Project Description Country: USA Location: Glendale Total Budget: $4,000 Area of Focus: Basic education and literacy Activity Type: Education: Literacy Summary: Purchase & distribute 1200 dictionaries to every 3rd grader in Glendale Elementary School District to promote literacy in our community. Our Club will purchase and distribute dictionaries to 1200 3rd graders in the Glendale Elementary School District (GESD), the vast majority of whom qualify for free or reduced school lunch given their socioeconomic status. Dictionaries promote literacy and are needed as determined through a needs assessment survey of 3rd grade teachers from the Glendale Elementary School District. The students receiving the dictionaries use them throughout their primary and secondary education and take them home for personal use. Third grade is critical for reading and writing literacy to ensure the students can read/write at grade-level and complete educational requirements to matriculate and graduate on time to become successful citizens in our community. Our Club has completed this project with GESD for several years. The project funds are used to purchase the dictionaries through The Dictionary Project and to purchase labels with the Club's name and the 4-way-test, which are affixed to each dictionary before distribution to the 3rd graders. The Club members then volunteer to distribute the dictionaries directly to the 3rd graders in their classrooms across the 12 campuses in GESD. The project starts on 9/1 and ends 12/15 so that the dictionaries are delivered within the fall semester of the school year. The Club will match the $2000 District Grant with $2000 of Club funds to complete the project within the $4,000 budget. Project Contact Person District: 5495 Rotary Club of: Valley of the Sun Passport Primary Contact: John E Burk Email: johnburk228@gmail.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 Valley of the Sun Passport (5495) 21-May-22 $2,000 $2,000 $4,000 Total $2,000 $2,000 $4,000

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [26-Apr-23] Dictionary labels paid invoice [26-Apr-23] Dictionary Project paid invoice [26-Apr-23] District Grant Report

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History Log Entries 21-May-22 by Rebecca Wilks Thank you for your application. In order to complete it, You'll need to upload a signed MOU. Thanks. 21-May-22 System Entry System Entry: Creation of project page. 27-May-22 by Rebecca Wilks System Entry: Project sent for club signatures. 27-May-22 System Entry System Entry: Project signed by Rebecca Wilks. 29-May-22 by John E Burk System Entry: Project signed by John E Burk. 29-May-22 System Entry System Entry: Project signed by Ali Callihan. 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. 16-Apr-23 by Rebecca Wilks A friendly reminder: The report for this grant either has not been submitted or is incomplete. The deadline for reporting is April 30. Late reports can jeopardize your club’s future grants and delay receipt of next year’s funding for all clubs in the district. The report form can be found here: https://rotary5495.org/documents/en-ca/c0624e12-9ef3-4796-8938-b56d80bde159/1 The completed, SIGNED form, along with all project RECEIPTS, must be uploaded in PDF format to the project website in order to close the project. Thanks. 26-Apr-23 by John E Burk System Entry: Project has been implemented and final report uploaded. 28-Apr-23 by Rebecca Wilks System Entry: Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.