Project Description Country: USA Location: Denton, TX Total Budget: $3,600 Area of Focus: Basic education and literacy Activity Type: Education: Literacy Summary: Distribute dictionaries to third graders in the Denton ISD. We plan to distribute dictionaries to 23 elementary schools serving more than 2300 third graders. For many children owning a book is a luxury. Having a dictionary has proven to increase pride of ownership and their ability to succeed in school. Between August 2013 and December 2013 we will visit every school and hand out dictionaries. In our ceremony we describe the importance of an education, what Rotary is about and explain the Four Way Test. We make it fun and exciting to receive their own dictionary. We also provide books for each teacher. If we have additional books we will make arrangements with private schools or other public schools in the area on an "as needed" basis. In the past, 90% of our membership has participated. Our goal for 2013-14 is for that to improve to 100%. Addendum to Project Description (added after the project was signed) We distributed dictionaries to 2496 3rd graders in 25 elementary schools in 2 school districts (Denton and Lake Dallas). We had a 98% participation rate from our members. Total cost of the project was $4896. Project Contact Person District: 5790 Rotary Club of: Denton Morning Primary Contact: Stephen Sullivan Email: steve@sullivanallstate.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 2013-14 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Denton (South) (5790) 7-Apr-13 $2,400 $1,200 $3,600 Total $2,400 $1,200 $3,600

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [26-Feb-14] 13-14 Dictionary Project [14-Jun-14] checks [14-Jun-14] final report

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History Log Entries 7-Apr-13 System Entry Creation of project page. 9-Jun-13 System Entry Project sent for club signatures. 9-Jun-13 System Entry Project signed by Stephen Sullivan. 4-Aug-13 by Sharron Miles smilesrotary5790@gmail.com 5-Aug-13 System Entry Project signed by Sharron Miles. 18-Sep-13 by Stephen Sullivan Dictionaries have been ordered. Hope to begin distribution within the month. 14-Oct-13 System Entry Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 26-Feb-14 by Stephen Sullivan Uploaded invoices and checks for purchase of dictionaries and photo of one 3rd grade class. 27-Apr-14 System Entry Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer. 15-Jun-14 System Entry Project has been implemented and final report uploaded. 15-Jun-14 System Entry Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.