Project Description Country: USA Location: North Platte, NE Total Budget: $1,500 Area of Focus: Basic education and literacy Activity Type: Education: General Summary: 300 Josh the Baby Otter books for kindergarten kids With the presence of the North Platte and South Platte Rivers, the interstate lakes and Lake Maloney, water safety for children is a critical need. The Joshua Collingsworth Memorial Foundation provides an entertaining program on water safety, geared to young children. With this grant, North Platte Rotary will provide water safety instruction to all North Platte public and parochial kindergarten classes, approximately 300 students. A Rotarian will discuss the Josh the Baby Otter book in each classroom, joined by Rotarian Josh the Otter in costume. Each child will receive a Josh the Baby Otter book, coloring book and sticker. Classroom presentations will be done the first week of May 2024. Project Contact Person District: 5630 Rotary Club of: North Platte Primary Contact: Louise Hoffmann Email: lah18a@gmail.com Project Status Paid This project is "Paid". This means that the funds from the district have been issued. This project is now being ready for implementation. When this is done, a report needs to be uploaded on the project page and the "Reported" button needs to be clicked, then the status of the project will be changed to "Reported". Project listed for the 2023-24 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total North Platte (5630) 10-Jul-23 $396 $1,104 $1,500 Total $396 $1,104 $1,500

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [29-Jun-23] 2021 - 2022 990 [5-Jul-23] NP MOU 2023 - 2024

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History Log Entries 29-Jun-23 by Louise Hoffmann System Entry: Creation of project page. 5-Jul-23 by Louise Hoffmann System Entry: Project sent for club signatures. 5-Jul-23 by Louise Hoffmann System Entry: Project signed by Louise Hoffmann. 10-Jul-23 by Dale Schultz System Entry: Signature Process cancelled by user. 10-Jul-23 by Louise Hoffmann System Entry: Project reverted to "Published". 10-Jul-23 by Louise Hoffmann System Entry: Pledge of $396 with $1,104 DDF by Louise Hoffmann of the Rotary Club of North Platte, District 5630. 10-Jul-23 by Louise Hoffmann System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged". 10-Jul-23 by Louise Hoffmann System Entry: Project sent for club signatures. 10-Jul-23 by Louise Hoffmann System Entry: Project signed by Louise Hoffmann. 13-Jul-23 by Dale Schultz System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 27-Sep-23 by Randy Kratochvil System Entry: Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer.