P-2306

Lightening the Load

Description

Financing

Documents

Photos

History Logs

Project Description

Country: USA

Location: North Orange County, CA

Total Budget: $2,000

Area of Focus: Basic education and literacy

Activity Type: Education: General

Summary: Backpacks for children in families of limited means.


Summer Harvest [a 501(C)3 organization) exists for the sole purpose of providing food and other resources to children and families enrolled in the Free/Reduced Lunch Program when school is in session. Working with the administration of local school districts, Summer Harvest has identified the poorest-of-poorest who struggle to make ends meet and need assistance for the most basic of needs.

www.summerharvest.us

Grant Funding: $2,000 for the purchase of approximately 250 school backpacks which will contain generic school supplies provided by Summer Harvest.

Club Participation: Club members will assist with the filling each backpack with the school supplies and distributing them to the students. Each backpack will contain a card indicating that it was made possible, in part, by a grant from the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International.

Impact: 250 children will begin the school year with a backpack and school supplies thus lightening the burden on the family to provide these items and free up limited resources for other needs.

Project Contact Person

District: 5320

Rotary Club of: Los Alamitos/Seal Beach

Primary Contact: Thomas W Stretz

Email: tom.stretz@verizon.net

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

Los Alamitos/Seal Beach (5320)

13-Jun-18

$1,000

$1,000

$2,000

Total

$1,000

$1,000

$2,000

Project Supporting Documents


[19-Jun-18]
Application


[19-Jun-18]
Budget


[20-Mar-19]
Final Report


[16-Mar-19]
Project Documents

Project Photos

History Log Entries

13-Jun-18

by Thomas W Stretz

System Entry: Creation of project page.

19-Jun-18

by Stacey Giannoulis

System Entry: Project sent for club signatures.

19-Jun-18

by Thomas W Stretz

System Entry: Project signed by Thomas W Stretz.

20-Jun-18

System Entry

System Entry: Project signed by Sherry Kropp.

5-Jul-18

by Stacey Giannoulis

System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee.

30-Aug-18

by Helen Maxwell

System Entry: Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer.

16-Mar-19

by Thomas W Stretz

Project has been satisfactorily completed. 300 backpacks purchased, loaded with various school supplies and distributed to families in need by Rotarians and other volunteers.

6-Apr-19

by Stacey Giannoulis

System Entry: Project has been implemented and final report uploaded.

6-Apr-19

by Stacey Giannoulis

System Entry: Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.

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