Project Description Country: USA Location: Anchorage, AK Total Budget: $2,000 Area of Focus: Basic education and literacy Activity Type: Education: Literacy Summary: Anchorage South Rotary with support from Hillside Rotary and Chinook Elementary to construct, install and stock approx. 20 'little free libraries' in Anchorage. Location of libraries will be close to high foot traffic areas with good visibility. Not everyone has ready access to the public libraries, particularly with the closure of some smaller satellite libraries. Furthermore, there is little fellowship in many communities due to the lack of community events. This project will provide ready access to books within walking distance of 100 people or more per site. The take a book, leave a book, approach allows people to meet others and learn their interests which promotes fellowship and goodwill. The Little Free Library project supports education and literacy on a community level. The project was started by Rotarian Todd Bol in 2009 in Wisconsin and it has spread worldwide.1. The grant funds will be used exclusively for construction materials, equipment rental, Rotary branding, and purchasing of used books. The libraries will be designed, constructed and installed by Rotarians, and friends of Rotarians, who will donate their time and tools. The club will donate books and solicit book donations from others to initially stock the libraries, as well as purchase used books if needed. The library stock should be sustained in the future by the users. The club will check the condition of the libraries on a regular basis and make repair as necessary. All partners in the project will use their specific social media and media contacts to maximize PR for this project following all branding guidelines. .1. The Rotarian Magazine, March 2014, http://therotarianmagazine.com/diy-libraries/ Project Contact Person District: 5010 Rotary Club of: Anchorage South Primary Contact: Jess Gutzwiler Email: jess.gutzwiler@cancer.org 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 2016-17 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Anchorage South (5010) 30-Mar-16 $1,000 $1,000 $2,000 Total $1,000 $1,000 $2,000

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [24-Jan-17] Expense receipts [24-Jan-17] Final Report for LFL

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History Log Entries 30-Mar-16 System Entry Creation of project page. 5-Jul-16 by Jess Gutzwiler Operations Committee of Anchorage South and Anchorage Hillside members is mtg on July 14th at 8am. 15 sites have been secured, several located around Chinook Elementary School, other's around Neighbor Works housing, which is low income family housing where the libraries will be used and other locations in neighborhoods of Rotarians. 5-Jul-16 by Jess Gutzwiler System Entry: Project reverted to "Published". 6-Jul-16 by Will Files System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged". 18-Jul-16 by Jess Gutzwiler System Entry: Project sent for club signatures. 18-Jul-16 by Jess Gutzwiler System Entry: Project signed by Jess Gutzwiler. 2-Aug-16 by Denise Ringhand System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 25-Aug-16 by Charlotte Tharp System Entry: Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer. 24-Jan-17 by Jess Gutzwiler System Entry: Project has been implemented and final report uploaded. 29-Jan-17 by Denise Ringhand System Entry: Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.