Summary: Leadership program in local elementary schools
This grant would be used to implement Everyday Leadership at three Title I, low-income schools in the Caldwell School district - Wilson Elementary, Van Buren Elementary and Washington Elementary. Approximately 60 students would benefit.
This is a collaborative effort uniting the resources of (1)School teachers and principals, (2)Caldwell School District directors, (3) Treasure Valley YMCA staff and (5) Rotarians from Rotary Clubs of Caldwell.
The grant would be used to provide school teachers and YMCA instructors to lead 13 leadership classes and two community service projects in each school. The funds would also be used to fund field trips and an end-of-session 1-day camp/lock-in at the Caldwell YMCA.
Rotarians play a central role in organizing, facilitating and funding the project. During the school year, 10-15 Rotarians meet with the students to discuss what they are learning and how they are using their new insights. Rotarians also provide logistical and transportation assistance as needed throughout the year.
The program has been very successful and is enthusiastically supported by the School District and the School administrators. Grades have increased, behavioral problems have decreased, and many of the participants have gone on to accelerated learning programs in junior high school.
Please refer to attached budget for a breakdown of costs of this program.
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".
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History Log Entries
17-May-24
by Brooks Ney
System Entry: Creation of project page.
22-May-24
by Marianne Barker
Incoming club president cannot be the primary contact person. Although you both will have equal access to administration functions of your grant application, District 5400 requires that the primary contact be someone other than the incoming president. This is to assure than more than one club member is minding grant activities. Please change the name in this role before starting the signature process. Your application must be signed by incoming club president and primary contact person no later than June 1st. Unsigned applications will not be considered for funding. Do this on the administration (gray button) side of the description tab by clicking "start club signature process". Do not send to district representatives. Thank you!
28-May-24
by Marianne Barker
REMINDER! Incoming club president cannot be the primary contact person. Although you both will have equal access to administration functions of your grant application, District 5400 requires that the primary contact be someone other than the incoming president. This is to assure than more than one club member is minding grant activities. Please change the name in this role before starting the club signature process. Your application must be signed by incoming club president and primary contact person no later than June 1st. Unsigned applications will not be considered for funding. Do this on the administration (gray button) side of the description tab by clicking "start club signature process". Do not send to district representatives. Thank you!
29-May-24
by Brooks Ney
System Entry: Project sent for club signatures.
29-May-24
by Brooks Ney
System Entry: Project signed by Brooks Ney.
12-Jul-24
by Marianne Barker
READ THIS MESSAGE AS IT INCLUDES INSTRUCTIONS! The district block grant was approved by TRF on July 11, 2024. You can safely incur costs now. Due to insufficient available funding for tier 3 project requests, the grants committee was only able to assign $4,000 of available DDF for yours. I have cancelled your signatures. Please change your financing to show $4,000 of DDF with the balance to be added to the cash contribution, then start the signature process again. Your club is expected to make up the difference as this is a tier 3 project. We’ll send your money as soon as the block grant is funded by TRF. Call me at (208) 308-5617 if you have questions or need help.
12-Jul-24
by Marianne Barker
System Entry: Signature Process cancelled by user.
19-Jul-24
by Marianne Barker
READ THIS MESSAGE AS IT INCLUDES INSTRUCTIONS! The district block grant was approved by TRF on July 11, 2024. You can safely incur costs now. Due to insufficient available funding for tier 3 project requests, the grants committee was only able to assign $4,000 of available DDF for yours. I have cancelled your signatures. Please change your financing to show $4,000 of DDF with $6,306 of cash contribution, then start the signature process again. Your club is expected to make up the difference as this is a tier 3 project. We’ll send your money as soon as the block grant is funded by TRF. Call me at (208) 308-5617 if you have questions or need help.
29-Jul-24
by Marianne Barker
READ THIS MESSAGE AS IT INCLUDES INSTRUCTIONS! The district block grant was approved by TRF on July 11, 2024. You can safely incur costs now. Due to insufficient available funding for tier 3 project requests, the grants committee was only able to assign $4,000 of available DDF for yours. I have cancelled your signatures. Please change your financing to show $4,000 of DDF with $6,306 of cash contribution, then start the signature process again. Your club is expected to make up the difference as this is a tier 3 project. We’ll send your money as soon as the block grant is funded by TRF. Call me at (208) 308-5617 if you have questions or need help.
11-Aug-24
by Marianne Barker
READ THIS MESSAGE: IT INCLUDES INSTRUCTIONS! The district block grant was approved by TRF on July 11th. You can safely incur costs now. Due to insufficient available funding for tier 3 project requests, the grants committee could only assign $4,000 of DDF to yours. I have cancelled your signatures. Please change your financing to show $4,000 of DDF with $6,306 of cash contribution, then start the signature process again. Your club is expected to make up the difference as this is a tier 3 project. We’ll send your money when this is done, and when the final reporting on your open grant for 2023-24 has been accepted. Please notify us if you no longer plan to pursue this project that we may distribute your grant to another club. Call me at (208) 308-5617 if you have questions or need help.
20-Aug-24
by Marianne Barker
READ THIS MESSAGE: IT INCLUDES INSTRUCTIONS! Due to insufficient available funding for tier 3 project requests, the grants committee could only assign $4,000 of DDF to yours. I have cancelled your signatures. Please change your financing to show $4,000 of DDF with $6,306 of cash contribution, then start the signature process again. Your club is expected to make up the difference as this is a tier 3 project. We’ll send your money when this is done, and when the final reporting on your open grant for 2023-24 has been accepted. Please notify us if you no longer plan to pursue this project that we may distribute your grant to another club. Call me at (208) 308-5617 if you have questions or need help.
31-Aug-24
by Marianne Barker
Another 10 days has passed, and this is the 5th message asking you to act if you're still interested in receiving a Rotary Foundation district grant this year. HERE ARE YOUR INSTRUCTIONS! Due to insufficient available $$ for tier 3 project requests, the grants committee could only assign $4,000 of DDF to yours. I have cancelled your signatures. Please change your financing to show $4,000 of DDF with $6,306 of cash contribution, then start the signature process again. Your club is expected to make up the difference for this tier 3 project. To get your grant, make the change and also file the final report for your open grant for last year. Please notify us if you no longer plan to pursue this project that we may divert your grant to another club. Call me at 208-308-5617 if you need help.
3-Sep-24
by Brooks Ney
System Entry: Project sent for club signatures.
3-Sep-24
by Brooks Ney
System Entry: Project signed by Brooks Ney.
6-Sep-24
by Marianne Barker
System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee.
3-Nov-24
by Marianne Barker
System Entry: Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer.
