District 5520 Rotary Foundation Grant Committee Grant Spending Resolution Rotary Year 2015-2016 District Grant Application District Number 5520 (Qualified) Maximum grant amount: 55,951 USD The following community and district grants were submitted to The Rotary Foundation and District 5520 for funding approval. Funding of grants listed below is approved pending approval of the Rotary Foundation and completion of requirements and modifications or changes requested to meet district guidelines by the District 5520 Foundation Grant Committee as of September 9, 2015 by unanimous consent. The Grants have been assigned a unique grant number to be used for disbursement and future tracking. Example: DG1517951-# Maximum grant amount: 55,951 USD 1. Name of Club: Rotary Club of Roswell Pecos Valley #21532 Project Name: Rotary Clubs of Roswell Memorial Scholarship Fund Area of Service: Education Scholarship The Rotary Club of Pecos Valley Sunrise is spearheading the Rotary Clubs of Roswell Memorial Scholarship Fund. The Rotary Clubs of Roswell Memorial Scholarship Fund will provide six postsecondary education scholarships to a college or vocational school in the amounts of $2,000 each. High school seniors and adults up to 24 years of age will be eligible. A scholarship committee consisting of representatives from each of the three Roswell Rotary Clubs will be authorized to confirm the scholarship amounts and eligibility/application criteria. Each scholarship will be named after a deceased Rotarian from each of the three area clubs in honor of their service to Rotary. The committee will then screen applications and present a list of finalists to the members at large of all three clubs for input and final selection. Scholarship recipients will receive their scholarships at respective club meetings with local media coverage.
Club: $2,000 District: $2,000 Other: $8,000 Total: $12,000 2. Name of Club: Rotary Club of Roswell Sunrise Club #59628 Project Name: Rotary Clubs of Roswell Memorial Scholarship Fund Area of Service: Education Scholarship The Rotary Club of Pecos Valley Sunrise is spearheading the Rotary Clubs of Roswell Memorial Scholarship Fund. The Rotary Clubs of Roswell Memorial Scholarship Fund will provide six postsecondary education scholarships to a college or vocational school in the amounts of $2,000 each. High school seniors and adults up to 24 years of age will be eligible. A scholarship committee consisting of representatives from each of the three Roswell Rotary Clubs will be authorized to confirm the scholarship amounts and eligibility/application criteria. Each scholarship will be named after a deceased Rotarian from each of the three area clubs in honor of their service to Rotary. The committee will then screen applications and present a list of finalists to the members at large of all three clubs for input and final selection. Scholarship recipients will receive their scholarships at respective club meetings with local media coverage. Club: $2,000 District: $2,000 Other: $8,000 Total: $12,000
3. Name of Club: Rotary Club of Roswell Club # 1319 Project Name: Rotary Clubs of Roswell Memorial Scholarship Fund Area of Service: Education Scholarship The Rotary Club of Pecos Valley Sunrise is spearheading the Rotary Clubs of Roswell Memorial Scholarship Fund. The Rotary Clubs of Roswell Memorial Scholarship Fund will provide six postsecondary education scholarships to a college or vocational school in the amounts of $2,000 each. High school seniors and adults up to 24 years of age will be eligible. A scholarship committee consisting of representatives from each of the three Roswell Rotary Clubs will be authorized to confirm the scholarship amounts and eligibility/application criteria. Each scholarship will be named after a deceased Rotarian from each of the three area clubs in honor of their service to Rotary. The committee will then screen applications and present a list of finalists to the members at large of all three clubs for input and final selection. Scholarship recipients will receive their scholarships at respective club meetings with local media coverage. Club: $2,000.00 District: $2,000.00 Other: $8,000.00 Total: $12,000 4. Club Name: The Rotary Club of Alamogordo #1289 Project Name: Accessing Accessibility Area of Service: Community development: general Pave a handicap parking area and redesign a sidewalk to meet ADA standards to create an additional entrance/exit point at Zia Therapy Center, Inc. Zia Therapy Center serves families with children with developmental disabilities. Club: $2,000 District: $2,000 Other: $20,000 Total: $24,000
5. Club Name: The Rotary Club of Alamogordo White Sands #1290 (1 st of two applications) Project Name: School Clothes for Kids Area of Service: Child and Maternal Health To provide new school clothing for 20-30 financially disadvantaged children in the Alamogordo Public School District. The project will increase quality of life through improved self-esteem and confidence in the children. As a result, more enthusiastic and productive students will participate in school activities. Club: $1,000 District: $1,000 Other: $300 Total: $2,300 6. Club Name: Alamogordo White Sands #1290 (2 nd application) Project Name: Tree Planting Area of Service: Water and Sanitation Tree planting is a continuous joint project with the City of Alamogordo to plant trees in city parks. This is a multi-year project that has planted over 400 trees in the city parks, street medians, athletic facilities and picnic areas. Trees improve air quality, give off oxygen, reduce storm water runoff, reduces erosion and pollution of waterways, reduce the effects of flooding and provide habitat for wildlife. Club: $1,000 District: $1,000 Other: $0 Total: $2,000
