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Rotary Club: Encinitas Coastal Project Title: Scholarships for San Carlos 1. Describe the project. What was done, when and where did project activities take place? The Scholarship Program for students in San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico during the school year 2019-2020 was managed by the San Carlos Rotary Club, with funding support and oversight from the Encinitas Coastal Rotary Club. The Program distributed monetary awards throughout the year, with the coordinator disbursing tuition payments, monitoring the students' success, meeting with teachers and directors, etc. 2. How many people benefited from this project? The community of San Carlos, Sonora, Mex. 3. Who were the beneficiaries, how were they impacted by this project, and what humanitarian need was met? Eighty-one students, the facilitator, the schools, transportation services, various local businesses in San Carlos and others benefited from this program. Making it possible for these students to continue their education is a huge gift to them and their families. Their successful contributions through future employment will ripple through the local economy for years to come. It is a testimony to the impact of fostering basic education and extended educational opportunities. Please look at the complete report of the project submitted as a PDF under the documents tab. 4. How many Rotarians participated in the project? All of the members of the San Carlos Rotary Club, along with some oversight from the Encinitas Coastal Rotary International Committee and 5. What did they do? Please give at least two examples, not including financial support provided to the project. Three major fundraisers by the San Carlos Rotary support this effort. For the Carne Asada event, held at the local Primeria, Rotarians partner with the parents of the students and the Director of the school to deliver a day of food, libations and entertainment for the community. Many of the students perform at the event. Rotarians manage the event and the auction. There is some interaction between the scholarship students and the members of the local Rotary during the school year, but the Club members primarily monitor the success of the program through the Coordinator, a paid professional local educator. Marla Elliott, a member of the Encinitas Coastal Rotary Club, met the Coordinator twice during the year, as well as the Director of one of the schools. She also worked with other members of both clubs on this project. 6. If a cooperating organization was involved, what was its role? The Encinitas Coastal Rotary devoted one club meeting to developing a better understanding of the needs of the San Carlos community and the work done by the San Carlos Rotary Club. Serendipitously, this year's president of the SC Club, Jan Meyer, was visiting the San Diego area that week and was able to join in the meeting. He arranged his travel schedule so he could personally thank the Encinitas Coastal Rotary for their second year in supporting the Scholarship Program. Note: Financial docs are photos, so please look for them under the photos tab. 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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