Project Description Country: USA Location: San Marcos, CA Total Budget: $1,200 Area of Focus: Maternal and child health Activity Type: Education: General Summary: Funds to support a running club in a school with the highest obesity rates among school children in San Marcos, CA- USA Alvin Dunn Elementary School in San Marcos, CA has been identified as having the highest rate of obesity among school children in the area. Obesity can lead to serious health issues: diabetes , heart problems,and lethargy that hinders children from learning. Our club needs additional funds for t-shirts, medals, and other incentives to keep children involved in the program and, in some cases, running shoes. Club members have volunteered to bring together local college track team members to teach students about: warm-ups, stretching, running techniques that prevent injuries. Club members have volunteered to run, and or supervise some runs. Project Contact Person District: 5340 Rotary Club of: North County San Diego-Route 78 Primary Contact: Maria de la Luz Reyes Email: mariadelaluz@roadrunner.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 North County San Diego-Route 78 (5340) 22-Jul-14 $600 $600 $1,200 Total $600 $600 $1,200

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [24-Mar-15] B-632_Receipts1of2 [24-Mar-15] B-632_receipts2of2 [30-Mar-15] P632 [30-Mar-15] R78R_FinalReport412015_P632

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History Log Entries 22-Jul-14 System Entry Creation of project page. 23-Jul-14 System Entry Project sent for club signatures. 24-Jul-14 System Entry Project signed by Maria de la Luz Reyes. 4-Aug-14 by Marge Cole The District 5340 Rotary Foundation Committee approved the request for DDF match of $600. for this District Grant. A check will be sent to the Club at the address provided when the DDF cash is received from The Rotary Foundation. The District thanks and commends the Route 78 Rotary Club for its generous project for the community. 11-Aug-14 System Entry Project signed by Xavier Martinez. 13-Aug-14 System Entry Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 24-Aug-14 System Entry Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer. 21-Mar-15 by Marge Cole Xavier Martinez has requested that he be removed from this District Grant--he was originally listed as the Primary Contact. Maria de luz Reyes is now the Primary Contact and has signed the grant. It has been marked Approved and has already been funded by the District. It needs to be marked "Paid" by the District Grants Treasurer. 21-Mar-15 System Entry Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 28-Mar-15 by Marge Cole Maria de los Reyes is now the Primary Contact on this grant. 30-Mar-15 by Maria de la Luz Reyes The matching District grant helped Route 78 Rotary sponsor a running club to address the high rate of obesity among students at Alvin Dunn School in San Marcos. Teachers organized “Running to Lead” providing students an opportunity to run 2 days a week before school. Student participation increased from 20 in the previous year to over 400 students (K -6th grade). An added benefit was that, off and on, about 40 parents exercised with their children. Having money to purchase incentives for students in the program, such as: ribbons, medals, t-shirts (after 20 miles), and award ceremonies kept students motivated. The matching grant increased awareness of health issues among children and that of our Rotary Club amongst the Latino community. 6-Apr-15 System Entry Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer. 6-Apr-15 System Entry Project has been implemented and final report uploaded. 6-Apr-15 System Entry Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.