7. Club Name: Rotary Club of Albuquerque #1291 Project Name: Mission: Graduate Stay in School Program Area of Service: Education Mission: Graduate is a cradle-to-career education partnership in Central New Mexico. The Albuquerque Area Rotary Presidents Group of Bernalillo and Sandoval Counties representing eight Rotary clubs formed a Community Support Council as part of Mission: Graduate s formal partnership structure. We will undertake three activities: 1.) Revise and update a curriculum to stay in school through fun, real-life activities that include wage calculations, cost of living requirements, and examples of careers and the salaries they bring; 2.) Train current Rotary volunteers in the curriculum and presentation to students; and 3.) partner with the Albuquerque Public Schools district to offer presentations at select schools during the 2015/16 school year. Club: $2,000 District: $2,000 Other: $0 Total: $4,000 8. Club Name: Albuquerque Metro #82040 Project Name: APS Music Project The Albuquerque Public Schools Music Project will expand the music program at Ernie Pyle Middle School in the Albuquerque South Valley. Club will build a lending library of musical instruments for disadvantaged students and provide expendable accessories (reeds, strings, sheet music). Club: $2,000 District: $2,000 Other: $0 Total: $4,000
9. Club Name: Albuquerque Sandia #83391 Project Name: IPADS for Cross of Hope Elementary School Purchase ipads for the students of Cross of Hope Elementary School. The school provides an education to students in the community, covering Albuquerque & Rio Rancho. Since it is a private school it does not garner the funds that APS does. Consequently, they do not have ipads for the children to use, as the public schools do. The use of ipads can supplement the educational process in a variety of ways. There are many apps available that teachers would use to provide individual enhancements to the learning process, e.g. an app that can help improve a student s reading fluency and master various skills to round out and supplement their education. ipads can provide more learning opportunities/methods, thereby preparing the students for 6th grade and beyond. Club: $1,500 District: $1,500 Other: $6,989 Total: $11,769 10. Club Name: Anthony #1292 Project Name: Back to School Backpack and Supplies Backpacks and supplies are donated to students from low socio- economic statues in the Gadsden Independent school district. Initially this program will cover four elementary schools, addressing the students with immediate need. The backpacks will help give students a strong start for the upcoming school year as well as informing students about rotary new generation programs in their surrounding area. Club: $2,000 District: $2,000 Other: $0 Total: $4,000
11. Club Name: Carlsbad #1296 Project Name: Feeding the Hungry in Eddy County Area of Service: Economic and Community Development Many people in Eddy County cannot afford to properly feed their families. The Rotary Club of Carlsbad will partner with Jonah s House to provide additional funding and provide assistance in allotting food supplies to help meet this demand. The Carlsbad Rotary Club will not be providing the funds directly to Jonah s House. Our plans are to use the community grant funds and our match to buy required food items for the hungry and needy. This project will require our club projects director to set up quarterly meetings with Jonah s House to determine what food items are needed. A team of Rotarians will take a list of the needed items and purchase the items and deliver the purchases to Jonah s House. Club: $2,000 District: $2,000 Other: $0 Total: $4,000 12. Club Name: Chama Valley #61625 Project Name: Chama Food Pantry Freezer & Shelving Area of Service: Child and Maternal Health The club will provide storage of frozen protein and shelving for dry goods at the Chama Food Pantry. There are currently no freezers in the food distribution program here in the Chama Valley. The Echo Food Bank in Farmington will not provide frozen protein without a freezer in place. Rotarians assist at different times in the distribution of goods to families and help to break down food for distribution. Club: $2,000 District: $2,000 Other: $500 Total: $4,500
13. Club Name: Clovis High Plains #28899 Project Name: Andy & Elmer s Apple Dumpling Adventure Book Connecting with seven hundred plus second grade students and introducing Rotary and the Four Way Test in a fun way with the Andy & Elmer's book. This will help students gain interest in reading and learn how the Four Way Test can be used in everyday life. We will have 10 members of the club get together at one of our regular Tuesday meetings to label each book with the Rotary Wheel and club name along with dividing books up for each school. Then 5 members will deliver the books to the schools. Club: $1,937 District: $1,937 Other: $0 Total: $3,874 14. Club Name: El Paso #1333 Project Name: Head Start Program Winter Holiday Book Distribution Area of Service: Health This is the 97 th year that the Rotary Club of El Paso has offered a Winter Holiday Party for needy youth and the 25 th year we have been in partnership with Region 19 Head Start Program. The event program includes live performers teaching basic dental hygiene skills and the club gives a holiday stocking filled with treats and a new high quality book. The event serves students from El Paso, Hudspeth and Culberson County in Texas (approx.. 4,500 students) Club: $9,745 District: $2,000 Other: $0 Total: $11,745
