Lakewood Elks' gift of dictionaries spells delight for third graders

Venita Collier’s past three Octobers have been busy and she aims to keep it that way. Collier, first lady and lecturing knight of Lakewood Elks Lodge 1777, leads the local Elks’ dictionary... Read story

Elks dictionary project

The Greenfield Lodge of Elks # 1296 in Greenfield, MA, made its first presentation of... Read story


Syracuse firefighters donate dictionaries to students

Syracuse firefighters visited the third-grade classrooms at Roberts Elementary School on... Read story


How do you spell service, success?

The St. Clairsville Rotary Club has been planting a seed of knowledge in third-grade... Read story


Recent Donors

  • Rotary Club of Saginaw, MI
  • Olivesburg Grange # 2641, OH
  • Laubach Literacy Council of San Diego, CA
  • Laubach Literacy Council of San Diego, CA
  • Ohio State Grange # - / Deaf Activities Group, OH
  • Kiwanis Club of Petoskey, MI
  • Rotary Club of Port Clinton, OH
  • General John Sullivan Chapter DAR, MO
  • Rotary Club of Joliet, IL
  • Clifton Springs Grange # 1042, NY
  • North Park Lions Club, CA
  • Kiwanis Club of Norfolk Noon, NE
  • Rotary Club of New Canaan, CT
  • Rotary Club of Avoca, IA
  • Rotary Club of Absecon-Galloway, NJ
  • Rotary Club of West Calaveras, CA
  • Rotary Club of Moundsville, WV
  • South Carolina Dictionary Project / North Little Rock Woman's Club, AR
  • South Carolina Dictionary Project / North Little Rock Woman's Club, AR
  • Rotary Club of Memphis Central, TN
  • Rotary Club of Memphis Central, TN

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Testimonials

"I've been a member of the Elks for some forty years. I've mentioned it in Lodge many times that I've received the most satisfaction from passing out these dictionaries than anything else I've done in Elkdom."

Allan Atwell, Clifton Park Elks Lodge # 2466, Clifton Park, NY

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