Project Description Country: USA Location: Bourbonnais, IL Total Budget: $500 Area of Focus: The environment Activity Type: Education: General Summary: A Butterfly Garden will be planted at St. George School with the Bradley Bourbonais Rotary club and Students The purpose of this garden is to support pollinating insects and educate the students (k-8th grade) and community about habitat needs, the life cycle and migration of the Monarch Butterfly. The sunny area is 10x10 feet. Soil preparation and maintenance will be done by school personnel. The planting will be done by the Bradley Bourbonnais Rotary Club and St. George School students and Staff. In addition to the planting, educational signs will be developed and part of the funds will be used to purchase environmental books for the school's library. Publicity will come from the Rotary Club, District 6450 Environmental webpage, School District newsletters and the local paper. There will be a ribbon cutting event. 15 Rotarians will participate and approximately 400 students and staff will benefit from the garden and educational opportunities. Project Contact Person District: 6450 Rotary Club of: Bradley-Bourbonnais Primary Contact: Mary Onorad Email: maryonorad@gmail.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 2023-24 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total District 6450 DDF 27-Jan-24 - $500 $500 Total $0 $500 $500

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [2-Jul-24] 7/2 - St George School Amazon [2-Jul-24] 7/2 - St George School Prairie Wind Plant [7-Jun-24] amazon receipt 1 [7-Jun-24] amazon receipt 2 [7-Jun-24] amazon receipt 3 [15-Jul-24] bb check 142.18 [15-Jul-24] bb Check 261.93 [7-Jun-24] Bradley BB expense sheet [7-Jun-24] bradley bourbonnais final report [7-Jun-24] lowes [7-Jun-24] menards 1 &2 [7-Jun-24] prairie winds [7-Jun-24] publicity [15-Jul-24] School district letter showing payment was made [7-Jun-24] st george group photo [7-Jun-24] st george rotarians [7-Jun-24] students planting

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History Log Entries 27-Jan-24 by Mary Onorad System Entry: Creation of project page. 30-Jan-24 by Karen Swinger System Entry: Project sent for club signatures. 30-Jan-24 by Mary Onorad System Entry: Project signed by Mary Onorad. 2-Feb-24 by Marshall Schmitt System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 16-Mar-24 by Linda Yates System Entry: Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer. 7-Jun-24 by Mary Onorad System Entry: Project has been implemented and final report uploaded. 24-Jul-24 by Bill Lyman Stewardship review is complete. Meets all necessary criteria. Final report reviewed. Project okay to be approved by District Approval Committee. WL&MD 26-Jul-24 by Marshall Schmitt System Entry: Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.