Project Description Country: USA Location: Darien Total Budget: $12,000 Area of Focus: Basic education and literacy Activity Type: Education: Literacy Summary: Purchase and distribute food to schoolchildren in Darien, Willowbrook and Burr Ridge The Darien club will purchase kid-friendly, shelf-stable food for approximately 150 students in Darien, Willowbrook and Burr Ridge schools. We will hold 5 to 6 packing nights during the school year. At each night, groups of volunteers will help unload the truck, break down bulk packaging and put food into one-kid, one-weekend packages. These packages will then be distributed to students by the schools counselors on Fridays. Recipients are identified by school counselors as children who, due to hunger, are not effectively learning. The goal is for kids to start school on Monday not tired, hungry and/or sick. Thus they have a better chance of not falling behind, especially in the early grades. Project Contact Person District: 6450 Rotary Club of: Darien Primary Contact: Chris Gerrib Email: cgerrib@comcast.net Project Status Signed This project is "Signed". This means that the signatures from the club leadership have been collected. This project is now being reviewed by the district leadership for approval. Once a decision is made, the status of the project will be changed to "Approved". Project listed for the 2023-24 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Darien (6450) 3-May-23 $9,821 $2,179 $12,000 Total $9,821 $2,179 $12,000 DDF contributions in grey are pending approval of the corresponding district committee.

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History Log Entries 3-May-23 by Chris Gerrib System Entry: Creation of project page. 1-Jun-23 by Karen Swinger System Entry: Project sent for club signatures. 2-Jun-23 by Chris Gerrib System Entry: Project signed by Chris Gerrib.