Project Description Country: USA Location: Southeast San Diego Total Budget: $6,000 Areas of Focus: Maternal and child health, Basic education and literacy Activity Type: Education: General Summary: Back to School Supplies & Backpacks for Baker Elementary, Healthy Kids Program at JRYMCA & After school STEM Title 1 school with students from low income families who are unable to afford basic school supplies. Child health and obesity is at a all time high in the Southeast San Diego community due to limited access to fresh, healthy food and lack of education on healthy meal planning on a limited income. We participate in Healthy Kids Day, to show kids & parents how to make healthy snacks, provide healthy snacks and new reading books for the kids, more than 2,000 kids attend the event. We partner with the Elementary Institute of Science (EIS) to fund scholarships for low-income students to attend the after-school STEM program that teaches science, technology, engineering & math. Club members are involved in all projects doing from buying, packing and delivering school supplies, working with the kids during Healthy Kids Day and volunteering at EIS to help with STEM projects. Project Contact Person District: 5340 Rotary Club of: Southeast San Diego Primary Contact: Jessica Barajas Email: jessicabarajas86@gmail.com Project Status Approved This project is "Approved". This means that the district leadership has reviewed and approved the allocation of district funds for this project. Once the funds from the district have been issued, the status of the project will be changed to "Paid". Project listed for the 2024-25 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Southeast San Diego (5340) 13-Jun-24 $3,000 $3,000 $6,000 Total $3,000 $3,000 $6,000

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [13-Nov-24] Banking Doc [13-Nov-24] District Grant, DDF, Deposit Information

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History Log Entries 23-Sep-24 by Jessica Barajas System Entry: Project sent for club signatures. 23-Sep-24 by Jessica Barajas System Entry: Project signed by Jessica Barajas. 13-Nov-24 by Jessica Barajas Backpacks and school supplies project with the JRYMCA and Boys & Girls Club happened in August and September of 2024. Continued collaborative with new connections have been established in October 2024. 13-Nov-24 by Alan Turner System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee.