Project Description Country: USA Location: Juneau Total Budget: $30,000 Area of Focus: Maternal and child health Activity Type: Community Development: Construction/Renovation Summary: This project will coordinate funding for and installation of a playground at Dzantik'Heeni School. Due to funding cuts, the Juneau School District consolidated several schools, including folding its two middle schools (Floyd Dryden Middle School and Dzantik'iHeeni Middle School) into one middle school located at the former Thunder Mountain High School and re-located the Montessori School and the Charter School to Dzantik'iHeeni School. As a middle school, there was no need for a playground at Dzantik'iHeeni School. Now however, younger children are attending a school without a playground. In addition, the playground would serve local neighborhoods, some of which are socio-economically disadvantaged, and could benefit most from a playground in walking distance in the area where no other playground structures currently exist. The Juneau Rotary Clubs have a history of securing funding for and installing playgrounds at Riverbend Elementary School and Auke Bay Elementary School. The City and Borough of Juneau will provide funding for site preparation and the Juneau Rotary quad-clubs (Juneau Rotary Club, Juneau-Gastineau Rotary Club, Glacier Valley Rotary Club and the Juneau 58 Innovators Rotary Club) will coordinate funding, equipment purchase and installation. The Juneau Rotary Club will be the lead entity for this project and has designated a spokesperson (Andy Mills) to coordinate activities with the City and Borough of Juneau. The Rotary Club of Juneau, Juneau-Gastineau Club Rotary Club and the Glacier Valley Club have each pledged to contribute $5,000 for the project. The 58 Innovators are unable to contribute any monetary resources but will help with installation. Based on past history and rising costs, it's estimated the project will cost between $200,000-250,000. A number of viable funding sources have been identified including but not limited to past contributors such as Hecla Greens Creek, the PTA, the school and local businesses; the Juneau Community Foundation; and SEAFOAM (Montessori non-profit) Project Contact Person District: 5010 Rotary Club of: Juneau Primary Contact: Millie Ryan Email: millie309@gmail.com Project Status Completed This project is "Completed". This means the project has been implemented and the report was accepted by the district leadership. The project will stay listed on this website as a testimony of the achievements of the project partners. Project listed for the 2025-26 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Juneau (5010) 20-Apr-25 $15,000 $15,000 $30,000 Total $15,000 $15,000 $30,000

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [1-Jul-26] Final Report [1-Jul-26] Cancelled Check [1-Jul-26] Invoice

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History Log Entries 20-Apr-25 by Millie Ryan System Entry: Creation of project page. 31-May-25 by Cathleen Lewis System Entry: Project sent for club signatures. 17-Jun-25 System Entry System Entry: Project signed by Todd Schur. 18-Jun-25 System Entry System Entry: Project signed by Millie Ryan. 18-Jun-25 by Cathleen Lewis System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 24-Nov-25 by Debra Mason System Entry: Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer. 10-Jun-26 by Millie Ryan Playground equipment (musical play equipment) was ordered, paid for and temporarily installed October 11, 2025. Members of all four Juneau clubs participated in the installation. The Charter School PTA and the Montessori school paid for ad installed two GAGA Ball courts. 10-Jun-26 by Millie Ryan Thanks to advocacy by the Rotary Club of Juneau, the City and Borough of Juneau agreed to fund the new playground. The fields and covered play areas are closed from May 26 until August 19 for construction of the playground. Once complete, the playground will include separate composite play structures for both 2-5-year olds and 5-12-year olds. The playground project will also include pre-k swings, a communication board and installation of perimeter fencing around the entire field area. 10-Jun-26 by Millie Ryan Luckily, there was no need to move the Rotary musical play equipment for the construction workers to work on the playground. This ensures the four clubs will only need to adjust it once for permanent installation (unless it is kept in its current location) once construction is completed in mid-August. Kids who live in the area will also be able to enjoy the equipment while the rest of the field in under active construction. This means the project will not be completed until sometime in late August or early September. 1-Jul-26 System Entry System Entry: Final Report signed by Millie Ryan. 6-Jul-26 by Eleanor Oydna System Entry: Final Report signed by Todd Schur. 6-Jul-26 by Eleanor Oydna System Entry: Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.