Project Description Country: USA Location: Staten Island Total Budget: $5,000 Areas of Focus: Maternal and child health, Basic education and literacy Activity Type: Food/Agriculture: Volunteer Services Summary: The backpack program will provide food for students on Friday afternoon so they have something to eat over the weekend [when the students are not in school]. Food - it's essential and scarcity of an essential is concerning. For most of us, food is a pleasure and much of our days are consumed with thinking with satisfaction about it. For some, lack of food consumes thoughts of desperation and despair. We live in the richest country in the world; food should not be such an issue. But the truth is, lack of nutritious food for all is of paramount concern. Reports of children and their families going without food because the schools are closed is on the rise. It is the desire of South Shore Rotary to purchase food for students in impoverished areas, as funds allow, so they have food to eat over the weekends. The food will be placed in regular backpacks, to avoid any stigma with the students not having food to eat, and picked up on Friday afternoon. The backpacks will be returned on Monday for reuse. Addressing the need for food is relevant and everyone can relate to this on-going need. It's self-explanatory and easily understood. Without adequate food kids cannot focus on schoolwork, they tend to act out are less focused and less healthy. South Shore Rotary members will purchase supplies, stuff the backpacks and deliver the backpacks to the selected school for distribution. The duration of the program will run from September 2019 to June 2020. Addendum to Project Description (added after the project was signed) To date, we have moved ahead with District Grant, P-2807 and completed approximately 60% of the intended project. However, at this point it appears that the schools will not reopen and therefore the food we have purchased to date [a total $2927.40] will be the amount spent from the P-2807 grant for the school backpack program. For the remaining unspent money, i.e., $2072.60, South Shore Rotary is formally modifying its Grant. We plan to use the unspent portion equally between the following four food pantries on Staten Island for the purchase of food, exclusively: St Margaret Mary Church Attn: Mary Puccio 560 Lincoln Ave. Staten Island, NY 1030 646-552-2375 Oakwood Heights Community Church Attn: Carol Crocitto 345 Guyon Ave. Staten Island, NY 10306 718-667-6058 Community Health Action of Staten Island Attn: Laura Del Prete 2134 Richmond Terrace Staten Island, NY 10302 718-808-1840 Stapleton UAME Attn: Rev. Maggie Howard 49 Tompkins Ave. Staten Island, NY 10302 718-273-2857 Submitted by: Mike Kormanik, Director South Shore Rotary Project Contact Person District: 7230 Rotary Club of: South Shore (Staten Island) Primary Contact: Michael Kormanik Email: omikieo@aol.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 2019-20 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total South Shore (Staten Island) (7230) 23-May-19 $2,500 $2,500 $5,000 Total $2,500 $2,500 $5,000

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [4-Jul-20] ALL OAKWOOD FOOD PANTRY RECEIPTS [4-Jul-20] CHASI May 2020 Food Pantry Invoice for Rotary (Tro [4-Jul-20] DISTRICT GRANT P-2807 and EMERGENCT GRANT TABULATE [5-Sep-19] FMP FOR DISTRICT GRANT P-2807 signed [5-Sep-19] FMP FOR DISTRICT GRANT P-2807 signed [5-Sep-19] MOU DISTRICT GRANT P-2807 signed [14-Oct-19] MOU DISTRICT GRANT P-2807 signed [4-Jul-20] P-2807 Signed Final Report [4-Jul-20] SSR FOOD RECIEPT 31 [4-Jan-20] SSR FOOD RECIEPTS 1-6 [4-Jan-20] SSR FOOD RECIEPTS 14-19 [4-Jul-20] SSR FOOD RECIEPTS 20- 24 [4-Jul-20] SSR FOOD RECIEPTS 25 - 30 [4-Jan-20] SSR FOOD RECIEPTS 7-13 [4-Jan-20] SSR GRANT P-2807 INTERIM REPORT [4-Jul-20] UAME img_0190

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History Log Entries 23-May-19 by Evelyn Kormanik System Entry: Creation of project page. 2-Sep-19 by Michael Kormanik Project P-2807 is active and on schedule. South Shore Rotary has spoken with the school contact for the project as well as reached out to the shopping center [Shoprite] where the food will be purchased for [hopefully enhancements to] what is supplied. The food that will be supplied to the students selected, by the school administrators, has been identified. It will be varied over a four week cycle. Backpacks [actually reusable cloth shopping bags] have been secured from a SSR member. Next step is to wait for the school year to start so that the school can identify the specific students that will receive our assistance. SSR has been requested to target the second half of September for the start of the food distribution. The distribution will run for the 2019/2020 school year. 5-Sep-19 by Michael Kormanik System Entry: Project sent for club signatures. 5-Sep-19 by Michael Kormanik System Entry: Project signed by Michael Kormanik. 5-Sep-19 System Entry System Entry: Project signed by Rosemarie Dressler. 28-Sep-19 by Lora Hugelmeyer System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 16-Oct-20 by David Schribman System Entry: Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer. 16-Oct-20 by David Schribman System Entry: Project has been implemented and final report uploaded. 20-Oct-20 by Mahbub Ahmad System Entry: Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.