Project Description Country: USA Location: Laguna Niguel, CA Total Budget: $1,513 Area of Focus: Basic education and literacy Activity Type: Education: Literacy Summary: A dictionary provided to each public school 3rd grade student in Laguna Niguel, CA; 720 dictionaries. The Rotary club of Laguna Niguel will purchase and distribute a dictionary to every public school 3rd grader in Laguna Niguel. Over 700 dictionaries will be distributed to 7 schools. Rotary stickers/labels will be placed inside each dictionary. At each school visited, the importance of literacy and vocabulary will be discussed as well as Rotary's 4-Way Test. Three to 6 LNRC volunteers at each of the 7 schools will help distribute the dictionaries; approximately 20 volunteers will be involved. The project will begin on 10/26/11 and be completed on or about 11/09/11. Press releases to Patch.com and other news outlets will be sent. The expected impact will be teaching the use of a dictionary, increasing literacy, and increasing the awareness of Rotary and Rotary's values. Project Contact Person District: 5320 Rotary Club of: Laguna Niguel Primary Contact: Harry Charm Email: rotary@drcharm.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 2011-12 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Laguna Niguel (5320) 6-Jul-12 $763 $750 $1,513 Total $763 $750 $1,513

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [6-Jul-12] Dictionaries-Financials 11-2011.pdf [6-Jul-12] Dictionaries-PR 11-2011.pdf [6-Jul-12] Final Report 11-2011

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History Log Entries 6-Jul-12 System Entry Creation of project page. 6-Jul-12 System Entry Project sent for club signatures. 6-Jul-12 System Entry Project signed by Helen Maxwell. 6-Jul-12 System Entry Project signed by Harry Charm. 6-Jul-12 System Entry Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 6-Jul-12 System Entry Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer. 6-Jul-12 System Entry Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 6-Jul-12 System Entry Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer. 6-Jul-12 System Entry Project has been implemented and final report uploaded. 6-Jul-12 System Entry Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.