P-573

Crossroads Children's Library

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Project Description

Country: USA

Location: Kearney, NE

Total Budget: $1,250

Area of Focus: Basic education and literacy

Activity Type: Education: Literacy

Summary: Kearney Dawn Rotary will establish a children’s library of new books suitable for all children; babies to toddlers, beginning readers to young teens. A bookcase will also be provided allowing for room to grow the collection.


The Kearney Dawn Rotary Club will purchase a 4-5 shelf bookcase, and purchase a collection of children's books to establish a new library. Books will be purchased from Hastings Book Store, where the club will receive an educational discount from the store. The discount could be up to a 40% discount depending on the book category, title and publisher. The books manager has agreed to assemble the collection based on the following age groups:

Ages 1-3: Picture books, touch and feel, pop-up (ie: Good Night Moon)

Ages 4-6: Read along, and beginning readers (ie: Dr. Suess, Curious George)

Ages 7-10: Award Winners, (ie: Caldecott Medal Books)

Ages 11+: Popular young readers, novels (ie: Harry Potter)

All books will have stickers recognizing the Kearney Dawn Rotary Club as the organization that has donated the book. The book case will have an engraved plate with the rotary logo, and again recognizing the Kearney Dawn Rotary Club for donating the library and the year established.

The library will be sustained by the Kearney Dawn Rotary Club by adding additional titles from time to time by club members. Club members may also make scheduled visits to Crossroads to read to the kids.

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Crossroads Mission - Kearney Campus

Crossroads is a public shelter for homeless families. The mission is to offer a Christ-centered, four-phase program 
of recovery to homeless men, women and children.

Crossroads' receives 99% of their financial support from individuals, churches, fundraisers, private grants, and local businesses. They provide free food, shelter and clothing to their 
guests while they are completing the four-phase program. Currently there are four families (4 moms, 4 dads and 16 children) residing at Crossroads.

Project Contact Person

District: 5630

Rotary Club of: Kearney Dawn

Primary Contact: Melanie Morrison

Email: melmor8447@gmail.com

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 2014-15 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing

Existing Contributions Towards This Project

Date

Cash

DDF

Total

Kearney Dawn (5630)

13-May-14

$250

$1,000

$1,250

Total

$250

$1,000

$1,250

Project Supporting Documents

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History Log Entries

13-May-14

by Jedd Thomas

Creation of project page.

12-Jul-14

by Jedd Thomas

Project sent for club signatures.

5-Nov-14

by Jedd Thomas

Project signed by Melanie Morrison.

12-Nov-14

by Jedd Thomas

Project approved by the District Approval Committee.

12-Nov-14

by Jedd Thomas

Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer.

15-May-15

by Jedd Thomas

Project has been implemented and final report uploaded.

16-May-15

by Jedd Thomas

Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.

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