Project Description Country: USA Location: Gem County Total Budget: $1,400 Area of Focus: Basic education and literacy Activity Type: Education: General Summary: Dictionaries for 3rd graders and backpacks for school supplies all grades in Gem County We will provide dictionaries with Rotary stickers and 4-way-test coloring books to all the 3rd grade students in Gem County, and backpacks for needy students in Gem County to hold school supplies. Rotarians hand out school supplies and backpacks at the beginning of the school year to needy students, and Rotarians visit each school in Gem County to give dictionaries and Four-Way Test coloring books to every 3rd grader. We talk about what the Rotary Club does in the community, and explain the four-way test. The dictionaries and backpacks are valuable tools for students both in the classroom and at home. Project Contact Person District: 5400 Rotary Club of: Emmett Primary Contact: Nancy Kelly Email: office.littleco@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 Emmett (5400) 23-May-22 $225 $1,175 $1,400 Total $225 $1,175 $1,400

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [23-Mar-23] Backpacks Invoice $167.82 [23-Mar-23] Coloring Books and stickers $631.45 [12-Apr-23] Dictionaries Invoice $810.00 [12-Apr-23] Final Report 4-12-2023

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History Log Entries 23-May-22 by Nancy Kelly System Entry: Creation of project page. 24-May-22 by Nancy Kelly System Entry: Project sent for club signatures. 24-May-22 by Nancy Kelly System Entry: Project signed by Nancy Kelly. 24-May-22 System Entry System Entry: Project signed by John Buck. 4-Jul-22 by Marianne Barker Your district grant project has been included in D5400's block grant application to The Rotary Foundation. It is not yet approved. Do not place orders or spend money on the project until you hear from the district that TRF has approved our block grant (likely sometime this month), as you cannot be reimbursed for expenses incurred prior to TRF approval. Call Marianne Barker at 208 308-5617 if you have any questions. Thank you! 8-Jul-22 by Marianne Barker The Rotary Foundation approved the District 5400 block grant on July 7, 2022. We’ll send your grant award as soon as the block grant is funded by TRF. You can safely incur costs now. If you have questions or need help, please contact Marianne Barker at (208) 308-5617 1-Aug-22 by Marianne Barker System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 16-Aug-22 by Marianne Barker System Entry: Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer. 30-Dec-22 by Marianne Barker Your application indicates this project was to be completed in the fall of 2022. If you have wrapped up the distribution of backpacks and dictionaries, please complete your final report, uploading the form (found on the administration side of the description tab) as a pdf along with pdf copies of your "paid" receipts. Thank you! 1-Mar-23 by Marianne Barker If your project is completed, please write your final report - form can be found on the administration side of the description tab - and upload it as a pdf file to the documents tab along with the receipts for your expenses. Your final report is due May 15th, in order for your club to be eligible for a grant in 2023-24. Thanks for getting this done and for your participation in Rotary Foundation district grants. 23-Mar-23 by Nancy Kelly Invoices uploaded and Final report submitted today :) 23-Mar-23 by Marianne Barker Your history log indicates you have completed your project. To submit your final report and supporting documents, click "reported", a tab that you'll see on the administration side of the description tab in your grant. Thank you for your support of Rotary Foundation grants and of getting your reporting finished up! 23-Mar-23 by Nancy Kelly System Entry: Project has been implemented and final report uploaded. 3-Apr-23 by Bob Rose I have audited this project. I will approve it when: 1. Upload the dictionary invoice. You entered $167.82 invoice for the dictionary invoice. 2. I need a list of reimbursement checks. This can be date, check number, to whom, and amount. I don't need a copy of the checks. 3-Apr-23 by Bob Rose System Entry: Project reverted to "Paid". 12-Apr-23 by Nancy Kelly Replaced uploaded documents with the correct ones, re- filed the final report. 12-Apr-23 by Nancy Kelly System Entry: Project has been implemented and final report uploaded. 18-Apr-23 by Bob Rose I have audited this project and I approve it. 18-Apr-23 by Bob Rose System Entry: Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.