Project Description Country: USA Location: Lake Havasu City, AZ Total Budget: $3,000 Areas of Focus: Maternal and child health, Basic education and literacy Activity Type: Education: Literacy Summary: Dictionaries for all third grade students in Lake Havau City in Arizona and bike helmets for all children who attend a back to school fair Children in Lake Havasu City, by and large, do not have access to printed reading level aligned dictionaries at home or school. Understanding how to use a dictionary is important for students in both printed and digital form. Students develop increased vocabulary, grammar, and literacy skills by using a dictionary. In addition to supporting students, academically. Lake Havasu Rotary also supports the whole child. Students need access to regular exercise. Many children do not have access to am appropriately fitting bike helmet. The physical and academic needs of children must be met to improve their overall health. This project will meet those needs by giving all 3rd grade students a dictionary and all children who are in need of bike helmets that attend a back-to-school event a helmet. Bike helmets will be purchased in July 2023. Bike helmets will be distributed at a back-to-school community event where students are able to get needed vaccinations. Dictionaries will be purchased in August and distributed to students at schools in October. Club members will be involved in the ordering and distribution. Club members will teach small lessons on dictionary use in schools across Lake Havasu. At schools, Rotarians teaching lessons will talk about what being a member of Rotary means and students will look up the word Rotary in the dictionary. Information about this event will be shared out to local news organizations and through social media. Project Contact Person District: 5495 Rotary Club of: Lake Havasu City Primary Contact: Jaime Festa-Daigle Email: jaimefesta@hotmail.com Project Status Completed This project is "Completed". This means the project has been implemented and the report was accepted by the district leadership. The project will stay listed on this website as a testimony of the achievements of the project partners. Project listed for the 2022-23 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Lake Havasu City (5495) 30-Apr-22 $1,000 $2,000 $3,000 Total $1,000 $2,000 $3,000

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [3-Apr-23] Completion Form [16-Mar-23] Dictionaries [16-Mar-23] Helmets [17-May-22] MOU

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History Log Entries 30-Apr-22 System Entry System Entry: Creation of project page. 1-May-22 by Rebecca Wilks Thanks for your application. You'll need to upload the signed MOU. We'll let you know if anything else is required to complete the application. Please also note that money may not be spent before the grant is approved, which my delay your project. 2-May-22 by Rebecca Wilks Please upload your club's MOU to complete your application. Thanks. 2-May-22 by Carrie Hemme System Entry: Project sent for club signatures. 2-May-22 by Jaime Festa-Daigle System Entry: Project signed by Jaime Festa-Daigle. 20-May-22 by Rebecca Wilks System Entry: Project reverted to "Submitted" - Rebecca Wilks added to the list of signatories. 20-May-22 System Entry System Entry: Project signed by Rebecca Wilks. 20-May-22 System Entry System Entry: Project signed by Carrie Hemme. 21-May-22 System Entry System Entry: Project signed by Carrie Hemme. 21-May-22 System Entry System Entry: Project signed by Sally Walker. 1-Jun-22 by Rebecca Wilks This application requires the signature of Taylor Harrison for completion. 3-Jun-22 System Entry System Entry: Project signed by Taylor Harrison. 3-Jun-22 System Entry System Entry: Project signed by Taylor Harrison. 4-Aug-22 by Rebecca Wilks Congratulations! The Rotary Foundation has approved our block grant, which means we'll have the funds soon. As you know, you must wait until this point to spend any grant funds. Your final report, which is due April 30, must include receipts for the entire budget of your grant (gather them as you go along, please) dated August 4 or later. The report form is available in the Foundation section of rotary5495.org. Please be sure your bank information is up-to-date so there is no delay in sending the funds by electronic transfer. This information, as well as questions about when you'll receive the money, should be addressed to our District Treasurer, Lucinda General at treasurer@rotary5495.org 4-Aug-22 by Rebecca Wilks System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 17-Aug-22 by Rebecca Wilks System Entry: Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer. 8-Oct-22 by Rebecca Wilks Our district treasurer, Lucinda General, tells me that your electronic grant payment was rejected. Please contact her to clear this up. treasurer@rotary5495.org 16-Apr-23 by Rebecca Wilks System Entry: Project has been implemented and final report uploaded. 16-Apr-23 by Rebecca Wilks System Entry: Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.