Project Description Country: USA Location: Oceanside, CA Total Budget: $2,000 Area of Focus: Basic education and literacy Activity Type: Education: Literacy Summary: 100+ Books for Thanks+Giving food baskets, and Weekly Reader Subscriptions for grades 1-3 to Laurel Elementary School children in Oceanside, CA Laurel Elementary School, a Title 1 (low income) school, is located in the Crown Heights area, one of the most challenging areas in Oceanside. Last year Oceanside Rotary Club donated books and over $800 to Laurel Elementary for books and for Weekly Reader subscriptions for first graders. This year, with this matching grant, we will be able to donate Scholastic Weekly Reader subscriptions for all students in grades 1-3; Scholastic's Weekly Reader Classroom Magazines cover all the curriculum subjects teachers need to teach with current and engaging nonfiction as a way to introduce younger students to the joy of reading. Oceanside Rotary Club will also donate new books to be distributed to students as part of the annual Laurel Elementary School's Thanks+Giving food basket program. The goal of the program is to provide no less than 100 needy Oceanside families from Laurel Elementary with a Thanksgiving Food Gift Box: and this year, in addition to the Weekly Reader subscriptions for grades 1-3, our club goal is to include at least one book with each gift box that is age appropriate for the student. Club members will donate money and books for the project, and participate in distributing the books as part of the food basket program. Project Contact Person District: 5340 Rotary Club of: Oceanside Primary Contact: Renee Richardson Email: rotaryrenee@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 Oceanside (5340) 20-Aug-13 $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-Nov-13] P-342 Literacy Grant Report [24-Nov-13] P-432 Copy of Check to Laurel Elementary

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History Log Entries 20-Aug-13 System Entry Creation of project page. 21-Aug-13 System Entry Project sent for club signatures. 22-Aug-13 System Entry Project signed by David Hall. 3-Sep-13 System Entry Project signed by Renee Richardson. 12-Sep-13 System Entry Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 11-Nov-13 System Entry Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer. 24-Nov-13 by David Hall The goal of the project was to provide no less than 100 needy Oceanside students from Laurel Elementary (a Title 1 school) with a book to take home as part of the School’s Thanks+Giving food basket program, and Weekly Reader yearly subscriptions for all Laurel students in grades K-3. Club members donated money and books for the project. Sufficient funds were collected to meet all project goals. 24-Nov-13 System Entry Project has been implemented and final report uploaded. 2-Feb-14 System Entry Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.