Project Description Country: USA Location: Darien Total Budget: $18,000 Area of Focus: Basic education and literacy Activity Type: Education: General Summary: Give weekend bags of age-appropriate food to area elementary-age food-insecure children every Friday during the school year. Target Completion Date (enter in Description section): Project runs Sept 2019 - May 2020 Number of Rotarians Participating: 25 (entire club) Number of Non-Rotarians Benefiting" 195 - 205 The project involves purchasing kid-friendly and shelf-stable food in bulk then breaking that down into one child, one-weekend packages. These are provided to the schools for discreet distribution to designated needy children on Fridays. The goal is to enable the children to hit the ground running when they arrive at school on Monday. School districts supported are: District 61 Mark Delay and Lace Elementary Schools District 63 Concord Elementary and Cass Junior High Schools District 180 Anne M Jeans Elementary School Project Contact Person District: 6450 Rotary Club of: Darien Primary Contact: Chris Gerrib Email: cgerrib@comcast.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 2019-20 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Darien (6450) 17-May-19 $15,233 $2,767 $18,000 Total $15,233 $2,767 $18,000

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [17-Mar-20] darien final report [17-Mar-20] Dec2019receipts [17-Mar-20] jan 2020 receipts [17-Mar-20] oct2019 receipts [17-Mar-20] sept19 receipts

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History Log Entries 17-May-19 by Chris Gerrib System Entry: Creation of project page. 2-Sep-19 by Chris Gerrib System Entry: Project sent for club signatures. 2-Sep-19 by Chris Gerrib System Entry: Project signed by Chris Gerrib. 15-Sep-19 by Susan W Linn System Entry: Project signed by Susan W Linn. 4-Oct-19 by Rachel Ossyra System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 21-Dec-19 by Rachel Ossyra System Entry: Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer. 17-Mar-20 by Chris Gerrib System Entry: Project has been implemented and final report uploaded. 20-Mar-20 by Bill Lyman - Stewardship Stewardship review is complete. Meets all necessary criteria. Final report reviewed. Project okay to be approved by District Approval Committee. WL/LG 21-Mar-20 by Rachel Ossyra System Entry: Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.