Summary: Books mailed monthly to 532 at-risk 3 and 4 year old preschoolers in Loveland, Colorado
Thompson School District runs a network of 15 preschool sites in Loveland, CO. This serves mostly (85%) at-risk kids (language learning, low income, or health issues). Dolly Parton's Imagination Library is a program that negotiates a low price averaging $3.50/bookk and mails age-appropriate books each month to kids under age 5 if there is a county sponsor (for Loveland it is United Way of Larimer County). Also, the State of Colorado provides $1.75/book. This project is to provide funds for 532 kids x $1.75/book x 12 months = $11,000. Loveland Rotary Club Foundation is providing $5500 for this project. Total retail value of thse books is about $44,000.
ROTARIAN INVOLVEMENT: 1) We (the Literacy Committee of Rotary Club of Loveland) discussed with United Way of Larimer County their need for help in funding the Imagination Library project for Larimer County. We agreed that an appropriate role for Loveland RC would be to raise funds for the approximately 532 students (3 and 4 year olds) enrolled in the Early Childhood Centers of Thompson (Loveland) School District. At $21/year/student the total needed is $11,000. 2) In August 2023, our Rotary Literacy Committee visited many Back-to-School night events for Early Childhood Centers of Thompson School District to publicize the Dolly Parton Imagination Library project to teachers, students and parents, and to encourage parents to sign up all of their children under age 5. We found that they strongly supported the project! 3) In spring 2024 I submitted a Grant Application for $11,000 to the Loveland RC Grant Committee. We were awarded $5500 and were advised to apply for a District Matching Grant for the balance.
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 2024-25 Rotary Year.
Proposed Financing
Existing Contributions Towards This Project
Date
Cash
DDF
Total
Loveland (5440)
30-Apr-24
$5,500
$5,500
$11,000
Total
$5,500
$5,500
$11,000
Project Supporting Documents
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History Log Entries
30-Apr-24
by Randy Looper
Dave,
Please enter a project budget in the documents area. Also you need to add Rotarian involvement to the description area.
30-Apr-24
by Dave Mills
System Entry: Creation of project page.
22-May-24
by Randy Looper
Dave in addition to the budget and Rotarian involvement your 24 -25 club President needs to complete the qualification questions and a MOU and send those to me at elkruninn@yahoo.com.
If you have any questions please email or call me at 970-629-0654.
Randy Looper
3-Jul-24
by Dave Mills
System Entry: Project sent for club signatures.
3-Jul-24
by Dave Mills
System Entry: Project signed by Dave Mills.
30-Jul-24
by Randy Looper
Dave,
Bob has not yet signed the grant. You might want to send it to him again and let him know you are sending it.
Randy
6-Aug-24
by Randy Looper
Dave,
I apologize for the delay in paying your grant. For the first time we received more grant requests than DDF was available. We cannot request the DDF till the report balances. To make that happen we have decided to cut the DDF from every grant. Your DDF request of $5,500 will be reduced to $4,950.
If you have any questions please let me know.
Randy
19-Aug-24
by Randy Looper
System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee.
25-Sep-24
by Randy Looper
System Entry: Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer.
24-Jan-25
by Randy Looper
Dave,
Please provide a quarterly history log update on this project.
Randy
3-Aug-25
by Dave Mills
As of 8/3/2025 6597 children age 0-5 or 1.76% of the total population in Larimer County are enrolled in the Imagination Library. In Colorado, 85,010 children age 0-5 or 1.43% of that population are enrolled. So Larimer County has enrolled 23% more of its total population than the State of Colorado has. This entire grant has gone to United Way of Larimer County which is the sponsor of the Imagination Library program in Larimer County. This grant has focused in Loveland, Colorado (second biggest city in Larimer County). No data is available just for number of enrollees in Loveland.
5-Aug-25
by Randy Looper
Dave,
Please download the district report form, complete it, sign it and upload it along with copies of the receipts to the documents area. The report can be found at the following link at the bottom of the page. Please let me know if you have any questions.
