Lakewood Elks' gift of dictionaries spells delight for third graders



Recent Donors

  • Kiwanis Club of Madison, FL
  • Rotary Club of Shafter, CA
  • AT&T Pioneers / Lenox LMC, GA
  • Arkansas Policy Foundation, AR
  • Rotary Club of Firebaugh, CA
  • Sharyland I.S.D., TX
  • Sharyland I.S.D., TX
  • Rotary Club of PRC, NJ
  • Individual - Christine Alloo, CA
  • Clarkes Grange # 261, OR
  • Rotary Club of Beverly, MA
  • Kiwanis Club of Dundee, MI
  • South Carolina Dictionary Project / Rotary Club of Highlands Ranch, CO
  • Rotary Club of Pennsville, NJ
  • Rotary Club of St. Louis Park, MN
  • Rotary Club of St. Louis Park, MN
  • Rotary District 6110 / Rotary Club of Durant, OK
  • Rotary District 6110 / Rotary Club of Westwood, MA
  • Rotary Club of Excelsior, MN
  • Rotary Club of Excelsior, MN
  • Somerset Grange # 18, ME

Testimonials

"It is a great project. The dictionaries are really appreciated by the students. It is a great PR project."

Donald Davis, Kiwanis Club of Cresco, Ridgeway, IA

Featured Articles

The January edition of our e-newsletter was sent out recently.
 Joe Mc Kay’s “Crazy About Words” …toasting our language since 2003!
It is time to celebrate 2011 and welcome 2012!
Join the Dictionary Project in a collaborative effort to create a beautiful new online dictionary where each word features sample sentences that impart knowledge and wisdom.
In this day of online dictionaries and smartphone apps, is a paperback dictionary still a necessity? We get questions like this from time to time.
 Some of our sponsors have asked what they can do with dictionaries that are left over after they distribute them at their local schools.
We’d like to introduce you to Sun Lakes, Arizona Rotarian, Harold (Hal) Wochholz, who is known as the ‘PolioPlus Poster Guy’ in our club and District 5510.
The Literacy Alliance of Columbus, with the help of Columbus Rotary Club # 200, has presented dictionaries to third-grade students in Muscogee County and Fort Benning, GA, for six years.