Project Description Country: USA Location: Yonkers, NY Total Budget: $4,000 Area of Focus: Peacebuilding and conflict prevention Activity Type: Food/Agriculture: General Summary: Food for needy families in Yonkers During the height of COVID in 2020 and 2021, our Club developed a relationship with the Yonkers YMCA and YCAP when we purchased meals and partnered with them to distribute the meals to their clients. (Please see Certificate from YCAP in "Documents" section of this application) Recently, our Club was approached by these two organizations to help them purchase food for their food pantries and help them distribute food to their clients. While these organizations receive food from Feeding Westchester they must pay Feeding Westchester for certain foods - especially dairy products like milk and cheese. Inflation has affected the amount of food these organizations can purchase from Feeding Westchester. On June 28, 2022 LoHud reported that "food costs that have risen 18% for Feeding Westchester pantries" (Please see the full story in "Documents" section of this application) Our Club proposes to help the food pantries at the Yonkers YMCA and YCAP purchase $4,000 worth of food from Feeding Westchester that they would otherwise not be able to afford and to help them distribute the food to needy families. Project Contact Person District: 7230 Rotary Club of: Yonkers-East Yonkers Primary Contact: Greg Arcaro Email: secretaryyonkersrotary@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 2022-23 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Yonkers-East Yonkers (7230) 31-Aug-22 $2,000 $2,000 $4,000 Total $2,000 $2,000 $4,000

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [24-Apr-23] Cancelled checks YCAP Yonkers YMCA [31-Aug-22] Cert of Appreciation from YCAP [31-Aug-22] Feeding Westchester 18% Incresae in Food Cost [26-Apr-23] Final Report [23-Apr-23] Thank you Letter from Yonkers YMCA [1-Sep-22] Yonkers2022-23-MoU

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History Log Entries 31-Aug-22 System Entry System Entry: Creation of project page. 2-Sep-22 by Mahbub Ahmad System Entry: Project sent for club signatures. 6-Sep-22 by Greg Arcaro System Entry: Project signed by Greg Arcaro. 8-Sep-22 by Tim Hodges System Entry: Project signed by Tim Hodges. 8-Sep-22 by Mahbub Ahmad System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 24-May-23 by Mahbub Ahmad Documentation reviewed and sent to Stewardship for final approval. 12-Jul-23 by David Schribman Grant approved by stewardship. Check should be sent out to club. 13-Aug-23 by Mike Marx System Entry: Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer. 13-Aug-23 by Mahbub Ahmad System Entry: Project has been implemented and final report uploaded. 13-Aug-23 by Mahbub Ahmad System Entry: Final report approved by the District Approval Committee. 19-Aug-23 by Mike Marx TD CHECK 995002 WAS ISSUED 8-16-23 FOR $2,000.00