A major project of the Elks throughout the United States is to give each child in the third grade their own personal dictionary.  This goal has been reached by the Eatonton Elks Lodge #2549 each of the past four years--until this year.  Ravi H., a third grader at Putnam Elementary, did not receive one in November when her other classmates did.  Ravi is a mainstreamed, bright little girl who is blind.

She was promised her very own dictionary by the Elks and Elkettes who were distributing the dictionaries.  Finally, in February, they were able to present Ravi with her very own Braille dictionary, which consists of fourteen volumes.

Thanks to phone calls made by Elkette Diane Stevens and time spent on the internet by Lorraine Webb, plus money donated by local builders, Ted Webb, Alex Davison, and Scott Deering, this Braille dictionary system became a reality for Ravi.  One of the first words that Ravi read was one of her vocabulary words, `support.`

The Eatonton Elks can truly now say that every third-grade child in Putnam County has his or her own personal dictionary.  Elks Care--Elks Share!  And they `support` the youth in their county.