Project Description Country: USA Location: Phoenix Arizona Total Budget: $7,000 Area of Focus: Basic education and literacy Activity Type: Education: Literacy Summary: Provide paperback dictionaries to all third grade classes in Paradise Valley School District The goal of this program is to assist all third grade students in the Paradise Valley School District to become good writers, active readers and resourceful learners by providing them with their own personal dictionaries. These dictionaries are a gift to each student to use at school and at home for years to come. For many of these students, this book will be their very first one to own and keep. The rotary club finds out the number of third graders and orders that many books. Most club members participate by distributing books to assigned school or schools. These dictionaries are usually distributed during the month of September or October so students will be able to use them for most of the school year. Project Contact Person District: 5495 Rotary Club of: Paradise Valley Primary Contact: Sherry Mischel Email: sherry5510@cox.net 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 2024-25 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Paradise Valley (5495) 10-May-24 $4,500 $2,500 $7,000 Total $4,500 $2,500 $7,000

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [31-May-24] PV MOU [31-May-24] PV MOU

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History Log Entries 10-May-24 System Entry System Entry: Creation of project page. 21-May-24 by Tom McLarty Thank you for applying for a District Grant for the D5495 2024-2045 Rotary year. In order to be considered for approval your club need to assure the MOU is uploaded to the documents tab in the District Grants Website. The MOU must be signed by two people, the current and incoming presidents 27-May-24 by Tom McLarty Thank you for applying for a District Grant for the D5495 2024-2045 Rotary year. In order to be considered for approval your club need to assure the MOU is uploaded to the documents tab in the District Grants Website. The MOU must be signed by two people, the current and incoming presidents. This needs to occur before the deadline of May 31, 2024. Also, if you have submitted more than one project, please note which grant is your first choice 27-May-24 by Tom McLarty System Entry: Project sent for club signatures. 27-May-24 by Tom McLarty System Entry: Project signed by Tom Mclarty. 29-May-24 System Entry System Entry: Project signed by Sherry Mischel. 30-May-24 by Tom McLarty Friendly Reminder: Thank you for applying for a District Grant for the D5495 2024-2045 Rotary year. In order to be considered for approval your club need to assure the MOU is uploaded to the documents tab in the District Grants Website. The MOU must be signed by two people, the current and incoming presidents. This needs to occur before the deadline of May 31, 2024. Also, please note which grant is your first choice. 30-May-24 by Tom McLarty System Entry: Signature Process cancelled by user. 31-May-24 by Tom McLarty System Entry: Project sent for club signatures. 31-May-24 by Tom McLarty System Entry: Project signed by Thomas Mclarty. 1-Jun-24 by Sherry Mischel System Entry: Project signed by Sherry Mischel. 16-Jun-24 by Tom McLarty Congratulations! This project has been approved for full funding. We are not certain when the money will hit your account, but our best guess is a month or so. The district has approved the project now Rotary International will review and approve. We’ll send you an update when we have one. Please also remember that you may not spend money prior to TRF approval and reimburse yourself from grant funds. If there have been changes in your bank account (information for electronic transfer), please get that to Lucinda General (District Treasurer) as soon as possible. treasurer@rotary5495.org. Your report is due April 30, 2025, and receipts are required to complete the report (not invoices, cancelled checks, UPS shipping labels, or any other documents). Thank you for creating hope in the world. 14-Jul-24 by Tom McLarty The district grant process is progressing but is delayed somewhat due to the second round of grant submissions. We will notify you as soon as the grant funds are available. Reminder: No money should be spent until the funds are sent to the clubs. No receipts for spending prior to that can be accepted. 31-Aug-24 by Tom McLarty After some delay from RI our block grant was approved on Friday August 30, 2024. The funds should be transferred sometime next week. We will be changing the status on your grant to “Approved” as of that date. As has been stated several times RI will not recognize receipts dated prior to August 30, 2024. Also, PO’s and cancelled checks are not acceptable forms of documentation. Please be sure all banking information is up to date. 2-Sep-24 by Tom McLarty System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 2-Oct-24 by Tom McLarty System Entry: Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer.