Project Description Country: USA Location: Anchorage, Alaska Total Budget: $10,000 Area of Focus: Maternal and child health Activity Type: Food/Agriculture: General Summary: Provide food, and food/meal preparation supplies and equipment to meet childen's nutrition basic needs Anchorage Alaska has the most diverse school district in the US. A huge part of this population is at and below poverty levels, leading to major shortfalls of good diet/food and thus, poor educational opportunities and outcomes. Bean's Cafes subordinate activity is Children's Lunchbox, which, with community help, provides over 100,000 meals per year for needy children. This has been our club's primary sponsorship recipient for nearly 15 years, and we will be continuing to do so, this grant would double our support for this Rotary year. Rotary Members will be volunteering for the lunch packing and help with a monthly mobile food pantry that the Anchorage East Club manages also (recent photo attached). Funds cover food supplies and delivery and costs of operations of the certified commercial kitchen. Bean's/Children's Lunchbox do the actual supplies purchases and manage donations from the Food Bank so we don't get receipts. However, Bean's/Children's Lunchbox can provide reporting of expenditures for the final report at the end Rotary's 2026-2027 grant year. Project Contact Person District: 5010 Rotary Club of: Anchorage Hillside Russian Jack Primary Contact: Leon M Bridges (Mike) Email: britun007@gmail.com Project Status Approved This project is "Approved". This means that the district leadership has reviewed and approved the allocation of district funds for this project. Once the funds from the district have been issued, the status of the project will be changed to "Paid". Project listed for the 2026-27 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Anchorage Hillside Russian Jack (5010) 12-Apr-26 $6,000 $4,000 $10,000 Total $6,000 $4,000 $10,000

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History Log Entries 12-Apr-26 by Leon M Bridges (Mike) System Entry: Creation of project page. 21-May-26 by Eleanor Oydna DDF award decreased to $4,000 requiring a Club match of $6,000 if project total remains at $10,000. 6-Jul-26 by Eleanor Oydna 7/6/2026: Mike Bridges approved $6,000 Club match. 6-Jul-26 by Eleanor Oydna System Entry: Project sent for club signatures. 6-Jul-26 by Eleanor Oydna System Entry: Project signed by Leon M Bridges (Mike) (Administrator Override). 6-Jul-26 by Eleanor Oydna System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee.