P-722

Exploring Service Scholarships

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Project Description

Country: USA

Location: Orange, Calif

Total Budget: $6,000

Area of Focus: Basic education and literacy

Activity Type: Education: Scholarships

Summary: Scholarships to recognize community service hours worked by Police Explorers in Orange, California


IDENTIFY NEEDS

The costs of post-secondary education continue to rise. Tuition and books for a full-time community college student run well over $1000 a year while a California State Uiversity student has costs of from $8000 to $10,000 a year. Many of the young people in the Orange Police Department (OPD) Explorer Post come from families where these costs can be overwhelming. The Explorers are often the first in their families to attend college. These young people who work hard to get into college need help in covering the costs.

HOW THE PROJECT WILL MEET THE NEEDS

Members of the Rotary clubs of Orange North and Orange Sunrise have worked side by side with the OPD Police Explorers at community events in the City of Orange for many years - Orange North at the International Street Fair and the Tree Lighting Ceremony and Orange Sunrise at the Treats in the Streets and the Plaza Car Show. At a recent club presentation by the local Explorer post, we became aware of the tremendous number of hours that each of these young people volunteer every year. The clubs would like to start a scholarship program to acknowledge the contribution of the Explorers to our community and to assist some with the costs of continuing their education. Our goal is to offer six scholarships to OPD Explorers.

TIMELINE

Fall 2014 - Committee to develop an online scholarship application

Winter 2015 - Representatives to visit the OPD Explorer Post meeting to thank the group for their work in the community and to announce the new Explorer Service Scholarship program.

Spring 2015 - Committee to screen and rank applications, interview selected applicants and determine winners.

May 2015 - Students, their parents and OPD Advisors will be invited to a joint Orange North/Sunrise Rotary meeting where awards will be presented.

June 2015 - Rotary Representatives will attend individual school awards programs to announce the scholarship recipients.

USE OF FUNDS

$5500 - Scholarship funds - one @ $2000, two @ $1000 and three @ $500

$500 - Meal costs for Explorers, their parents and the OPD Advisors

$6000 - TOTAL

HOW CLUBS ARE INVOLVED

All committees will consist of members from both clubs.

Rotarians will:

* Work side by side with the Explorers at City of Orange Community Events (Street Fair, Treats in the Streets, Tree Lighting and Car Show).

* Develop an online scholarship application

* Make a presentation to the OPD Explorer Post

* Screen and rank applications

* Interview applicants and select winners

* Plan and coordinate joint recognition meeting

* Attend awards programs at Explorer home schools


Addendum to Project Description (added after the project was signed)

Learning that scholarship checks cannot be given directly to students, we have asked the Orange Police Department's Association if they would partner with the Rotary club for this grant. They would receive the funds and later disperse the funds to the post- secondary educational institutions that the winning students attend. Students would need to verify enrollment for the funds to be released. The OPD is checking with their board to see if this is possible. If not we would have the funds go to the Rotary District 501c3 for handling.

Project Contact Person

District: 5320

Rotary Club of: Orange Plaza

Primary Contact: Teryl Snyder

Email: terylsnyder@yahoo.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

Orange Sunrise (5320)

13-Aug-14

$1,500

$1,500

$3,000

Orange North (5320)

13-Aug-14

$1,500

$1,500

$3,000

Total

$3,000

$3,000

$6,000

Project Supporting Documents

Project Photos

History Log Entries

13-Aug-14

by Jedd Thomas

Creation of project page.

13-Aug-14

by Jedd Thomas

Project reverted to "Published".

13-Aug-14

by Jedd Thomas

Pledge of $1,500 with $1,500 DDF by Argie Nastasi of the Rotary Club of Orange North, District 5320.

13-Aug-14

by Jedd Thomas

Project is now "Fully Pledged".

13-Aug-14

by Jedd Thomas

Project sent for club signatures.

13-Aug-14

by Jedd Thomas

Project signed by Teryl Snyder.

13-Aug-14

by Jedd Thomas

Project signed by Argie Nastasi.

14-Aug-14

by Jedd Thomas

Project signed by Tracey Curtis.

11-Sep-14

by Jedd Thomas

Project approved by the District Approval Committee.

18-Sep-14

by Jedd Thomas

Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer.

2-Apr-15

by Teryl Snyder

Completed to date: Members from Orange North and Orange Plaza met with Orange Police Dept Explorer Advisers to develop criteria for student scholarships. Scholarship application was developed and posted on Rotary website. On March 4, Rotary reps attended an Explorer meeting and shared with them the scholarship information. Application due date - April 17. Awards dinner - May 6.

Rotary members continue to work with Explorers at community events.

11-May-15

by Teryl Snyder

Rotary members from Orange Plaza and Orange North hosted a dinner May 6 for the Explorer Scholarship winners, their families, other members of post 266 and Orange Police Department Explorer Advisers. Finalization of payment to the Orange Police Association (for payment to the students) and for dinner expenses should be completed this week with the final report completed by May 30.

15-May-15

by Jedd Thomas

Project has been implemented and final report uploaded.

8-Jun-15

by Jedd Thomas

Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.

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