Summary: Provide 1,400 second graders in the Caldwell School District and the surrounding districts with their own chapter book.
Caldwell Rotary has distributed more than 1,400 age appropriate books to students. Each book has a Rotary decal with a place for the student to put their own name in the book. The project funds would be used to purchase the books and the labels for the books. The cost per child is roughly $2.85. Many of the children in our area are from underprivileged homes and this may be the very first book that they may have as their very own. Young children need to become excited about reading at an early age to motivate them to want to read more which improves their chances to succeed in learning and in school. We have teachers individually select a book for each student in their classes with their interests in mind so the book is meaningful and exciting to them. This project takes place during the school year.
Many fellow Rotarian club members sign up to help distribute the books and receive attendance "make-ups" for helping. This whole process strengthens our club's service commitment through purpose, gets Rotary's name out there, and promotes literacy through the joy of reading at an early age. It also highlight Rotary in our community.
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History Log Entries
27-May-16
System Entry
Creation of project page.
27-May-16
System Entry
Project sent for club signatures.
27-May-16
System Entry
Project signed by Patrick Baumgart.
27-May-16
System Entry
Project signed by Chris Batt.
8-Jul-16
by Jedd Thomas
Your grant application for your 2nd Grade Book Program has been approved for the total amount of DDF you requested, $2,000. Please confirm in “History Logs” at www.matchinggrants.org that you intend to proceed with the project as submitted to initiate the funding process. If you anticipate a reduction in the total budget, please cancel the signature process (“Description” tab – “Administration”) and adjust your financing to reflect revisions, and then send again for signatures. Changes will be reviewed by the district before final approval and notification of grant award. You may as of July 6, 2016, incur expenses on your approved project. If you have questions or need help, please contact Jedd Thomas at (208) 339-1185.
14-Jul-16
by Patrick Baumgart
We are planning on preceding with our project as planned. Thank you very much.
22-Jul-16
by Jedd Thomas
System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee.
20-Sep-16
by T. J. Adams
System Entry: Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer.
17-Apr-17
by Patrick Baumgart
Books have been purchased and schedules have been setup.
31-Jul-17
by Marianne Barker
Patrick,I reviewed the docs you sent. Your grant application was for a $4,000 project and your request was for a 50-50 match of DDF to club funds, 50% of the total being the max we award. You've only reported on a project of $2,506.67. Two choices are available to you & we prefer the first:spend another $1500 (approx) on more books and distribute them at the first of the school year, or request that the project size be reduced, in which case you'll need to return some of the grant money. If we were to reduce the project scope to $2507, you'd need to return $747 to the district for return to the Rotary Foundation. We know that actual expenses on a project are seldom the exact amount budgeted, and we don't ask for money back if the total is no less than 5-10% below the original budget.
8-Jan-18
by Patrick Baumgart
Final Report submitted. See attached files.
23-Jan-18
by Patrick Baumgart
System Entry: Project has been implemented and final report uploaded.
5-Mar-18
by Bob Rose
I have audited this project and approved it.
23-Mar-18
by Marianne Barker
System Entry: Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.
