Project Description Country: USA Location: El Centro, CA Site 2 Total Budget: $7,000 Areas of Focus: Maternal and child health, Economic and community development Activity Type: Community Development: General Summary: Playground equipment for children residing at WomanHaven's Domestic Violence Shelter Site 2 The need: Playground equipment is needed to create a safe and healthy kid-friendly fun zone for the children residing at the domestic violence shelter in El Centro run by WomanHaven. The traumatic effects of domestic violence on women have been widely documented. But the fate of a second set of victims, their children, is often overlooked. When violence in the home forces children to flee with their mothers to an emergency shelter, they arrive scared and in a very fragile emotional state. The emotional stress of witnessing violence and having their lives uprooted can harm the development of their brains and impair cognitive growth in children. Creating a kid-friendly fun zone will give the children a healthy and safe place to play and the chance to start to feel normal again. And, it will also serve an important therapeutic purpose as play has been proven to be beneficial in therapy as part of the healing process. Meeting the Need: Rotary Club of El Centro will purchase $7,000 of the necessary playground equipment to transform the back yard into a kid-friendly fun zone. Playground equipment to include a play structure with a slide, swings, jungle gym; and if the budget permits may also include a basketball hoop, ping-pong table, and/or bikes. Timeline: We have a club commitment of $3,500 upon approval of the District Grant; and this project can be completed within 90 days of funding. Use of Funds: The $7,000 budget will be expended exclusively on playground equipment. No funds will be spent on administrative or any other costs. Club member involvement: All club members will be invited and encouraged to participate and to bring friends and family to work on the project. Project Contact Person District: 5340 Rotary Club of: El Centro Primary Contact: Eusebio Arballo Email: earballo@semprautilities.com 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 2015-16 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total El Centro (5340) 18-Jul-15 $3,500 $3,500 $7,000 Total $3,500 $3,500 $7,000

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [28-Mar-16] Final Report [14-Jun-16] Final Report [14-Jun-16] Financial Documentation [28-Mar-16] Project Equipment & Layout

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History Log Entries 18-Jul-15 System Entry Creation of project page. 27-Jul-15 System Entry Project reverted to "Published". 27-Jul-15 System Entry Project is now "Fully Pledged". 27-Jul-15 System Entry Project sent for club signatures. 27-Jul-15 System Entry Signature Process cancelled by user. 27-Jul-15 System Entry Project sent for club signatures. 27-Jul-15 System Entry Project signed by Ron Griffen. 28-Jul-15 System Entry Project signed by Kathy Ball. 28-Jul-15 System Entry Project signed by Eusebio Arballo. 5-Aug-15 by Marge Cole District Grant application P-1016 was approved by the D5340 Rotary Foundation Committee at its August 2015 meeting. The Committee approved a match of $3500. in DDF to match Club funds for this project. 6-Aug-15 System Entry Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 12-Sep-15 System Entry Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer. 16-Mar-16 by Kathy Ball Project is still in progress. We will soon be ordering the playground equipment. Shipment will take about three weeks. We should be able to begin installation in approximately one. month. 28-Mar-16 System Entry Project has been implemented and final report uploaded. 16-Apr-16 by Marge Cole There are no financial documents uploaded on this grant yet. There must be receipts, cancelled checks, paid invoices, etc. to show how the funds were spent. A budget is a proposal; financial documents are proof of expenditures. Please complete ASAP so your Club will be able to apply for a District or Global Grant in the next Rotary Year. 17-Apr-16 System Entry Project reverted to 'Paid' status. 26-Apr-16 by Marge Cole The Completion and closure of this grant was due on April 1, 2016. For more information on How to Complete Your District Grant, go to the District Webpage and click on Grants under Rotary Foundation. You will find a document on how to close your grant and a Final Report form. Your Club cannot receive additional grant funding until this grant is closed. This grant needs financial documents that show the funds were spent as the grant called for. 14-Jun-16 System Entry Project has been implemented and final report uploaded. 15-Jun-16 System Entry Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.