Project Description Country: USA Location: Boise, Idaho Total Budget: $1,200 Area of Focus: Basic education and literacy Activity Type: Education: General Summary: Providing dictionaries to third grade students at low-income Boise, Idaho area schools Funds will be used to purchase "A Student's Dictionary" from dictionaryproject.org. Dictionaries will the distributed to third graders in five lower-income elementary schools of the West Ada school district of Idaho. In presenting the dictionaries to these 450 students members will interact with them and reinforce the importance of education. We explain to the students what Rotary is, how the organization affects the lives of its members and the community at large. More than just a dictionary, these almanacs are for some of these students the only book they can call their own. The teachers tell us that the material in the books is integrated into lesson plans so that the children become familiar with new words, learn more about the world outside their borders and develop a curiosity about previously unknown topics. The club will have a coordinator who makes contact with the schools to determine the number of dictionaries required in order to provide one dictionary per 3rd grade student, coordinate the distribution date for each school and order the dictionaries from the Dictionary Project organization. Upon receipt, several members will place Rotary bookplates in the front of the dictionaries. The bookplates will explain the community service mission of Rotary and include the four-way test. 90% of the club will participate in handing out the dictionaries at the schools and introducing the students to some basic information contained in them. We will take the opportunity to relate the members' professions and how education played an important role in obtaining jobs or starting businesses. Our goal is to complete the distributions prior to Thanksgiving break. Anticipated cost is $1,200. Project Contact Person District: 5400 Rotary Club of: Boise Centennial Primary Contact: Constance Carlson Email: constance@chigbrowryan.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 Boise Centennial (5400) 20-May-15 $300 $900 $1,200 Total $300 $900 $1,200

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [1-Dec-15] Bookplate donation [16-Dec-15] Chk# 2006 [1-Dec-15] Dictionary purchase check (duplicate) [15-Dec-15] Final Report [30-Nov-15] Invoice

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History Log Entries 20-May-15 System Entry Creation of project page. 26-May-15 by Marianne Barker Emailed Constance to update her project financing to the revised $1200 project total. 26-May-15 System Entry Project reverted to "Published". 27-May-15 by Cari Kaster Please don't forget to electronically sign your application before June 1st. This button can be found on the description tab, once you hit the administration button at the top right corner of your grant. Call me with any questions at 539-1519. Cari Kaster 27-May-15 System Entry Project is now "Fully Pledged". 28-May-15 System Entry Project sent for club signatures. 28-May-15 System Entry Project signed by Constance Carlson. 28-May-15 System Entry Project signed by James Marin. 17-Jul-15 by Marianne Barker Your grant application has been approved for the total amount of DDF requested, $900. Please confirm via history log at matchinggrants.org that you intend to proceed with the project as submitted, to initiate the funding process. If you anticipate a reduction in the total budget, please cancel signature process (description tab – admin.) and adjust your financing to reflect revisions, and then send again for signatures. Changes will be reviewed by the district for final notification of grant award. As soon as you confirm or change your project as directed above, you may begin to incur expense. If you have questions or need help, call Cari Kaster at (208) 539-1519 20-Jul-15 by Constance Carlson Boise Centennial will proceed with this project as submitted 21-Jul-15 System Entry Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 20-Aug-15 by Constance Carlson $900 of district matching grant funds received 25-Aug-15 System Entry Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer. 10-Sep-15 by Constance Carlson 20 cases of A Students Dictionary ordered at cost of $1200. 11-Sep-15 by Constance Carlson Payment of $1200 sent to The Dictionary Project. 24-Sep-15 by Constance Carlson Bookplates with value of $50 donated by Idaho Power 30-Nov-15 by Constance Carlson Our club has completed distribution of the dictionaries to all five schools. 18-Dec-15 System Entry Project has been implemented and final report uploaded. 1-Feb-16 by Jedd Thomas The reports and supporting information have been audited as of this date, and documentation is sufficient to allow for the grant file to be closed. 2-Feb-16 System Entry Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.