Project Description Country: USA Location: Preston Total Budget: $1,800 Area of Focus: Basic education and literacy Activity Type: Education: General Summary: Preston With almost 17% of children living below the poverty line in Franklin County, Idaho our Rotary Club is looking for proactive measures to help kids and families with an economic need. With improving education situations as an important step to improving long-term economic development, our project is focusing on a small but needed area of providing school supplies. We are initially working to provide backpacks and supplies for incoming 5th-grade students of Oakwood Elementary school. Working with the Preston Education Foundation who helped us identify this need, we expect to provide for every in-need child. In the past, the Preston Education Foundation had an annual project to provide supplies and clothes for school children in need. However, they are no longer able to continue with this project. We believe this brings a more urgent need for our project to succeed. The Rotary Club members will be raising funds, purchasing the supplies, preparing, and delivering the backpacks to the teachers for distribution to children. Distribution is expected in August 2023. We plan to distribute at least 45-55 backpack depending on need. Project Contact Person District: 5400 Rotary Club of: Preston Primary Contact: Kelly Mickelsen Email: kellym@prestonid.us 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 Preston (5400) 22-May-23 $419 $1,381 $1,800 Total $419 $1,381 $1,800

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [12-Mar-24] FINAL REPORT [12-Mar-24] RECEIPTS

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History Log Entries 22-May-23 by Marianne Barker If there's nothing you want to add to your grant proposal, click "start club signature" process on the administration side of the description tab. Your application must be signed by both the incoming club president and the primary contact person no later than June 1st, 2023. Do not include district administrators in your request for signatures. Thanks for your participation in Rotary Foundation district grants. 22-May-23 by Kelly Mickelsen System Entry: Creation of project page. 22-May-23 by Kelly Mickelsen System Entry: Project sent for club signatures. 23-May-23 by Kelly Mickelsen System Entry: Project signed by Kelly Mickelsen. 23-May-23 by Chad Hansen System Entry: Project signed by Chad Hansen. 25-Jun-23 by Marianne Barker Your 2023-24 district grant project will be included in D5400's block grant application to The Rotary Foundation in July. Do not place orders or spend money on the project until you hear from the district that TRF has approved our block grant, as you cannot be reimbursed for expenses incurred prior to TRF approval. Call Marianne Barker at 208 308-5617 if you have any questions. Thank you! 13-Jul-23 by Marianne Barker The Rotary Foundation approved the District 5400 block grant on July 11, 2023. We’ll send your grant award as soon as the block grant is funded by TRF. You can safely incur costs now. If you have questions or need help, please contact Marianne at (208) 308-5617 7-Aug-23 by Marianne Barker System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 8-Aug-23 by Marianne Barker System Entry: Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer. 17-Aug-23 by Marianne Barker Please do not reply to this email. You should have received your grant by now, mailed to your club’s mailing address Aug. 11. We are using a bill payer service this year, and the envelope will look different than in the past. Please tell your treasurer to watch for it, and not to discard. Please call me if you don’t have your check (208) 308-5617. Ignore the physical address on the check – D5400 is still PO Box 9592, Boise, ID 83707. 20-Feb-24 by Marianne Barker Based on your grant application, your project is likely completed by now. Please move forward will filing your final report, the form being available to you on the administration side of the description tab. Upload your report along with your receipts all in pdf format to the documents tab of your grant. Then click "reported" on the admin side of the description tab. 12-Mar-24 by Christine Huot Thank you for submitting all the necessary documents. The grant has been reviewed and will be considered close. 12-Mar-24 by Kelly Mickelsen System Entry: Project has been implemented and final report uploaded. 12-Mar-24 by Christine Huot System Entry: Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.