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Rotary Club: Santee-Lakeside Project Title: Paws for Purple Hearts 1. Describe the project. What was done, when and where did project activities take place? Club members will participate by donating money and supplies for the care and training of a local service dog. Trainers from the organization spoke at a club meeting via Zoom to share info about the program. Club members visited the PAWS training facility three separate times to work with the dogs, make dog toys and play with the dogs. One of our members is a regular weekly volunteer there as well. 2. How many people benefited from this project? 5 3. Who were the beneficiaries, how were they impacted by this project, and what humanitarian need was met? Too many military Service Members and Veterans suffer battlefield scars such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI), or mobility impairments. And, all too often, the price for inaction results in broken families, isolation, alcoholism, drug abuse, poverty, homelessness, and worst of all, suicide. Paws for Purple Hearts (PPH) Canine Assisted Warrior Therapy is unique way to help many active duty and Veterans suffering from trauma find healing through helping. Together with expert PPH trainers, program participants care for and train future service dogs for Veterans and Service Members with challenges. One dog can have a big impact. While in training, a single PPH pup helps 40-60 Warriors before beginning its important career. After training is complete, they may become an invaluable facility dog that brightens up a military post or a VA hospital or become a life-changing service dog for a challenged Service Member or Veteran. 4. How many Rotarians participated in the project? 12 5. What did they do? Please give at least two examples, not including financial support provided to the project. Club members will participate by donating money and supplies for the care and training of a local service dog. Club members visited the PAWS training facility three separate times to work with the dogs, make dog toys and play with the dogs. One of our members is a regular weekly volunteer there as well. 6. If a cooperating organization was involved, what was its role? N/A 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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