Project Description Country: USA Location: Glendale, Arizona Total Budget: $4,000 Area of Focus: Basic education and literacy Activity Type: Education: General Summary: Challenger School - Student Positive Reinforcement Grant Request - Priority #2 Due to school closures, Challenger middle school is changing from a middle school to K-8 (600 students to 1000). All of the student households attending Challenger fall below the Federal poverty line. Almost 20% of the students are considered "Home insecure or transient". The school contains many refugee students, with over 25 first languages spoken on campus. Due to the varying circumstances of the students, positive reinforcement does not necessarily come from test scores or grades. Many of the students are learning english as a new language. In order to help the students thrive, they recieve reinforcement for positive behavior, character, and academic effort. Every week the Challenger staff gives students Bulldog Bucks. One grade level shops at the Bulldog Bodega each week. They are in constant need of items for the Bulldog Bodega. This grant will help fund an entire year for the increase of students. The funds will purchase food and drinks, toys, games, fidgets, clothing, stickers, etc. It sounds like a simple ask, but it allows students to get excited, and stay connected to learning while they are facing many other obstacles and difficulties. We have a middle school Interact Club at Challenger. Rotarians will be able to volunteer in the Bulldog Bodega during shopping hours. This will allow Rotarians to encourage the students and help reinforce the positive support from the school. The famillies and students will know it's a Rotary sponsored Bodega through signage and the school newsletter. Project Contact Person District: 5495 Rotary Club of: Sun City Primary Contact: Elizabeth Mahoney Email: elizabeth.mahoney@ymail.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 Sun City (5495) 31-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 [30-Apr-23] 043023 Report [31-May-22] 2022-23 SC MOU [30-Apr-23] Amazon Rec 1 [30-Apr-23] Amazon Rec 2 [30-Apr-23] Amazon Rec 3 [30-Apr-23] Amazon Rec 4 [30-Apr-23] Quickbooks Report [1-May-23] Rotary Donation Letter

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History Log Entries 31-May-22 by Rebecca Wilks Thank you for your application. We'll just need the signed MOU to complete it. Thanks! 31-May-22 System Entry System Entry: Creation of project page. 31-May-22 by Elizabeth Mahoney System Entry: Project sent for club signatures. 31-May-22 by Elizabeth Mahoney System Entry: Project signed by Elizabeth Mahoney. 31-May-22 by Elizabeth Mahoney System Entry: Project signed by Phil Ladd. 1-Jun-22 by Rebecca Wilks Sorry; you'll have to sign again. Someone started the signature process without Rebecca Wilks listed. 1-Jun-22 by Rebecca Wilks System Entry: Signature Process cancelled by user. 1-Jun-22 by Rebecca Wilks System Entry: Project sent for club signatures. 1-Jun-22 System Entry System Entry: Project signed by Rebecca Wilks. 3-Jun-22 by Elizabeth Mahoney System Entry: Project signed by Elizabeth Mahoney. 3-Jun-22 by Phil Ladd System Entry: Project signed by Phil Ladd. 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, Lucina 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 check has not been cashed. Please contact her to clear this up. treasurer@rotary5495.org 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. 30-Apr-23 by Elizabeth Mahoney Hi District Grants Team! Challenger School has not fully spent the $4,000 for this grant yet, they have another six weeks in their school year. I have uploaded the receipts thus far, as well as an interim report. Please advise if this will allow our club to remain in good standing. Thank you. 30-Apr-23 by Elizabeth Mahoney Report posted - pending final receipts and letter showing receipt of funds. 1-May-23 by Elizabeth Mahoney I have uploaded the from Challenger PTSA acknowledging receipt of funds. Please let me know next steps. Thanks so much! 2-May-23 by Rebecca Wilks System Entry: Project has been implemented and final report uploaded. 2-May-23 by Rebecca Wilks System Entry: Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.