To: Kai Turner

From: Riley Ostler, Caleb Ham, Will Tjaden, and Sydney Chan
Date: October 7, 2015
Subject: Proposal for Service Learning Project
Introduction:
Rescue Rovers is a small animal rescue non-profit organization that arranges transportation for animals
from high kill shelters to multiple partner rescues in the Intermountain West. After Rescue Rovers pulls
animals from harmful shelters they are placed in loving homes. The organization is conscientiously run by
volunteers who provides vaccines/medications, microchips, food, and surgeries to rescued animals before
being adopted. With the assistance of dedicated volunteers, the organization has saved over 1,000
animals lives.
Background:
Since Rescue Rovers pays for the costs of medical treatments and other resources to keep the rescued
animals healthy and safe; the organization is in need of donations and grants to help keep their program
functioning properly and to continue saving lives. Rescue Rovers day to day operations of managing over
175 dogs and 300 volunteers has left the organization with little time to develop a compelling grant
proposal to increase and diversify their revenue streams, a need that our group is prepared to fill.
Goals & Objectives:
We intend to write a grant narrative for Rescue Rovers:
Inform committees of problems associated with high kill shelters and the need for rescue homes.
Provide grant committees with updated research portraying the importance of Rescue Rovers.
Utilize standard language in order to voice a professional tone.
Construct a compelling conclusion regarding the impact Rescue Rovers will have if given
necessary funding.
Methods:
We will gather statistics regarding cruelty to animals from the American Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA). Background information subjective to Rescue Rovers will be sourced from
personal meetings with Kai Turner, an employee of Rescue Rovers, and their website homepage. Previous
grants written for Neighborhood House and Spy Hop non-profit organizations will be referenced in order
to emulate the professional structure of successful grants. Once a final draft is completed, we will
communicate with Mr. Turner to ensure the grant is satisfactory and meets specific committee
requirements.

Timeline:
Tuesday, October 20

Grant proposal research accumulated

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Tuesday, November 3

First rough draft of grant

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Tuesday, November 10

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Feedback meeting and proposal of organization that we will apply to

Tuesday, November 17

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Second revisions

Tuesday, November 24

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Utilization of Boilerplate and standard language to four specific grants

Tuesday, December 8

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Presentation of CEL Project Portfolio

Qualification of Participants:
As a representative group of the University of Utah, our members have an approximate combined 10
years of writing instruction and education. With professional college-level writing experience spanning
from creative writing 101, to professional/technical writing with a community engaged learning
component, our members are qualified to construct professional pieces of work and are eager to expand
our knowledge into the field of grant narrative production for the non-profit organization of Rescue
Rovers.
Budget:
Project costs will include prints and reproduction of grant narrative drafts, printing materials, and small
travel expenses meeting with non-profit organization. The students involved in the making of this project
will cover the minimal personal/group expenses (~$20). The non-profit organization, Rescue Rovers, will
be responsible for any and all reproduction of final grant narratives.
Conclusion:
In summary, Rescue Rovers will utilize our professional writing groups services to better lay out its grant
and fundraising strategic plan. We will create the foundations of Rescue Rovers grant proposal, thereby
increasing their capacity to seek funding from foundations throughout Utah to forward their mission.