Project Description Region: North America Country: USA Location: Yorktown, New York Total Budget: $76,000 Areas of Focus: Peacebuilding and conflict prevention, Community economic development, The environment View Online Proposal Form Project Description Country: USA Location: Yorktown, New York Total Budget: $150,000 Areas of Focus: Community economic development, The environment Activity Type: Community Development: Construction/Renovation Summary: Granite Knolls Sensory Garden - The creation of a Sensory Garden will enhance our park and create a place for children, veterans and seniors to have a place to explore their senses. A Sensory Garden at Granite Knolls. All Club members will participate along with the Yorktown Special Education PTA and Lakeland Special PTA, all monies raised will go directly to the creation of the garden. Who in the Yorktown community would benefit from a Sensory Garden: Over 200 families in Yorktown have one or more children with a developmental disability Statistically Yorktown is the home to approximately 1000 Veterans who suffer from PTSD 65+ population totals close to 750 seniors who suffer from Alzheimer's / Dementia These numbers will continue to increase year over year We Can... Create a sense of community Create a space for Tranquility Create a haven for stress release Create a place to explore your senses Jasmine, Lavender & Peppermint are proven to lower stress and anxiety levels through sense of smell Lamb's Ear - provides soothing sensation to the touch Water Feature - evokes all the senses for the visually impaired • All indigenous perineal plants can be used Community Involvement: Create a Life Skills Program • Annual Veteran Gardening Program • Senior Citizen Gardening Program • Scouts of America (SOA) Community Service Hours • Graduating High School Seniors Community Service Hours • Community Service Hours for Religious communities • Garden Club Involvement • Book Clubs • Yoga Classes • Class Trips from Yorktown Community Schools • Sensory wall designed by children of all abilities • Outdoor Art Projects • Yearly Community Events • Adopt a Planter-Bench Program The Possibilities are Endless We anticipate these project being started in the spring of 2022, it will be an ongoing project until it is finished. Primary Host Partner District: 7230 Rotary Club of: Yorktown Primary Contact: Diana Quast Email: dmarino488@aol.com Primary International Partner District: 4921 Rotary Club of: Bahía Blanca Norte Primary Contact: Javier Holowiniec Email: jholowiniec@outlook.com Project Status Need $35,000 This project needs to receive some pledges to go to the next level. Please check the "Financing" tab to see the list of current pledges. Once the amount pledged is equal to the project budget, the status of the project will be automatically changed to "Fully Pledged". Click here to pledge support for this project. Project listed for the 2022-23 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Bahía Blanca Norte (4921) 5-Oct-21 $1,000 $0 $1,000 Yorktown (7230) 2-Jul-22 $40,000 $0 $40,000 Remaining Amount to Raise Additional Club Contribution (Needed) - Add a contribution $35,000 - $35,000 Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation - $0 $0 Total $76,000 Note: as of July 1, 2015 there is a 5% additional support fee for cash contributions. This fee does not appear in the financials above because it does not apply if the funds are sent directly to the project account (without going through TRF, and therefore without Paul Harris credit). Clubs sending their cash contribution to TRF must be aware they will have to send an additional 5%.

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History Log Entries 4-Oct-21 by Diana Quast System Entry: Creation of project page. 5-Oct-21 System Entry System Entry: Pledge of $1,000 by Javier Holowiniec of the Rotary Club of Bahía Blanca Norte, District 4921. 15-Oct-21 by Diana Quast System Entry: Project reverted to "Published". 23-Jun-22 by Diana Quast Project is complete for Sensory Garden Planters around Playground. Sensory Garden work has begun and will continue. 23-Jun-22 by Diana Quast System Entry: Pledge of $31,990 by Diana Quast of the Rotary Club of Yorktown, District 7230. 23-Jun-22 by Diana Quast System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged". 2-Jul-22 by Diana Quast System Entry: Pledge of $50,000 by Diana Quast of the Rotary Club of Yorktown, District 7230. 2-Jul-22 by Diana Quast System Entry: Project reverted to "Published". 2-Jul-22 by Diana Quast System Entry: Pledge of $40,000 by Diana Quast of the Rotary Club of Yorktown, District 7230. 2-Jul-22 by Diana Quast System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged". 2-Jul-22 by Diana Quast System Entry: Project reverted to "Published".