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This district grant supports literacy and academic success by providing students in need with essential school supplies and, where appropriate, nutritional support.
In San Diego county, many children begin the school year without basic educational tools like backpacks, pencils, notebooks, and paper-items that are foundational for participation in classroom learning. This grant will serve two San Diego-based organizations, North County Lifeline and Words Alive!, by supplying underserved students with the materials children need to learn with confidence and dignity, helping to remove economic barriers that contribute to low academic performance and disengagement.
In addition to our local outreach, the grant will support Niños de Baja, a children's orphanage in Baja California, Mexico, where the most urgent need is food. Conversations with the orphanage staff revealed that their food storage facility is often empty, and many children go without consistent meals. Addressing this food insecurity is essential, as hunger directly impairs a child's ability to learn. If funds allow, we will also provide school supplies and books to this home.
Members of our Rotary Club have been personally and directly involved with all three of these organizations for many years and know them to be worthy recipients of our grant gifts.
By providing both learning materials and nourishment, this grant helps children overcome two of the greatest barriers to education -poverty and hunger- and supports Rotary's commitment to improving worldwide literacy.
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