Project Description Country: USA Location: Santee Total Budget: $750 Area of Focus: Basic education and literacy Activity Type: Education: Literacy Summary: Monetary donations to organizations supporting literacy This grant includes donations to two organizations: Buddy's Backpacks will receive supplies in the amount of $250 for their annual school supply drive in honor of the late Buddy Rubaya. These backpacks full of supplies will be distributed to local children before the school year begins. Reading Legacies allows children to see and hear books read to them by their incarcerated mothers. This program will recieve $500 from our club. Volunteers, two of which are in our club, go to the local women's prison and recod women reading books to their children. Afterwards, the books and the video are sent to the child so they can see their mother reading to them, hoping to foster a lifelong love of reading. Project Contact Person District: 5340 Rotary Club of: Santee-Lakeside Primary Contact: Elana Levens-Craig Email: levenscraig@hotmail.com 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 Santee-Lakeside (5340) 25-Jul-24 $375 $375 $750 Total $375 $375 $750

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History Log Entries 25-Jul-24 by Elana Levens-Craig System Entry: Creation of project page. 23-Sep-24 by Elana Levens-Craig System Entry: Project sent for club signatures. 23-Sep-24 System Entry System Entry: Project signed by Karen Fleck. 23-Sep-24 System Entry System Entry: Project signed by Bill Pommering. 23-Sep-24 by Alan Turner System Entry: Project signed by Elana Levens-Craig. 23-Sep-24 by Alan Turner System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 5-Oct-24 by Dave Brooks System Entry: Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer.