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	D-1058    Lithuania - Kaunas Vans for Special Service $19,630 Our Volunteer Service Grant (July 2007) allowed us to assess needs in Kaunas, Lithuania. This MG will serve two sites that assist underserved populations in Lithuania: 1) children with special needs and 2) those recovering from alcohol and drug addiction. 1) The Vilijampole Children and Youth Boarding Home, a facility for children with special needs, has staff and volunteers who serve a significant number of child residents. Staff currently use personal vehicles and one van to transport supplies, take residents on educational field trips, transport staff and volunteers for training, and bring in much-needed special education consultants. The van is not equipped to transport child residents who have physical disabilities and/or wheelchairs. 2) An alcohol an drug treatment facility -- Pilnu namu bendruomene ("Full House Community") -- is one of the few successful facilities operating in the country, and is purposely located in isolation to prevent distraction. Its isolation is detrimental in transporting supplies, taking residents on field trips or performing necessary proactive educational outreach on addiction to the community. We propose 1) to adapt the Vilijampole Home's van for handicapped residents, and 2) to purchase a previously owned van for Pilnu Namu Bendruomene. Primary Host Partner in the Project Country Club: Kaunas District: 1460 Primary Contact: Rimantas Plunge Email: plunijole@gmail.com Check all projects from: [District 1460] [Kaunas Rotary Club] [Rimantas Plunge] Primary International Partner Outside the Project Country Club: La Jolla Golden Triangle District: 5340 Primary Contact: Cynthia Villis Email: cynvillis@att.net Check all projects from: [District 5340] [La Jolla Golden Triangle Rotary Club] [Cynthia Villis] Proposed Financing Primary Host Sponsor Rotary Club/District Rotary Club of Kaunas $2,420 Primary International Sponsor Rotary Club/District Rotary Club of La Jolla Golden Triangle $8,000 District 5340 DDF $2,000 Amount requested from the Rotary Foundation $7,210 Total $19,630 Status and Progress Information Approved This project has been approved by the Rotary Foundation. The parties are sending the money and the project is being implemented. Project listed for the 2007-08 Rotary Year. The Matching Grant application number from TRF is #66,236. The TRF Staff in charge of this grant is Agne Jankauskaite (Agne.Jankauskaite@rotary.org). $1210 of the $2420 from the Project Country was contributed by the Lithuanian Rotary Committee. <24-Feb-08> System Entry Creation of project page. <28-Feb-08> System Entry Grant paperwork sent to The Rotary Foundation. <5-May-08> System Entry Grant approved by The Rotary Foundation. <5-May-08> by Cynthia Villis We received word in early April that this MG had been approved. We just received TRF paperwork electronically today but there was an error. They'll resend tomorrow.