Project Description Country: USA Location: Chicago Total Budget: $750 Area of Focus: The environment Activity Type: Food/Agriculture: General Summary: The District will support local events in Little Village to support the Monarch Butterfly Boxcar Initiative as it travels through our District in Sep on its way to the monarch's winter habitat in El Rosario Sanctuary in Michoacan, Mexico. This is a District 6450 Project. The monarch butterfly population in North America continues to decline and has reached a critical level. Assisting the Monarch Butterfly project has been encouraged by Rotary International as part of Rotary's newly added 7th Area of Focus. This project will assist in educating the general public about the need to increase Monarch habitats along the migration route between Canada and Mexico and the need to plant oyamel fir trees in the El Rosario Monarch sanctuary in the mountains of the Mexican state of Michoacan where the monarchs overwinter. The Chicago Little Village Club is sponsoring a float in the Mexican Independence Day Parade and other community outreach events. The boxcar will then continue to Mexico as it approximates the annual migration route. Families will be encouraged to participate in a Butterfly Bingo game that will be distributed with pollinator garden seed packets. Funds from this grant will be used to print Butterfly Bingo cards and for rental expenses for the pledge signing event (tables, chairs, etc.). Project Contact Person District: 6450 Rotary Club of: Naperville Primary Contact: Rachel Ossyra Email: rachelmarieo@hotmail.com Project Status Paid This project is "Paid". This means that the funds from the district have been issued. This project is now being ready for implementation. When this is done, a report needs to be uploaded on the project page and the "Reported" button needs to be clicked, then the status of the project will be changed to "Reported". Project listed for the 2022-23 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total District 6450 DDF 20-Nov-22 - $750 $750 Total $0 $750 $750

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History Log Entries 20-Nov-22 System Entry System Entry: Creation of project page. 20-Nov-22 by Rachel Ossyra System Entry: Project sent for club signatures. 20-Nov-22 by Rachel Ossyra System Entry: Project signed by Rachel Ossyra. 20-Nov-22 by Rachel Ossyra System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 23-Nov-22 by Ed Graziano System Entry: Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer.