Students enjoy an old-fashioned tool
Rotary Program from A-1
Friday, January 08, 2010
Donor: Rotary Club of Virginia (MN)

While the kids are accustomed to using Wikipedia and other online resources, the dictionaries each third grader received Thursday are `really nice tools` Vitalie said.
This is the second year the Virginia Rotary Club has purchased and distributed dictionaries- via The Dictionary Project- to third graders in the Mountain Iron-Buhl, Virginia and Gilbert schools.
The Dictionary Project, a non-profit organization based in South Carolina, aims to put a dictionary in the hands of every third grader across the country, Rotarian Linda Mykelbust explained to the students.
She and Rotarians Chris Knight and Jim Eberius handed out about 250 d...

Rotarians give area 3rd graders dictionaries

By: Linda Myklebust
Friday, January 08, 2010
Donor: Rotary Club of Virginia (MN)

The Virginia Rotary Club believes giving our local 3rd graders (8 or 9-year olds) dictionaries is like giving them sets of keys to unlock the information there is to be gained from reading and writing. That`s why our club has paired with a non-profit organization called The Dictionary Project to provide the 3rd graders in Virginia, Eveleth, Gilbert, Mt. Iron and Buhl with their very own dictionaries. First, their teachers use the books for classroom instruction, but then each child can take the book home to use in the future. The books also contain civics lessons, maps and information regarding the states and the world, the planets, sign la...

3,000 third-graders get dictionaries

By: - Star Tribune
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Donor: Anoka Rotary Club

Three thousand north metro elementary students received dictionaries this year through The Dictionary Project. The dictionaries were delivered by members of several Rotary Clubs to students at 28 schools in the Anoka-Hennepin district, as well as to several private schools.

The objective of the national project, based in Charleston, S.C., is to get a dictionary in every third-grader`s hands. In the north metro, Rotary Clubs in Anoka, Blaine/Ham Lake, Coon Rapids and Ramsey delivered the books, with the Anoka-Hennepin Foundation and Connexus Energy making major contributions.

Four hundred third-graders in the St. Francis Schoo...

St. Francis third grade students receive dictionaries

By: - News Post
Friday, November 13, 2009
Donor: Anoka Area Rotary Club and Connexus Energy

Third grade students in St. Francis Independent School District 15 received a dictionary on Monday, November 9. The national Dictionary Project, headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, is sponsored locally by the Anoka Area Rotary Club and Connexus Energy. According to local sponsors, `Dictionaries put words into the hands of children so that they can express their thoughts and appreciation for each other.` In 2008, the goal was to distribute 4,170,598 dictionaries nationwide. This year`s goal is to top that number. ISD 15 parent Luanne Kane, who is also a member of the Anoka Area Rotary Club and a representative from Connexus Energy, d...

Willmar Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks participate in The Dictionary Project at Schools

By: Thomas Kramin e-mail
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Donor: Willmar Elks Lodge #952

Willmar Elks Lodge #952 purchased and distributed dictionaries to the 3rd grade students at the Renville County West (RCW) and BOLD School Districts.

This presentation was made possible with the joint efforts of The Dictionary Project (thedictionaryproject.com) through which the dictionaries were purchased. The goal of this program is to assist 3rd graders in completing the school year as good writers, active readers and creative thinkers by providing students with their own personal dictionary

94 students received their very own Student Dictionary, a 524-page reference book including 143 pages of Americanism subjects such ...

Fairmont Rotary Club brings literacy program to Five Lakes Elementary

By: Ken Wolfgram e-mail communication
Monday, June 29, 2009
Donor: Rotary Club of Fairmont, Rotary District 5950

Fairmont Rotary used the proceeds from a District 5950 CAP (Community Assistance Program) Grant to aid students at Five Lakes Elementary School in a four phase program.

Phase 1 provided age appropriate news magazines for all students in grades 3 through 6. These included Weekly Reader Magazines, Time for Kids and Scholastic Magazine.

Phase 2 provided `Election Information` packages for all 3rd and 4th graders including a mock election ballot.

Phase 3 provided `Drug and Alcohol` information packets for all 6th Graders

Phase 4 provided 504 A Student`s Dictionary for all students in grades 3 through ...

Anoka-Hennepin third graders enjoy new dictionaries

By: - Anoka-Hennepin School District 11 Focus newsletter
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Donor: Anoka, Blaine-Ham Lake, Coon Rapids, and Ramsey Rotary Clubs, Connexus Energy, and Anoka-Hennepin Ed

Anoka Rotarian Phil Knutson always enjoys handing out dictionaries to Anoka-Hennepin area third graders, but this year was a special joy. One of the third graders at Crooked Lake Elementary was his grandson, Gunnar.

Teacher Linda Smith invited Gunnar to introduce his grandfather to the class before the dictionaries were distributed. She said the students use the dictionaries a lot in her class. The third-grade classrooms only have a few dictionaries to share among their students.

The students were very excited to get the dictionaries and eagerly started paging through the books. The dictionaries also include 200 pages of refe...

Virginia Rotary Club donates dictionaries to area schools

By: Angie Riebe Mesabi Daily News
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Donor: Virginia Rotary Club

The dictionaries the Virginia Rotary Club donated to third graders at Parkview Learning Center will come in handy this spring.

During the last quarter of the year, students are given a `word a day` to define, represent and use in a sentence, said Parkview third grade teacher Sharon Keute.

`It was very nice,` she said of the Club`s gift during distribution of the dictionaries to students at the school Friday.

