Bowie students find there's more to dictionaries than a lot of words

Bowie Elementary School third graders were eager and attentive as they learned about the dictionaries they received from Altrusa International of Abilene members Monday morning. Barbara Pollock, service... 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 Southington, CT
  • Mt. Sterling Masonic Lodge # 269, OH
  • Charlottesville Lions Club, IN
  • South Carolina Dictionary Project / Cincinnati Elks Lodge # 5, OH
  • South Carolina Dictionary Project / Cincinnati Elks Lodge # 5, OH
  • South Carolina Dictionary Project / Cincinnati Elks Lodge # 5, OH
  • Kiwanis Club of The Tallahassee, FL
  • Rotary Club of Chattanooga Breakfast, TN
  • Rotary Club of Chattanooga Breakfast, TN
  • Rotary Club of Hamilton, NJ
  • Kiwanis Club of Pontiac, MI
  • Granite Grange # 7, NH
  • Retired Teachers Association, NC
  • Retired Teachers Association, NC
  • Retired Teachers Association, NC
  • Retired Teachers Association, NC
  • Individual - Rollin Schwab, FL
  • Exempt Firemen's Association, NY
  • Verizon Pioneers / Fort Pitt, PA
  • Verizon Pioneers / Fort Pitt, PA
  • Verizon Pioneers / Fort Pitt, PA

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Testimonials

"This will be our 3rd distribution to the school system. It allows our Rotary Club to do a very worthwhile service project and help boys & girls to read more easily."

Davis Clark, Rotary Club of Leland, Leland, MS

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