Key Club Donates Dictionaries to 11 Schools

Gulf Breeze HS Key Club distributed free dictionaries to 11 Pensacola area elementary schools as part of an initiative undertaken by its members to help improve third grade students' writing, reading and... Read story

Staunton Rotary delivers dictionaries to area students

 Staunton Rotary partnered with the Dictionary Project to deliver dictionaries to... Read story


Foster Park Elementary students receive dictionaries

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Rotary Club donates dictionaries to third graders

The Rotary Club of South Anne Arundel County recently made their annual distribution of... Read story


Recent Donors

  • Rotary Club of Milton, FL
  • Cowlitz Prairie Grange # 737, WA
  • Red Wing Lions Club, MN
  • Richmond West Breakfast Lions Club, VA
  • Rotary Club of East Rochester, NY
  • Rotary Club of Maplewood / Rotary Club of South Orange, NJ
  • AT&T Pioneers / Decatur Tucker LMC, GA
  • Wadena Elks Lodge # 2386, MN
  • Rotary Club of Robinson, IL
  • Rotary Club of Corinth, NY
  • Individual - Mary Lou Scwada, OK
  • Hope Grange # 155, WA
  • Mountain Valley Grange # 79, WA
  • Rotary Club of Flora, IL
  • Rotary Club of Byesville, OH
  • Rotary Club of Maryville, MO
  • Rotary Club of Hillsborough Township, NJ
  • Rotary Club of Hickman, KY
  • Santa Cruz Elks Lodge # 824, CA
  • Rotary Club of Roselle Park, NJ
  • Rotary Club of Wappingers Falls, NY

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Testimonials

"This will be our 6th year of handing out the dictionaries. This a very good project. It is nice to see the looks on the kids' faces when they are told that they can keep the dictionaries forever. "

Larry Crabtree, New Richland & Ellendale Lions Clubs, New Richland, MN

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