Project Description Country: USA Location: Gilbert, AZ Total Budget: $11,500 Area of Focus: Basic education and literacy Activity Type: Education: Literacy Summary: Dictionaries to Third graders in Gilbert and some Mesa Public Schools Dictionaries may be used by students during merit testing, but schools cannot afford them. Teachers use the extensive glossaries to teach geography, current events, astronomy, sign language and mathematics. Club members sticker each dictionary with a Rotary sticker and Four-Way Test sticker, deliver the boxes to the schools and, when allowed, make a short presentation about Rotary, and learning new words, their meanings and spellings. The program has been well-received by over thirty schools for nearly 20 years. The physical book is not dead and we can prove it. Project Contact Person District: 5495 Rotary Club of: Gilbert Primary Contact: Curt Ward Email: cward50158@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 2023-24 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Gilbert (5495) 3-Apr-23 $9,000 $2,500 $11,500 Total $9,000 $2,500 $11,500

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [24-Oct-23] final report paid receipt [24-Oct-23] Final report signed [24-Oct-23] final report supporting detail [13-Apr-23] MOU 23-24 signed

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History Log Entries 3-Apr-23 by Curt Ward System Entry: Creation of project page. 4-Apr-23 by Rebecca Wilks Thank you for your application. We still need the 23-24 club president to be on the email list (just let me know if that's you, Curt), and need your MOU: https://portal.clubrunner.ca/50335/Documents/en-ca/1cfb1e5a-bad4-49b6-a40b-3bd37d484b19/1/ Thanks! 13-Apr-23 by Rebecca Wilks System Entry: Project sent for club signatures. 13-Apr-23 by Rebecca Wilks System Entry: Project signed by Rebecca Wilks. 14-Apr-23 by Curt Ward System Entry: Project signed by Curt Ward. 16-May-23 by Curt Ward This is still an active grant request. 19-May-23 System Entry System Entry: Project signed by Cori Christenson Barimo. 16-Jun-23 by Rebecca Wilks Congratulations! This project has been approved for full funding. We need to do some administrative things, so we don’t know exactly when the money will hit your account, but our best guess is a month or so. We’ll send you an update when we have one. Please also remember that you may not spend money prior to TRF approval and reimburse yourself from grant funds. If there have been changes in your bank account (information for electronic transfer), please get that to Lucinda General (District Treasurer) as soon as possible. treasurer@rotary5495.org. Your report is due April 30, 2024, and receipts are required to complete the report (not invoices, cancelled checks, UPS shipping labels, or any other documents). Thank you for making the world a better place. 16-Jun-23 by Rebecca Wilks System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 7-Aug-23 by Caleb Lowe Your District Grant has been approved by The Rotary Foundation We expect electronic payments will be initiated before Friday August 11. You may begin making project expenditures now. If there have been changes in your bank account (information for electronic transfer), please get those to Lucinda General (District Treasurer) as soon as possible. treasurer@rotary5495.org. Your report is due April 30, 2024, and receipts are required to complete the report (not invoices, cancelled checks, UPS shipping labels, or any other documents). Thank you again for your good work. 8-Aug-23 by Caleb Lowe System Entry: Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer. 1-Nov-23 by Rebecca Wilks System Entry: Project has been implemented and final report uploaded. 1-Nov-23 by Rebecca Wilks System Entry: Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.