Project Description Country: USA Location: La Mesa Total Budget: $4,620 Areas of Focus: Peace and conflict prevention/resolution, Basic education and literacy Activity Type: Education: Literacy Summary: Essay contest provide new bikes and helments for 3rd graders in Title 1 school The La Mesa Rotary Club will be partnering with an organization called Bikes for Kids. We will be purchasing bikes and helmets at $42.00 a piece x 100 = $4200.00. We will need 2 Rotarians to pick up bikes, than at one of our members place of business we will have to build them. Last year we had 40 volunteers interact kids Rotarians and friends help with bike build. Then we use a container company to donate a container to store bikes . Then on the day of the bike giveaway we will deliver to the school and have the essay contest, the students and teachers think there is only going to be one winner but actually ever student that wrote an essay receives a bike . This is all completed in the month of December 2016. We will have better idea of school once the school year starts. The school will be a Title one school. Project Contact Person District: 5340 Rotary Club of: La Mesa Primary Contact: Mark Matthews Email: mark@cbcrinc.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 2016-17 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total La Mesa (5340) 28-Jul-16 $2,310 $2,310 $4,620 Total $2,310 $2,310 $4,620

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [17-Feb-17] Bikes for Kids [17-Feb-17] Dictionaries for Kids [13-May-17] Final Report P-1470

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History Log Entries 28-Jul-16 System Entry System Entry: Creation of project page. 4-Aug-16 by Marta Knight In order for your project to be considered for DDF approval on 8-22-16, it must be electronically signed by your Club President and your Primary Contact person. Detailed instructions are on the matching grants website> Help tab> Signature process. 5-Aug-16 by Marta Knight Club Acting President SteveLooser added for his signature. Primary Contact Person Mark Matthews us on vacation. 5-Aug-16 by Marta Knight System Entry: Project sent for club signatures. 6-Aug-16 System Entry System Entry: Project signed by Steve Looser. 7-Aug-16 by Mark Matthews System Entry: Project signed by Mark Matthews. 28-Aug-16 by Lora Fisher District 5340 Rotary Foundation Committee approved $2,310 DDF match for this Grant at the 8.22.2016 meeting. Funds will be sent after approval from The Rotary Foundation 28-Aug-16 by Lora Fisher System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 5-Oct-16 by Judy Gallegos System Entry: Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer. 9-Mar-17 by Marta Knight District Grant Final Report and supporting paid expenses documentation need to be uploaded by April 1st. Email sent with detailed instructions. 28-Mar-17 by Marta Knight Submit Final Grant Report with all expenses for bikes. Grant will be completed then. 9-Apr-17 by Marta Knight This Grant cannot be closed until Grant Final Report has been completed and uploaded. When do you anticipate this will be done? 19-Apr-17 by Marta Knight Grant needs to be finalized and closed. Payment documentation and Grant Final Report need to be completed and uploaded by the end of April. 18-May-17 by Marta Knight District Foundation Committee approved combining proceeds of Grants #P-1470 and P-1471, to be used for Dictionaries for Kids and Bikes for Kids. 18-May-17 by Marta Knight System Entry: Project has been implemented and final report uploaded. 18-May-17 by Marta Knight System Entry: Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.