Project Description Country: USA Location: Apache Junction Total Budget: $2,000 Area of Focus: Basic education and literacy Activity Type: Education: General Summary: After school program for at-risk Jr. High School students to improve behavior and academic scores in the classroom The M.E.S.A. Program was established in 2007, and is an early intervention strategy between Mesa Public Schools, the Mesa Police Department, and local community members and businesses. The focus of the program is junior high school students who have shown the need for positive behavioral redirection, enhanced school grades, and improved relationships with family, school staff and community members. A successful student graduates the program, the weekly academic review shows improved grades and a desire to continue to learn and go onto graduate high school. During the past two years one of the M.E.S.A Program students graduated as the honor graduate of the program, came back to mentor the next year and she is now a Police Explorer and junior staff member in the current M.E.S.A. class. Her high school GPA is now 3.4 and she is on the Varsity Basketball Team at Westwood High School in Mesa, Arizona. The project needs funding to support supplies and food for the program. Funding is also use to pay for the etiquette dinner after each graduation and or others supplies as needed. Members of the Mesa Sunrise Rotary Club are instructors for the program Project Contact Person District: 5495 Rotary Club of: Mesa Sunrise Primary Contact: Ray Villa Email: rv112754@gmail.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 2019-20 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Mesa Sunrise (5495) 24-Apr-19 $1,000 $1,000 $2,000 Total $1,000 $1,000 $2,000

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [24-Apr-19] Memorandum of Understanding [15-Apr-20] MESA Program District Grant Final Report 4-2020 [15-Apr-20] MESA Program District Grant Final Report 4-2020

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History Log Entries 24-Apr-19 by Jim Bissonett Ray, I don't see a signed MOU from your club. It needs to be uploaded to: http://www.matchinggrants.org/admin/qal_list.cgi?year=19&district=5495. 24-Apr-19 by Ray Villa System Entry: Creation of project page. 28-Apr-19 by Jim Bissonett Ray, this District Grant can't go forward until P-2337 (2018-19) has a final report uploaded. Please do that as soon as possible. 22-May-19 by Jim Bissonett System Entry: Project sent for club signatures. 22-May-19 by Ray Villa System Entry: Project signed by Ray Villa. 16-Jun-19 by Jim Bissonett System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 6-Aug-19 by Jim Bissonett System Entry: Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer. 16-Feb-20 by Jim Bissonett Are you ready to finish this project? Please download the Final Report Form: https://rotary5495.org/page/2018-08-01-district-grant-final-report-form. Follow instructions on the form. Have the form signed by the club president and attach paid receipts, then upload it to the project website. 2-May-20 by Jim Bissonett Hi, Ray! When will this project be completed? 23-May-20 by Jim Bissonett System Entry: Project has been implemented and final report uploaded. 23-May-20 by Jim Bissonett System Entry: Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.