Summary: Provide 150 Cuddle Bags to Foster and At-Risk Youth as they transition thru the foster care system.
Cuddle Bags are provided, by OCJ Kids, to DCS field offices to give to the at-risk children as they are being removed from neglectful or abusive situations. When a child is being removed from these situations, there is chaos and trauma involved in the removal.
OCJ Kids provides a Cuddle Bag, thru the case workers, to ease the trauma of the transition into foster care.
A Cuddle Bag contains overnight hygiene supplies, snacks, coloring books and crayons, and a toy. Most of all, the Cuddle Bags contain a blanket and a teddy bear. This gives the child something to hold and occupy themselves with during the removal process.
Then timeline for this project is for Sept. 2023
Rotarians of the Rotary Club of Scottsdale North will participate in the project by initiating contact with the grant recipient, organizing the grant process, and assisting OCJ Kids with assemblage of the Cuddle Bags. RCSN Rotarians will also meet with some of the Cuddle Bag recipient and their care givers.
Completed
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History Log Entries
27-May-23
by Brian Carson
project submitted
27-May-23
by Brian Carson
System Entry: Creation of project page.
28-May-23
by Rebecca Wilks
Thank you for your application. To complete it, 1. Please submit your club's signed MOU. 2. Please edit the project description to show active Rotarian Participation 3. We'll need to resolve the issue of last year's report - We are awaiting instructions from Charlie Tegarden on that.
I've received your email explaining that this grant is your first choice
29-May-23
by Rebecca Wilks
thank you for the revision.
15-Jun-23
by Rebecca Wilks
System Entry: Project sent for club signatures.
15-Jun-23
by Rebecca Wilks
System Entry: Project signed by Rebecca Wilks.
15-Jun-23
System Entry
System Entry: Project signed by Mike Webb.
15-Jun-23
System Entry
System Entry: Project signed by Brian Carson.
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.
28-Feb-24
by Ann Burke
Working with OCJ Kids to get receipts for the purchase of items for the Cuddle Bags to complete the documentation of this District Grant Project. entered by Ann Burke North Scottsdale Rotary Foundation Chair
28-Feb-24
by Rebecca Wilks
Thanks for the update.
10-Mar-24
by Rebecca Wilks
A friendly reminder: Your completed, signed report form, along with receipts for all project expenditures must be uploaded to this page by April 30. The report form can be found here: https://portal.clubrunner.ca/50335/Documents/en-ca/da933040-cc9e-4230-b2e6-2a5900705ea4/1/
14-Apr-24
by Rebecca Wilks
Just one last reminder you have about two weeks to complete the report for this grant and submit it with all project receipts. Thanks. https://portal.clubrunner.ca/50335/Documents/en-ca/da933040-cc9e-4230-b2e6-2a5900705ea4/1/
19-Apr-24
by Ann Burke
District Grant Final report and a file with all the receipts for expenditures have been uploaded in PDF format under the documents portion. Please advise if documents are not received or issues with the files.
19-Apr-24
by Ann Burke
System Entry: Project has been implemented and final report uploaded.
21-Apr-24
by Rebecca Wilks
System Entry: Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.
