Project Description Country: USA Location: United States Total Budget: $4,520 Area of Focus: Basic education and literacy Activity Type: Education: Literacy Summary: Provide dictionaries to 2,160 3rd graders in 25 elementary schools in the Peoria United School District Three Rotary Clubs - Peoria, Peoria North and Glendale West - will come together to put labels in the dictionaries with the four way test and the Rotary clubs names. Rotarians in teams of 2 or 3 will personally distribute the books in the classrooms. Each of the three clubs will contribute financially to the project. By providing a literacy tool to these children, in many cases this will be the child's only book at home. News article will appear in the Glendale Star, Peoria Times, Clubs websites and club social media. Project Contact Person District: 5490 Rotary Club of: Peoria Primary Contact: Sara Jane Feldman Email: sarajfeldman@cox.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 2013-14 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Peoria (5490) 21-Apr-13 $1,520 $3,000 $4,520 Total $1,520 $3,000 $4,520

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [23-Apr-13] budget distionaries [30-Nov-13] Expenses [30-Nov-13] Final Report [24-Apr-13] peoria budget

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History Log Entries 21-Apr-13 by Rebecca Wilks More information requested. 21-Apr-13 System Entry Creation of project page. 24-Apr-13 System Entry Project sent for club signatures. 24-Apr-13 System Entry Project signed by Sara Jane Feldman. 29-Apr-13 System Entry Project signed by Susan Fitzgerald. 17-May-13 by Rebecca Wilks Important! Missing Information! 30-May-13 by Rebecca Wilks Notification 27-Jun-13 System Entry Project signed by Rebecca Wilks. 27-Jun-13 System Entry Project signed by Geoge Wheeler. 2-Aug-13 System Entry Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 18-Oct-13 by Chuck Fitzgerald distribution of books is underway 14-Nov-13 System Entry Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer. 30-Nov-13 System Entry Project has been implemented and final report uploaded. 17-Feb-14 System Entry Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.