Project Description Country: USA Location: Powell Total Budget: $2,000 Area of Focus: Basic education and literacy Activity Type: Education: Literacy Summary: Provide seven bicyles and safety helmets to the children that read the most over the Holiday break and four bicycles and helmets after summer break to four elementary schools in Park County, Wyoming, USA. Working with Park County School District's Assistant Superintendant and local elementary teachers to promote childrens reading for students, grades one through five, we came up with the Rotary Club of Powell Holiday Break Reading Challenge (Decenber 22 through January 5) The challenge is to promote children to read more every day on break. The schools will provide take home fliers to the children prior to the break (see copy in documents) that lists each break day, book title and minutes read that needs to be signed off by the student and parent. They must read at least thirty minutes each day to qualify for the challenge. Two students from three elementary schools and one student from a fourth elementay school (only one class) reading the most minutes during the break will receive a bicycle and safety helmet. The challenge will start on day one, December 22 and run through Januay 5, 2024. Additionally, the superintendant asked us to provide four additional bikes for a summer break reading challenge. The matching grant will be used to purchase seven bicycles and seven safety helmets for the Holiday challenge, and four bicycles and helmets for after the summer break. The Rotary Club members will be part of the awards presentations. Project Contact Person District: 5440 Rotary Club of: Powell Primary Contact: Kim McDowell Email: jkmcdowell@tctwest.net 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 2023-24 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Powell (5440) 18-Dec-23 $1,000 $1,000 $2,000 Total $1,000 $1,000 $2,000

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [19-Dec-23] Bicycle Details [24-Oct-24] District Grant Final Report [21-Oct-24] Final Grant Summary Details [19-Oct-24] Grant Documents 2024, receipts and Misc [18-Dec-23] Helmet cost [18-Dec-23] Mongoose Bicycles [12-Mar-24] Powell Tribune Article [18-Dec-23] Reading Challenge Budget [18-Dec-23] Reading Challenge Flyer [22-Dec-23] School Flyer 2 [12-Mar-24] Southside Elem. Thank You [12-Mar-24] Thank You Note from winner 1 [4-Mar-24] Westside Elem. School Thank You Letter [22-Dec-23] Westside Flyer [18-Dec-23] Zefal Bicycle Helmets

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History Log Entries 18-Dec-23 by Kim McDowell Submitted project with budget and documents. 18-Dec-23 by Kim McDowell System Entry: Creation of project page. 18-Dec-23 by Kim McDowell System Entry: Project sent for club signatures. 18-Dec-23 by Kim McDowell System Entry: Project signed by Jon McDowell. 20-Dec-23 by Kim McDowell Finalized local signatures. 20-Dec-23 by Kim McDowell System Entry: Project signed by Kim McDowell. 22-Dec-23 by Kim McDowell Added two additional school flyer documents. 5-Jan-24 by Kim McDowell System Entry: Project reverted to "Submitted" - Chris Woodruff added to the list of signatories. 15-Jan-24 by Randall Looper System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 15-Jan-24 by Randall Looper System Entry: Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer. 3-Feb-24 by Jon McDowell Grant Payment check for $1000.00 received 01/30/24. Four bikes and helmets purchased on 02/01/24 for $740.31 and given out at southside Elementary school assembly on 02/02/24. 24-Feb-24 by Kim McDowell Two more bikes and helmets were given out on Friday February 23 at Westside Elementary school. 6-Jun-24 by Kim McDowell We completed bike giveaways to Parkside Elementary School (two bikes) and Clark Elementary school (one bike) on May 31, 2024 which was the last day of school before summer break. We should finalize the Summer reading program bike give away by the end of September. 14-Oct-24 by Kim McDowell Purchased three bikes and helmets on May 23 at a cost of $350.28 for Parkside and Clark Elementary Schools. Gave away on May 24, 2024.Purchased two bikes and helmets on August 15 at a cost of $315.93 for Park County Library summer reading program. Made final bike purchase for summer reading project on September 20, 2024 for four bikes and helmets for Southside and Westside Elementary Schools. Gave away September 24, 2024, to wrap up our Rotary Reading for Bikes program. Total spent for project was $2063.36. Project is now complete. 14-Oct-24 by Randall Looper Kim, I do not see the final report or the receipts from this grant. Can you look to make sure you can see those items in the documents area and let me know. Randy 14-Oct-24 by Kim McDowell System Entry: Project has been implemented and final report uploaded. 21-Oct-24 by Kim McDowell 10/21/24 added final grant summary details. 21-Oct-24 by Randall Looper Kim, Thanks for doing the summary but you need to complete a District report as well. The District grant report form can be found at the following link. https://www.rotary5440.org/page/district-amp-global-grants Open the link and at the bottom of the page under District Grant Links you will find the grant report form. Download it complete it and sign it. Than upload the signed copy to the documents area. If you have any questions please let me know. Randy 24-Oct-24 by Kim McDowell Submitted District Grant Final report 10/24/24 24-Oct-24 by Randall Looper System Entry: Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.