Project Description Country: USA Location: Chandler, Arizona Total Budget: $2,000 Area of Focus: Basic education and literacy Activity Type: Education: General Summary: Help self-contained classrooms provide for their special needs students. What needs have been identified? The Chandler Horizon Rotary Club (CHRC) has been working with the For Our City Chandler Operation Back to School backpack drive for over 11 years. However, there are numerous students who do not need backpacks filled with pens, pencils or papers, but rather special items like weighted vests, adaptive scissors etc. The Chandler Horizon Rotary Club would like to help the teachers at the Jr High level to see what materials are needed to give the best opportunity for the students to learn. How will the project meet those in need? The CHRC would love to coordinate with the self-contained classrooms in the Chandler Unified School District Jr High Schools and use the money from this grant to purchase item-items for their classrooms that would benefit their specific students. Due to the varied needs of student-classrooms, this school specific approach would allow the funds to meet the real needs of specific students. While these youth have varied self-awareness and perception, their teachers and families will appreciate the recognition that these special students have different supply needs. Timeline of project: The Chandler Unified School District is on a year-round calendar, there for schools begin on 17 July 2024. However procuring the supplies for special needs students will require a longer timeline. They should have a good idea for the supplies needed as the school year begins. We hope to get a list of needed items by the end of July 2024 and we will use the funds to purchase items by end of August 2024. Please specify what the project funds will be used for: Some wish list items are as follows • Adaptive scissors • Therapy putty, various strengths • Auditory feedback phones • Deep pressure vests • Therapy brushes • Oral motor tools How club members will be involved: The members would be involved by presenting the classrooms with their requested items and visiting the students who will use them. Project Contact Person District: 5495 Rotary Club of: Chandler-Horizon Primary Contact: Susan Stevens-Clarke Email: susanstevensclarke@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 Chandler-Horizon (5495) 20-Jun-24 $1,000 $1,000 $2,000 Total $1,000 $1,000 $2,000

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History Log Entries 20-Jun-24 by Conrad Heede System Entry: Creation of project page. 23-Jun-24 by Tom McLarty Thank you for applying for a District Grant for the D5495 2024-2045 Rotary year. In order to be considered for approval your club needs to assure the MOU is uploaded to the documents tab in the District Grants Website. The MOU must be signed by two people, the current and incoming presidents 23-Jun-24 by Tom McLarty System Entry: Project sent for club signatures. 24-Jun-24 by Conrad Heede System Entry: Project signed by Thomas Mclarty. 24-Jun-24 by Chuck Ertl System Entry: Project signed by Chuck Wrrl. 24-Jun-24 by Conrad Heede System Entry: Project signed by Susan Stevens-Clarke. 24-Jun-24 by Brad Raymond System Entry: Project reverted to "Submitted" - Brad Raymond added to the list of signatories. 24-Jun-24 by Brad Raymond System Entry: Project signed by Brad Raymond. 14-Jul-24 by Tom McLarty The district grant process is progressing but is delayed somewhat due to the second round of grant submissions. We will notify you as soon as the grant funds are available. Reminder: No money should be spent until the funds are sent to the clubs. No receipts for spending prior to that can be accepted. 31-Aug-24 by Tom McLarty After some delay from RI our block grant was approved on Friday August 30, 2024. The funds should be transferred sometime next week. We will be changing the status on your grant to “Approved” as of that date. As has been stated several times RI will not recognize receipts dated prior to August 30, 2024. Also, PO’s and cancelled checks are not acceptable forms of documentation. Please be sure all banking information is up to date. 2-Sep-24 by Tom McLarty System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee.