes or stories, the types of real-world activities that are health-promoting. The Canadian Health Network description of this resource adds that it "Aligns examples with general types of health promotion strategies using visual symbols. Serves as a plain language health promotion tool to those new to health promotion."
 
Find it directly at http://www.chpna.ca/chpna/uploaded/files/file10_guesswhat_high.pdf  Unfortunately, it appears to have 'moved' from the Resources section of CHPNA and cannot be found in a search of the website (their search feature doesn't recognize images in PDF). I hope that it is still being promoted and used by CHPNA! It has more than one 'story', and is very visual, however I have found it to be very helpful in showing the wide spectrum of health promotion approaches and concepts. 
Source: Community Health Promotion Network Atlantic (CHPNA) <http://www.canadian-health-network.ca/servlet/ExternalResourceRedirect.jsp?ExternalURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chpna.ca%2F>   Contact  [log in to unmask] 
 
 Other uses of stories to illustrate health promotion have been developed as tools in a variety of ways. Years ago I helped develop the "Using Stories to Guide Action" guide with Healthy Communities http://www.opc.on.ca/english/our_programs/hlth_promo/resources/stories/using_stories.htm  which might have some useful sections for you. The Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse was also involved in collecting stories from people whose lives have been affected by using community health centres. Twenty-five stories in english and french were posted on OPCs website and may still be available, in text only. 
Try http://www.opc.on.ca/english/our_programs/hlth_promo/project_ini/realstories/full/index.htm 
I just checked, and the links are not going through. As OPC's website has just moved to a new server, the link may not have been re-established yet, but hopefully will work shortly (or try the Internet Archive "Way-Back Machine" at http://www.archive.org and put in the above URL)
 
Ontario's Heart Health Resource Centre produced a collection of stories about community-based heart health promotion. See their description of how they did it, the use of sharing stories and some examples in their 1999 newsletter @heart at:
http://www.hhrc.net/pubs/hh_newsletters/volume3_1.pdf
 
I hope these help!
 
Alison
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Alison Stirling, MHSc., MISt.
Health Promotion Information Specialist
Health Promotion Affiliate, Canadian Health Network 
The Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse
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The Health Promotion Affiliate is a joint project of the Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse and the Centre for Health Promotion, University of Toronto

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	> looking for a story that I can use to illustrate how community health promotion/education works. 

	> Has anyone had some success with using stories to illustrate health promotion concepts to lay volunteers?  If so, do you have any suggestions on an alternate story we could use?