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Rotary Club: Ketchikan (The First City) Project Title: Pioneer Home Safety Updates 1. Describe the project. What was done, when and where did project activities take place? Previous matchinggrants.org log reports included all project details. This final report is just the receipts/invoices/checks to close out the finance side. Please contact me if you have any questions about the project or its completion. margaretcuster@gmail.com 907-617-6111 Here is an abbreviated summary: The Pioneer Home Safety Upgrades took place in January and February 2020 to replace the unsafe flooring of the Ketchikan Pioneer Home. The Ketchikan Pioneer Home is an assisted living facility in Ketchikan, Alaska that allows elders to remain in our community safely even after they can't care for themselves fully. There are approximately 125 elderly residents, employees, volunteers, and visitors every week who use this area and were positively impacted by the project. 2. How many people benefited from this project? 125 3. Who were the beneficiaries, how were they impacted by this project, and what humanitarian need was met? The beneficiaries were the elderly residents of the Ketchikan Pioneer Home, employees, volunteers, and visitors/resident family members to the home. The floors in the common areas had previously been unsafe to use for most activities except walking. Now (see photos!) the residents and staff can congregate in the halls and common areas for games and socializing, which keeps the elders active and engaged. When the KPH was locked down during COVID-19 (it still is to some degree), this newly replaced flooring provided a much needed format for properly distanced interactions between residents and the people who care for them. 4. How many Rotarians participated in the project? 38 5. What did they do? Please give at least two examples, not including financial support provided to the project. Rotarians planned the project, and worked on a design with KPH staff and residents. In January 2020 we began removal of the 40-year-old floors, which was significantly more labor intensive than we realized due to the old adhesives that had been used. We used manual and mechanical scrapers to remove the old flooring and finish it down to the concrete base. Then we cleaned and prepped the floors, and began to lay carpet tiles with a pressure-activated adhesive. The whole process of removal and installation took 7 weekends and some weekdays for certain volunteers and KPH staff. The planning of this project began in spring 2019, with project team meetings beginning in October 2019. 6. If a cooperating organization was involved, what was its role? Ketchikan Pioneer Home, Ketchikan Pioneer Home Resident Council, and Ketchikan Pioneer Home Foundation. 7. Income
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District must retain receipts of all expenditures for at least five years. Please scan and upload to the project's "Documents" tab all invoices (be sure they are marked "paid"), receipts and/or copies of checks for the full amount of the project budget. By signing this report, I confirm that to the best of my knowledge these District Grant funds were spent only for eligible items in accordance with Trustee-approved guidelines, and that all of the information contained herein is true and accurate. I also understand that all photographs submitted in connection with this report will become the property of RI and will not be returned. I warrant that I own all rights in the photographs, including copyright, and herby grant RI and TRF a royalty free irrevocable license to use the photographs now or at any time in the future, throughout the world in any manner it so chooses and in any medium now known or later developed. This includes the right to modify the photograph(s) as necessary in RI's sole discretion. This also includes, without limitation, use on or in the web site, magazines, brochures, pamphlets, exhibitions and any other promotional materials of RI and TRF.
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