Project Description Country: USA Location: Joliet Total Budget: $1,500 Areas of Focus: Peacebuilding and conflict prevention, Maternal and child health, Basic education and literacy Activity Type: Community Development: General Summary: Plainfield For 8 days, children are bused from their school to the YMCA located in Joliet, IL. These are grade school children from the East side of Joliet which is a low income area. Many of these children have never been in the water. 4-5 Joliet Rotarians will volunteer each day to be in the pool and on the deck to assist children one-on-one It is our intent to make sure these children can be safe near and in water, improve their ability to swim, decrease their fear and of course, have some fun! There are 8-10 children who attend every day for 8 days.Each day 2-4 Rotarisns are in the pool assisting the swimmers. Project Contact Person District: 6450 Rotary Club of: Joliet Primary Contact: Genevieve D Cepela Email: gdcepel@gmail.com Project Status Reported This project is "Reported". This means that a report has been forwarded for review to the district leadership. This report is now being reviewed by the district leadership for approval. Once the report is accepted, the status of the project will be changed to "Completed". Project listed for the 2023-24 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total District 6450 DDF 22-May-23 - $1,500 $1,500 Total $0 $1,500 $1,500

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [16-Jul-24] 4711 Final Report [16-Jul-24] 4711 Receipts [16-Jul-24] 4711 Receipts [16-Jul-24] Receipts 4711

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History Log Entries 17-May-23 System Entry System Entry: Creation of project page. 22-May-23 by Genevieve D Cepela System Entry: Pledge of $1,500 DDF by Genevieve D Cepela of the Rotary Club of Joliet, District 6450. 22-May-23 by Genevieve D Cepela System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged". 25-May-23 by Genevieve D Cepela System Entry: Project sent for club signatures. 25-May-23 by Genevieve D Cepela System Entry: Project signed by Genevieve D Cepela. 26-May-23 System Entry System Entry: Project signed by Deborah Mascitti. 26-May-23 by Karen Swinger System Entry: Signature Process cancelled by user. 26-May-23 by Karen Swinger System Entry: Project sent for club signatures. 29-May-23 by Karen Swinger System Entry: Signature Process cancelled by user. 1-Jun-23 by Karen Swinger System Entry: Project sent for club signatures. 2-Jun-23 by Genevieve D Cepela System Entry: Project signed by Genevieve D Cepela. 25-Jul-23 by Karen Swinger System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 10-Nov-23 by Linda Yates System Entry: Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer. 28-Jun-24 by Genevieve D Cepela Rotary Club of Joliet volunteers got wet this week to support the Joliet Area YMCA’s swim lesson program for Fairmont Elementary School students. For many of these children, it is their first time in a pool - hopefully it inspires a lifetime of fun. This is the third year we have supported this project. 16-Jul-24 by Genevieve D Cepela Final Report and receipts submitted. 20-Jul-24 by Karen Swinger System Entry: Project has been implemented and final report uploaded.