Project Description Country: USA Location: Homer, Alaska Total Budget: $4,000 Area of Focus: Peace and conflict prevention/resolution Activity Type: Education: General Summary: Work with K thrugh 3rd grade students in 11 schools on the Lower Kenai Peninsula to create banners exploring the theme of friendship and peace withot boundaries. The purpose of the project is to plant seeds of peace in children so they will promote peace and friendship throughout their lives. The goal of the project is to have children make peace banners that will be exchanged in their home towns and throughout the world. We are partnering in this project with the Friendship Without Boundaries Foundation in Germany to disseminate the banners worldwide. For this project, we will be providing banner material, nontoxic acrylic paint, and all other supplies to ultimately hang and display the banners. Members of the Rotary Club of Homer Downtown will be helping with the project and we are also partnering with participating schools and local artists to help facilitate the project. Project Contact Person District: 5010 Rotary Club of: Homer Downtown Primary Contact: Jane Little Email: rotaryjane@yahoo.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 2018-19 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Homer Downtown (5010) 18-Apr-18 $2,000 $2,000 $4,000 Total $2,000 $2,000 $4,000

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [30-Apr-19] Final Report [30-Apr-19] Peace Banner project receipts

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History Log Entries 18-Apr-18 System Entry System Entry: Creation of project page. 21-Apr-18 by Janet V. O'Meara System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged". 21-Apr-18 by Janet V. O'Meara System Entry: Project sent for club signatures. 21-Apr-18 by Janet V. O'Meara System Entry: Project signed by Janet V. O'Meara. 21-Apr-18 System Entry System Entry: Project signed by Jane Little. 2-Jul-18 by Janet V. O'Meara This project begins now, or as soon as we receive notification that it has been approved and fully funded. This project will be ongoing throughout the fall. 2-Jul-18 by Janet V. O'Meara This project begins as soon as we receive notification that our grant application has been approved, funded, and a check issued. 12-Jul-18 by Denise Ringhand System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 23-Aug-18 by Charlotte G Tharp System Entry: Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer. 2-Apr-19 by Janet V. O'Meara This project is ongoing. All the elementary schools in Homer have participated, with nearly 500 students painting peace and/or friendship banners. Some students marched with their banners in the Homer Winter Carnival parade. All banners were displayed in the Homer High School commons in February and will be displayed again this month through May, when the Homer Peace Choir will perform. Some banners will be taken to the Rotary International Convention in Hamburg, Other banners will be exchanged with schools in Alaska, Australia,South Africa and other foreign countries, to be added as the opportunity arises. Expansion will be continued with schools in Anchorage,Fairbanks, Ninilchik and other Kenai Peninsula communities, again as the opportunity arises. 30-Apr-19 by Janet V. O'Meara System Entry: Final Report signed by Janet V. O'Meara. 30-Apr-19 System Entry System Entry: Final Report signed by Jane Little. 29-May-19 by Alex Slivka System Entry: Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.