Project Description Country: USA Location: Girdwood Total Budget: $2,000 Area of Focus: Basic education and literacy Activity Type: Education: Literacy Summary: Provide books for a year to low income families with children under 5 in Anchorage, Eagle River and Girdwood, AK Provide books for a year to low income families with children under 5 in Anchorage, Eagle River and Girdwood, AK. The project supports Rotary Foundation's Future Vision Plan, Basic Education and Literacy. It has been operational in Anchorage since 2009. It is an established program that works. 9,000 children in Anchorage are currently enrolled and the strategic plan include growing that number with an emphasis on low-income families. This project will be an ongoing club supported project. with the hopes of continuing our commitment for the life of the program. There is also the opportunity for members to volunteer at a local level which includes free events in the area that encourage reading. Undeliverable books would be picked up from the post office and delivered to shelters. Project Contact Person District: 5010 Rotary Club of: Girdwood Primary Contact: Howard Earl Email: howard@resdat.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 Girdwood (5010) 14-Apr-15 $1,000 $1,000 $2,000 Total $1,000 $1,000 $2,000

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [12-May-15] Background on Grant [16-Jul-16] Final Report [16-Jul-16] Receipt

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History Log Entries 14-Apr-15 System Entry Creation of project page. 8-Aug-15 System Entry Project sent for club signatures. 11-Aug-15 System Entry Project signed by Howard Earl. 2-Oct-15 by Howard Earl This project is on-going. 23-Oct-15 System Entry Project signed by Erin Eker. 26-Oct-15 System Entry Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 20-Nov-15 System Entry Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer. 16-Jul-16 by Howard Earl System Entry: Project has been implemented and final report uploaded. 16-Jul-16 by Denise Ringhand System Entry: Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.