Areas of Focus: Maternal and child health, Basic education and literacy, Community economic development
Activity Type:
Community Development: Construction/Renovation
Summary: Flooring, paint, and furnishings provided in support of a location change for The Matthews House Community Life Center in Fort Collins.
Program Overview
The Matthews House Community Life Center (CLC) program was established in 2012 through a collaboration with the Department of Human Services; Children, Youth and Family Services, and Poudre School District, along with other community partners. Our second Community Life Center opened in 2015 in collaboration with the Genesis Project. These Centers serve as a consolidated location for vital services; as well as specialized, enriching programs for families. They help reduce barriers so families can attain what they need to learn, improve and become stronger and in turn, make our community stronger. Please refer to the latter portion of this request for information on specific programs and impacts.
Project Requesting Funding
The Matthews House Community Life Center at Fullana will be moving to our new location in partnership with First Presbyterian Church on the corner of Mulberry and College on July 1st. For the last six years, we were located within a Poudre School District facility.
Due to growth of their Early Childhood programming, we were given notice by PSD they could not renew our user agreement. We thank PSD for their partnership over the last six years.
We look forward to our budding relationship with First Presbyterian and the opportunity for additional space to continue to expand and grow. They have welcomed The Matthews House with open arms.
This funding will allow The Matthews House to contribute toward the cost of refurbishment and furnishings for a portion of First Presbyterian Church to make it warmer and more inviting to program participants. The refurbishment and move will take place during June and July of 2019.
The overall budget of the project is ~ $10,000 for moving costs, furnishings, and refurbishment expenses. However, this grant of $4,000 is for two specific budget items: $2,000 to reimburse First Presbyterian Church for a portion of the costs of flooring and paint that they are providing to spruce up the space (receipts will be provided). $2,000 is allocated for furnishings to be included in the new space, which will primarily include desks and tables and storage cabinets and similar.
Rotary Club members will be invited to be involved in painting days and moving days and similar as appropriate with this specific project, but would especially be invited to participate in ongoing volunteer activities at this new Community Life Center. Volunteers provide childcare to parents taking GED or ESL classes for example, and there is an after school program called Homework Helpers that connects many volunteers with students needing a little boost in some of their study areas.
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.
There are no photos yet for this project.
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History Log Entries
1-Jun-19
by Curt Bear
System Entry: Creation of project page.
3-Jun-19
by Randall Looper
Curt,
In order to be considered for a District grant the following needs to be completed:
- The clubs President-Elect needs to enter a Foundation goal for the 2019-2020 Rotary year.
- A detailed budget of income and expenses nedds to be uploaded to the documents area.
The financing needs to be edited. Currently it is listed as $4,000 DDF and $0 club. You need to enter the amount the club is going to contribute. If you are keepimg DDF at $4,000 the club level needs to be at least $2,000.
If you have any questions or problems please email me.
5-Jun-19
by Randall Looper
Curt,
I had forgotten that this is a redo grant from last year. You need to change the year to 2019-2020 from 2018-2019, your President Elect still needs to put in a foundation goal for 2019-2020 and you need to upload a budget. You do not need to change the financing.
19-Jun-19
by Jim Epstein
After uploading the budget document the application must be signed prior to approval
24-Jun-19
by Curt Bear
System Entry: Project sent for club signatures.
24-Jun-19
by Curt Bear
System Entry: Project signed by Curt Bear.
28-Jun-19
System Entry
System Entry: Project signed by Ann Bedient.
15-Jul-19
by Randall Looper
System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee.
16-Jul-19
by Bill Kehl
System Entry: Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer.
31-Jan-20
by Randall Looper
Please provide a history log update on this project.
12-Oct-20
by Randall Looper
Curt,
Please enter a quarterly update on the status of this project in the the history log section of this grant.
14-Oct-20
by Curt Bear
Project was completed according to plans, and serves The Matthews House well as their primary Community Life Center location. Here is a link to the summer activities guide for an example of how many services and activities are provided at the center that this grant helped to make warm and welcoming for clients, and useful for staff. https://thematthewshouse.org/wp-content/uploads/Activities-Sheet-Summer-2020.pdf
15-Oct-20
by Randall Looper
Curt,
Since you have completed this project you need to complete a final report found on the District web site and upload it along with copies of the receipts to the documents area.
3-Feb-21
by Randall Looper
Curt,
Since this project is complete you need to complete the final report found on the District website, sign it and upload it and copies of the receipts to the documents area. If you have questions please email or call me at 970-629-0654.
Randy
5-Jul-21
by Randall Looper
Curt,
Since this project is complete you need to complete the final report found on the District website, sign it and upload it and copies of the receipts to the documents area. If you have questions please email or call me at 970-629-0654.
Randy
14-Oct-21
by Randall Looper
Curt,
Since this project is complete you need to complete the final report found on the District website, sign it and upload it and copies of the receipts to the documents area. If you have questions please email or call me at 970-629-0654.
Randy
30-Dec-21
by Curt Bear
Submitted Final Report.
31-Dec-21
by Randall Looper
Curt,
You still need to sign the final report and upload either the receipts for the project or copies of the club checks.
Thanks, Randy
20-Jan-22
by Curt Bear
In for Rotary year ended 6/30/19, our Rotary send a check for $2,500 to the Mathews House and applied for a District matching grant. The grant was approved for the maximum grant amount of $4,000. The District then sent the check to the wrong address and we did not receive it. When we followed up on the grant we found out that the District had reallocated the funds. Realizing that the error was on the part of the District, it granted our club an extra district grant the next year in the amount of $4,000. We then cut a check to the Mathews House for the $4,000. By this time the original project had been completed. The District allowed us to specify a new project in the new application. That is why Curt was only able to come up with a bit over $4,000 in documentation for that project.
20-Jan-22
by Randall Looper
System Entry: Project has been implemented and final report uploaded.
20-Jan-22
by Randall Looper
System Entry: Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.
