Project Description Country: USA Location: Peoria, Arizona Total Budget: $3,937 Areas of Focus: Maternal and child health, Basic education and literacy Activity Type: Education: Literacy Summary: To education and teach children from 2-4 years of age water safety to prevent drowning thr Josh the Otter Book From April through May 2014, Peoria Rotary and AZ E Club are planning on having a one day preventive project to present the Josh the Otter bilingual book with CD. We will have the Peoria Fire Department, First things First, and other agency that prevent drowning of children from the ages of 2-4. We will hold this event at a park in the Peoria Parks and Rec. With books that we have left we will target preschools and make arrangements to present this program to the preschoolers. Living in Arizona, there are a lot of deaths due to drowning. This program will provide literacy since each children receives the book and CD and is also provides health needs to prevent drowning. PR will be handle through Glendale Star, Peoria Times, Fire Department, Club website and other media venues including First Thing First. 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) 1-May-13 $687 $3,000 $3,687 E-Club of Arizona (5490) 1-May-13 $250 - $250 Total $937 $3,000 $3,937

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [30-May-14] Bills Josh the Otter [28-May-14] Final Josh the Otter [17-Jun-14] Josh the Otter Final News Article [28-May-14] Josh the Otter Spreadsheet [26-Apr-13] rotary

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History Log Entries 25-Apr-13 System Entry Creation of project page. 26-Apr-13 by Rebecca Wilks Needed: Project budget and modified financing. 26-Apr-13 System Entry Project sent for club signatures. 26-Apr-13 System Entry Project sent for club signatures. 26-Apr-13 System Entry Project signed by Sara Jane Feldman. 26-Apr-13 System Entry Project signed by Sara Jane Feldman. 29-Apr-13 System Entry Project signed by Susan Fitzgerald. 1-May-13 System Entry Signature Process cancelled by user. 1-May-13 System Entry Project reverted to "Published". 1-May-13 System Entry Project is now "Fully Pledged". 1-May-13 System Entry Project reverted to "Published". 1-May-13 System Entry Pledge of $250 by Sara Jane Feldman of the Rotary Club of E-Club of Arizona, District 5490. 1-May-13 System Entry Project is now "Fully Pledged". 1-May-13 System Entry Project sent for club signatures. 1-May-13 System Entry Project signed by Susan Fitzgerald. 1-May-13 System Entry Project signed by Sara Jane Feldman. 17-May-13 by Rebecca Wilks Important! Missing Information! 30-May-13 by Rebecca Wilks Notification 30-May-13 System Entry Signature Process cancelled by user. 30-May-13 System Entry Project sent for club signatures. 30-May-13 System Entry Project signed by Rebecca Wilks. 30-May-13 System Entry Project signed by Susan Fitzgerald. 30-May-13 System Entry Project signed by Sara Jane Feldman. 2-Aug-13 by Sara Jane Feldman This project is still a go. We have not received the money to start this process. Just informed that money should be here within a couple of weeks. 2-Aug-13 System Entry Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 16-Oct-13 by Sara Jane Feldman The project is in full swing. We are having meetings regularly and have a place for this event finalized. The E Club of AZ is working with us on this project. The fire and police departments are being contacted to confirm their participation at the event. We are working with other organization to spread the word about this event. We hope to have 300 to 500 pre school children attend. 14-Nov-13 System Entry Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer. 3-Feb-14 by Sara Jane Feldman We had to change the date to May 24, 2014. The Sunrise High School pool opens on that day and we will have more attendance and be able to present Josh the Otter presentation to more children. We are working with First Thing First and the City of Peoria to get the word out to more families. 3-Feb-14 by Rebecca Wilks Reminder; the deadline for reporting, including all relevant receipts and spending report, is May 31. 16-Feb-14 by Sara Jane Feldman We are set for this event. We know the deadline for submitting reports is May 31, 2014 and they will be submitted right after the event. We have gotten the City of Peoria involved and well as the fire and police department. We are getting a lot of support from the Peoria Unified School District. We will be holding the event at Sunrise Pool which is part of the Peoria School District. It is the first day that the pool will be open to the community so a lot of children will be attending. 27-May-14 System Entry Project has been implemented and final report uploaded. 27-May-14 System Entry Project reverted to 'Paid' status. 28-May-14 System Entry Project has been implemented and final report uploaded. 29-May-14 by Rebecca Wilks Please re-upload the receipts. 29-May-14 System Entry Project reverted to 'Paid' status. 3-Jun-14 System Entry Project has been implemented and final report uploaded. 4-Jun-14 System Entry Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.