Project Description Country: USA Location: Camp Pendleton Total Budget: $36,000 Area of Focus: Peace and conflict prevention/resolution Activity Type: Health: General Summary: A place where families can gather to reflect, grieve, and find inner peace. This is Phase II of a project that was started in 2012-13. It is Marine tradition that upon re-turning from battle, families of the fallen gather at the base for a formal memorial service. This service is the fulfillment of the Marine promise that no man is left behind and no man is forgotten. The service is both beautiful and heartbreaking. The "Field of Weeds" located at Camp Horno at the northern end of Camp Pendleton is the only nearby area that is large enough and flat enough for such a service. Six clubs and District 5280 are participating in improving the stark and inadequate location. They want to improve the facilities to provide a place where families and friends could gather to reflect, grieve and commemorate the sacrifices of their loved ones and find the internal peace in a tranquil setting With the help of the Command of the First Marine Regiment, the Rotary Club of Camp Pendleton developed a design and a plan for a football stadium-sized Rotary Garden of Peace and Tranquility. (An updated landscape and lighting plan will be uploaded). The design contemplates using the existing topography to create a two-level Garden. The first level would be paved and wired for occasional memorial services. The second level would be slightly elevated and landscaped with benches for seating. It would have areas for family gatherings and areas for contemplation. Both levels would be landscaped and lighted. In order to distinguish and separate the Rotary Garden of Peace and Tranquility from Camp Horno (located aboard Camp Pendleton) there will be arches at the entrance to the garden. In appropriate places, there will be identity, insignia and a bronze replica of the quintessential emblem of the fallen Marine, the boots, rifle, helmet and dog tags. The first phase of the project cost approximately $39,000 and was completed in 2012-13. The second phase is being budgeted at $36,000. Project Contact Person District: 5340 Rotary Club of: Camp Pendleton Primary Contact: Linda Sundram Email: lindasundram1@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 2013-14 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Camp Pendleton (5340) 31-Jul-13 $3,000 $3,000 $6,000 Valley Center (5340) 5-Aug-13 $3,000 $3,000 $6,000 El Camino Real (Oceanside) (5340) 6-Aug-13 $3,000 $3,000 $6,000 E-Club of the United Services, San Diego (5340) 7-Aug-13 $3,000 $3,000 $6,000 Camp Pendleton (5340) 12-Aug-13 $12,000 - $12,000 Total $24,000 $12,000 $36,000

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [16-Jul-15] Final Report P-386 [24-Jul-14] Interim Report July 24 2014 [31-Jul-13] Landscape Plan

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History Log Entries 31-Jul-13 System Entry Creation of project page. 5-Aug-13 System Entry Pledge of $3,000 with $3,000 DDF by Doug Clements of the Rotary Club of Valley Center, District 5340. 6-Aug-13 System Entry Pledge of $3,000 by Leland Russell of the Rotary Club of El Camino Real (Oceanside), District 5340. 7-Aug-13 System Entry Pledge of $3,000 with $3,000 DDF by Larry Sundram of the Rotary Club of Vista, District 5340. 7-Aug-13 System Entry Pledge of $3,000 with $3,000 DDF by larry sundram of the Rotary Club of E-Club of the United Services, San Diego, District 5340. 12-Aug-13 System Entry Pledge of $12,000 by Linda Sundram of the Rotary Club of Camp Pendleton, District 5340. 12-Aug-13 System Entry Project is now "Fully Pledged". 13-Aug-13 System Entry Project sent for club signatures. 13-Aug-13 System Entry Project signed by Mychal Dourson. 13-Aug-13 System Entry Project signed by Felix Sablan. 14-Aug-13 System Entry Project signed by Linda Sundram. 15-Aug-13 System Entry Project signed by Nicky Lovejoy. 13-Sep-13 System Entry Project signed by Matthew McLuckie. 24-Sep-13 System Entry Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 19-Jan-14 by Linda Sundram We have only lately received the funds from District. We will be moving forward with additional construction ASAP. 26-Jan-14 System Entry Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer. 3-Apr-14 by Marge Cole Club is reminded that Final Report and financial documents were due on April 1, 2014. 3-Nov-14 by Linda Sundram We are awaiting final approval from the Marines about constructing the flagpoles before we can close this out. 12-Jul-15 by Marge Cole This project is NOT complete until all the financial documents (receipts, etc.) and Final Report are uploaded to the Documents webpage of this grant. For more information on how to close a District Grant, go to this webpage: http://www.clubrunner.ca/Data/5340//HTML/229865//Howtocompleteyour2014-2015DistrictGrant.pdf#sthash.dSAco64z.dpuf The Club may file another Interim Report if there are still problems getting final approvals from USMC. 16-Jul-15 by Lawrence J Sundram Submitted Final Report 16-Jul-15 System Entry Project has been implemented and final report uploaded. 17-Jul-15 System Entry Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.