Project Description Country: USA Location: Anchorage, Alaska Total Budget: $1,500 Area of Focus: Basic education and literacy Activity Type: Education: Literacy Summary: Five Little Free Libraries will be installed to benifit 20 or more children and adults per site per day. Not everyone has ready access to the public libraries, particularly with the closure of some smaller satellite libraries. Furthermore, there is little fellowship in many communities due to the lack of community events. This project will provide ready access to books within walking distance of 100 people or more per site. The take a book, leave a book, approach allows people to meet others and learn their interests which promotes fellowship and goodwill. The Little Free Library project supports education and literacy on a community level. The project was started by Rotarian Todd Bol in 2009 in Wisconsin and it has spread worldwide1. The grant funds will be used exclusively for construction materials, registration with Little Free Library 2, and Rotary branding. The libraries will be designed, constructed and installed by Rotarians, and friends of Rotarians, who will donate their time and tools. The club will donate books and solicit book donations from others to initially stock the libraries. The library stock should be sustained in the future by the users. The club will check the condition of the libraries on a regular basis and make repair as necessary. Project Contact Person District: 5010 Rotary Club of: Anchorage Hillside Primary Contact: Howard Weston Email: akweston@hotmail.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 2015-16 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Anchorage Hillside (5010) 11-Apr-15 $750 $750 $1,500 Total $750 $750 $1,500

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History Log Entries 11-Apr-15 System Entry Creation of project page. 1-Jun-15 System Entry Project sent for club signatures. 1-Jun-15 System Entry Project signed by Howard Weston. 4-Jun-15 System Entry Project signed by Al Clayton. 23-Jul-15 System Entry Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 26-Jul-15 by Howard Weston Design is in progress with construction planned to start in August 2015 27-Jul-15 System Entry Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer. 28-Oct-15 by Howard Weston 5 libraries have been installed in Anchorage: Across street from Bayshore Elementary, Corner of Eshamy Bay and Bettles Bay, 5321 Little Tree St, 13211 Venus Way,and 4780 Cambridge Way. Up to 5 more will be installed in the spring. 5-May-16 by Howard Weston The 5 Free Libraries planned have been constructed and installed, with Rotary Branding. Nearly all the materials needed for 5 more have been purchased recently and a build out is planned for May. A short overview of the project will be presented at the District Conference. A new photo showing the Rotary Branding has been added. The Libraries have been well received and heavily used by the communities where they were installed. No significant maintenance has been required. 29-Jun-16 System Entry Project has been implemented and final report uploaded. 29-Jun-16 System Entry Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.