15. Club Name: Fort Stockton Rotary Club #1335 Project Name: Coyanosa Literacy Program The Coyanosa Literacy Program will support the Coyanosa Public Library with age-appropriate books, educational materials, and appropriate furniture. These materials will be used to support a Rotarysponsored summer reading program as well as being available as a library copy. The children from Coyanosa, Texas travel thirty miles to the nearest school or public library. The small, rural public library in Coyanosa does not have an updated supply of age appropriate books and educational materials. Club: $2,000 District: $2,000 Other: $0 Total: $4,000 16. Club Name: Las Cruces Rio Grande #1310 Project Name: Third Grade Dictionary Project The purpose of this project is to provide a dictionary with a Rotary 4-Way Test sticker to all Third Graders in the Las Cruces Public Schools District as tools to help students improve literacy. Dona Ana County, New Mexico is nationally recognized as one of the most economically disadvantaged Counties in the United States. Club: $3,400 District: $2,000 Other: $0 Total: $5,400
17. Club Name: Raton #1193 Project Name: Rotary Walk Path Station Area of Service: Economic and Community Development This project will provide a sitting bench along with two Aspen trees, landscaping, and information boards at the start and end points of the City Park walk paths. The information boards will highlight historical sites in the area; provide stretching and cardiovascular information associated with walking and running; and provide public information about Rotary and its mission and the project donation. Club: $420 District: $420 Other: $0 Total: $840 18. Club Name: Rio Rancho #1318 Project Name: Rio Rancho Tutoring Program The Rio Rancho Tutoring Program will provide eleven teachers to tutor 66 selected students in grades first through third from their classes in reading and math skills at three elementary schools in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. Students in Rio Rancho test below national averages in reading and math and it is vital to their future academic performance to read before they enter fourth grade. Club: $2,000 District: $2,000 Other: $8,000 Total: $12,000
19. Club Name: San Juan County East #1321 Project Name: McCormick Elementary School One School, One Book program One School, One Book (OSOB) is a family literacy program developed by Read To Them (non-profit organization). The program is designed to create a shared reading experience within a single elementary school community. A chapter book is chosen for the school, every student receives a copy, and everyone students, families, teachers and staff reads the same book chapter at the same time. All 500 students at McCormick School participate. Three main activities are planned: Two school assemblies to begin the program and introduce the book and complete the program with student recognition and prize awards; select and read trivia questions connected to the book and give prizes to trivia participants; and create classroom and home activities to extend student exploration/celebration of each book. Our objectives are to purchase course materials, provide students prize incentives for excellent performance, and participate in and support the awards ceremony. Club: $2,000 District: $2,000 Other: $0 Total: $4,000
20. Club Name: Truth or Consequences #1328 Project Name: Youth Service Learning Rotarians will facilitate a four-step process engaging youth in leadership, goal setting and problem solving skills through the implementation of service projects: 1.) Identifying a community need; 2.) Coming up with a plan to meet the need; 3.) Implementing the project; and 4.) Reflecting on the outcome. Our objective is to engage 50 youth in the process of identifying and meeting community needs in order to help them learn the skills needed to overcome personal barriers to personal success; and to facilitate a goal-setting process designed to help youth graduate with a post high school plan. Club: $2,000 District: $2,000 Other: $500 Total: $4,500 20. District 5520 Area of Service: Education Scholarship Award a scholarship to a student attending an institute of higher education in district 5520 for either undergraduate school or graduate school advancement. Amount 10,000.00 22. Contingency for additional club or district grant projects. $7171.00 23. Costs for software, training expenses, administration of accounts: $923.00
24. Name of Club: Rotary Club of El Paso Camino Real #83770 Project Name: More Education/Better Adults The Rotary Club of El Paso Camino Real will provide workbooks and test fees for 16 working adults pursuing a High School Diploma at Sacred Heart Church Adult Education in El Paso, Texas. We identified many adults without the minimum educational requirements to qualify for a more stable job and a better quality of life. The project will provide high school level education for adults that will allow them to meet qualification for better jobs and provide more stability to their families. Rotarians will participate by purchasing the necessary books, providing motivational talks in classrooms, participate in some of the workshops as tutors, and recognize the individual students graduating. Club: $2,000 District: $2,000 Other: $0 Total: $4,000 Spending Plan Total: $55,951.00 US District Grants Chair Dominic Bernardi District Rotary Foundation Chair (DRFC) Thomas Lindsay District Governor (DG) Frank T. Walker