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The Rotary Club of Villa Park is pleased to submit a district grant application to support the Skyview Elementary and Middle School. Skyview, (formerly known as Project Hope School), is a fully accredited alternative school that is operated by the Orange County Department of Education (OCDE). From its Orange, California storefront campus, the school provides instruction for approx 60-80 homeless and at risk low income students. The students served by the school live in motels or in cars and because of the transient nature of their existence, have no other appropriate educational opportunities available to them. For many of the students, their time at school each day is the only consistent, stable and safe environment that they experience. The staff, curriculum and school activities expose the students to positive and rewarding environment that they would not normally encounter in their daily lives.
In addition to the customary classroom instruction and physical education activities, the school's staff also provides a number of other services to the students and their families that are not funded by the OCDE. The staff must solicit donations for these services, which include the distribution of household items from an in-house food and sundries bank. The school staff arranges for and chaperones field trips to various educational venues around Southern California such as the Discovery Science Center when funds are available. Skyview hosts "family days" at Thanksgiving and Christmas as well as a summer carnival. These events feature activities and food.
The grant funds will be used to fund several urgently needed items that have been identified by the school staff. These include:
1. Internet: $600.00 The school staff currently has no internet services that can assist with lesson planning and alternative resources for students. A portion of the grant funds will be used to fund the installation and cost of internet for one year.
2. Field Trip: Transportation: $370.00 A portion of the grant funds will be used to charter a bus for one educational field trip during the forthcoming school year. The date and location will be determined by the school staff and curriculum requirements.
3. Apparel $2800.00 T-Shirts and hooded zip sweatshirts with a Skyview logo will be purchased for the students in addition to polo shirts and hooded sweatshirts for the staff that will help identify all the school members during field trips.
4. Barbeque with side burner: $800.00 The barbeque will be used to cook food during the various family events. It will also be used to help prepare hot entrées, on occasion, to augment the cold breakfast that is served to students each day.
5. Hygiene Products: $430.00 A one-time purchase of hygiene products to stock the Hygiene Bank which is critically low of supplies at this time.
Total $5000.00
Villa Park Rotary Member Involvement: Members will host and facilitate special community drives to collect food and sundries and then deliver the products to the school banks. Our club members and members of the Villa Park Interact Club will also volunteer at the various school events, including special breakfasts and picnics at the local park funded through member donations.
Project Dates: The project was approved by the committee chairpersons and the club president on August 1, 2013. The project is in progress. We are moving forward with the selection and purchase of the items. The various special events as indicated will take place through out the school year and will be completed in May of 2014.
Funding: The Rotary Club of Villa Park's contribution is fully budgeted and funded by the Community Services and Vocational Committees.
Addendum to Project Description (added after the project was signed)
Start Date: October 3, 2013
Completion Date: April 11, 2014
As of August 1, 2013, Club members have been conferring with the staff of Skyview School to determine and assess their needs. No purchases have been made and no club funds have been expended in furtherance of this project.
At the time of the project's completion, the amounts of the actual individual expenditures varied from the originally budget amounts due to unexpected changes in the cost of some items. There was an increase in the yearly cost of the internet from $600.00 to $1000.00. ATT mistakenly quoted the residential rate instead of the commercial rate. The apparel cost was $2784.69 which was less the $2800.00 budgeted amount. The cost of the barbeque was $851.57 instead of $800.00 as budgeted. The total cost of these three items was $4636.26, which left a grant balance of $363.74 to cover the cost of two the remaining items. To compensate for the variances, it was decided to spend the remaining $363.74 of grant funds on hygiene and food products for the school students. As indicated by the uploaded receipts, a total of $462.68 was spent for these items by the club. The $98.94 balance between the remaining grant funds and the amount that was actually spent was paid with club funds. The $370.00 that was originally budgeted to charter a bus, was not spent. The bus trip has not taken place. Should the bus trip take place later in the year, it will be paid by club funds.
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