The Meridian Library District (MLD) and the Rotary Club of Meridian have identified the need to support youth through a summer reading program. The goal of the program is to help students in the MLD geographic area maintain literacy skills over the summer and develop a love of reading. Participating youth receive two free age-appropriate books and engage in challenges, prizes, and activities designed to prevent the "summer slide." Meridian Rotary Club will collaborate with the MLD to purchase, apply bookplates, and distribute free books playing a crucial role in building home libraries and supporting childhood literacy and make a lasting impact on the participating youth of Meridian. Custom Rotary bookplates will be placed in the books that are given to the students and are estimated to cost $100. The Meridian Rotary Club will purchase approximately 650 books. The books range in price between $5 and $8.
Fully Pledged
This project is "Fully Pledged". This means the amount of the pledges is equal to the total budget of the project. Now the project needs to be finalized and go through the club signature process. This process gets started on the administration page.
Project listed for the 2025-26 Rotary Year.
Proposed Financing
Existing Contributions Towards This Project
Date
Cash
DDF
Total
Meridian (5400)
16-Apr-25
$2,300
$2,700
$5,000
Total
$2,300
$2,700
$5,000
DDF contributions in grey are pending approval of the corresponding district committee.
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History Log Entries
16-Apr-25
by Janice Fulkerson
System Entry: Creation of project page.
17-Apr-25
by Marianne Barker
Your application is for tier 3 in which club contribution must by equal to DDF. Please adjust your financing. Also required in tier 3 is a detailed spending plan, so you'll need to do some due diligence into how many books you estimate to buy at what cost, as well as the cost of the printing of the name plates. In other words, the district needs to know how you came up with $5000 for the estimated cost of the project. You can add this to your narrative or upload a spreadsheet detailing your budget to the documents tab.
23-Apr-25
by Janice Fulkerson
Project description and financials adjusted to supported Tier 3 project.
