Project Description Country: USA Location: Carlsbad, CA Total Budget: $2,000 Area of Focus: Basic education and literacy Activity Type: Education: Literacy Summary: Provide high interest books to students at Title One school to promote love of reading and family literacy Research has shown a correlation between academic achievement and the number of books in the home. Twice a year (@October and April) Raising Readers holds book fairs at a Title One school in Carlsbad, offering a choice of two new and gently used high interest books for a nominal fee of 25 cents each (to promote accountability) to students in grades K-3. Rotarians are involved at all levels from book selection to sorting to set up/clean up, as well as various active roles during the fairs. Teachers report even struggling readers are highly engaged in the process because of the elements of choice, pleasure reading, and ownership. A matching grant will allow us to increase the quality and variety of our offerings. When the books make it to the home, they also promote family literacy, as parents and siblings interact with the books the students have selected. If the grant is unable to be funded at the $1000 level, we would happily accept a matching $500 grant available for literacy projects. Addendum to Project Description (added after the project was signed) This project is ongoing and the first of two parts takes place today. More project updates will be added once all signatures are submitted. Project Contact Person District: 5340 Rotary Club of: Carlsbad Hi-Noon Primary Contact: Robyn A. Hill Email: robynhill@gmail.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 Carlsbad Hi-Noon (5340) 14-Sep-16 $1,500 $500 $2,000 Total $1,500 $500 $2,000

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [28-Jun-17] Grant Final Report [20-Apr-17] RRR Receipts Dec 2016-April 2017

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History Log Entries 14-Sep-16 by Robyn A. Hill System Entry: Creation of project page. 19-Sep-16 by Robyn A. Hill System Entry: Project reverted to "Published". 19-Sep-16 by Robyn A. Hill System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged". 20-Sep-16 by Robyn A. Hill System Entry: Project sent for club signatures. 20-Sep-16 by Robyn A. Hill System Entry: Project signed by Robyn A. Hill. 20-Sep-16 by Janice Kurth System Entry: Project signed by Janice Kurth. 21-Sep-16 by Marta Knight District 5340 Rotary Foundation Committee approved $500, DDF match for this Grant at the 9.18.16, meeting. Approval is contingent on 2 members attending District Grant Training webinar on 9.26.16 at 12:00 PM or 9.27.16, at 9:00 AM. Registration link will be emailed. 6-Oct-16 by Marta Knight Approval contingency of 2 club members attend District Grant Training Webinar has been satisfied and is removed. 18-Nov-16 by Robyn A. Hill The first part of Raising Readers with Rotary will be held today (November 18th, 2016). Additional documentation will be added once all signatures for the project have been received. 18-Nov-16 System Entry System Entry: Project signed by Dawn VanSiclen. 2-Feb-17 by Robyn A. Hill Raising Readers with Rotary is an ongoing project. We held the first of our 2 annual book fairs in on November 18, 2016. We will hold our second on March 31, 2017. 13-Apr-17 by Marta Knight System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 20-Apr-17 by Robyn A. Hill The first of the Raising Readers with Rotary book fairs was held on November 18, 2016 at Jefferson Elementary School in Carlsbad, CA. The second was held in the same location on March 31, 2017. @1500 books were distributed to students and teachers on each occasion. 1-May-17 by Marta Knight Grant payment documentation reviewed and satisfactory. Complete and upload Grant Final Report and grant will be completed. 2-Jun-17 by Judy Gallegos System Entry: Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer. 28-Jun-17 by Marta Knight Receipts and invoices received. Grant Final Report needs to be completed and uploaded. We can then close the grant. 17-Jul-17 by Marta Knight System Entry: Project has been implemented and final report uploaded. 17-Jul-17 by Marta Knight System Entry: Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.