Virginia Rotarians, via The Dictionary Project, purchased more than 210 dictionaries for third graders in Virginia, Mountain Iron-Buhl and Eveleth-Gilbert schools, said Jim Eberius, club secretary. D...

March 20th 2009 declared a Dictionary Day in Minneapolis, MN

Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Donor: Minneapolis Rotary Clubs

March 20th 2009 was declared a Dictionary Day in a celebration for the Rotary Clubs in Minneapolis & St. Paul. Additional details to be included later.

Rotary defines donation with dictionaries for every third-grader

By: Elliot Mann Post-Bulletin
Monday, December 15, 2008
Donor: Rotary Club of Greater Rochester

Third-grader Jada found out the meaning of dewlap last week.

The Rotary Club of Greater Rochester is donating 1,320 dictionaries -- one for every third grader in Rochester public schools and Schaeffer Academy.

Jada received her hardcover, color dictionary on Dec. 10, along with her class at Riverside Central Elementary. The initiative is funded by a grant from the Carl and Verna Schmidt Foundation.

The Rotary took on the project to enhance literacy with young students, said Denise Kelly, president of the Rotary Club of Greater Rochester.

When the dictionaries were handed out to Nikki Anderson`s third-grade...

Dictionaries for third graders in Anoka-Hennepin schools

By: Peter Bodley Coon Rapids Herald
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Donor: Anoka, Blaine-Ham Lake, Coon Rapids and Ramsey Rotary Clubs

Dictionaries are being given to all third-graders in schools - both public and private - in Anoka-Hennepin School District 11.

This is the third year of a project by four area Rotary clubs - Anoka, Blaine-Ham Lake, Coon Rapids and Ramsey.

In all, 3,000 dictionaries are being distributed to third-graders.

Each club is contributing $500 to the cost with matching funds from Connexus Energy and the Anoka-Hennepin Educational Foundation.

According to Scott Schulte, Coon Rapids Rotary Club member, the first portion of the dictionary is a list of words, their definitions, how to pronounce them and how to use them.

...

Red Wing Lions Club makes an impact with dictionary donations

By: Richard Johnson
Monday, November 03, 2008
Donor: Red Wing Lions Club

Thank you for the prompt dictionary shipment.  We passed them out to the children on Tuesday, October 28.  As last year, it was an excellent experience.  We have already received from one class a letter of thanks from each student (about 30).  With one exception, we have also presented dictionaries to our parochial schools.  This was a special day, and you all make this possible.

Again, a GREAT BIG THANKS.  This project makes a significant impact on the positive future for our children.  Our Lions Club is honored to be a part of this program.

Red Wing Lions spread the word

By: Richard J. Johnson, Project Chair
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Donor: Red Wing Lions Club

Greetings Mary,

Thank you for your kind letter of thanks to the Red Wing Lions Club. But indeed it is you and the Project who should be receiving our thanks.

Through your support we were able to provide dictionaries to children in five schools. The teachers were most enthused about the project and students can have them for a lifetime. One teacher intends to use the dictionaries in her classroom teaching.

Additionally, several Lions Clubs obtained dictionaries from our Club to show their fellow Lions and those Clubs intend to promote the project for their local schools.

We took pictures of every school and ...

How do you spell excited?

By: Maria Elena Baca Minneapolis Star Tribune
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Donor: Anoka-Hennepin Foundation, Rotary District 5960 and local Rotary Clubs

A dictionary giveaway by north-metro Rotary Clubs jazzed up third-graders eager to broaden their vocabularies.

If you give a kid a dictionary, she`ll want to look something up.

That`s the hope, anyway, among members of north-metro Rotary clubs who have sponsored a dictionary giveaway to nearly 3,000 Anoka-Hennepin third-graders.

The program, in its second year, is a collaboration of the Anoka-Hennepin Foundation, Rotary District 5960 and the Rotary chapters in Anoka, Blaine-Ham Lake, Coon Rapids and Ramsey, along with The Dictionary Project. The national organization, based in Charleston, S.C., provides the books to ...

Third Grade Students in the Anoka-Hennepin School District #11 receive dictionaries

Thursday, April 03, 2008
Donor: Rotary Club of Coon Rapids

For the second year in a row, all third grade students in the twenty- eight District 11 grade schools received their own personal dictionaries.



Anoka-Hennepin Educational Foundation along with the Rotary Clubs of Anoka, Blaine/Ham Lake, Coon Rapids and Ramsey have joined with Rotary District 5960 to use this project as their `Avenue of Service of Literacy`. It is planned that 3,000 plus books will be provided to these students.



This effort is in concert with the national Dictionary Project based in Charleston, S.C., a 501 ( c ) (3) non-profit organization dedicated to provi...

Rotary District 5960 2007-2008 Literacy Challenge Projects

Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Donor: Rotary Clubs of District 5960

March was Rotary Literacy Month. The purpose of this month is to encourage local Rotary Clubs to raise awareness about literacy, launch new literacy initiatives and recognize literacy accomplishments from the past year. Over the past year, many District 5960 Rotary Clubs created innovative programs for improving literacy in their community and, in some cases, across the world. The District would like to recognize the following clubs for their contributions:

Austin: Dictionary Project. Gave dictionaries to third graders with the Four-Way Test on the inside cover.

Hayward Area: Dictionary Project. Donated Scholastic dictio...

Lions Clubs combine to provide free dictionaries

By: - MN Sun
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Donor: Hamburg, Norwood Young America, and West Carver County Lions Club

Third-grade students at three local elementary schools received a useful gift from local Lions Clubs on Wednesday, October 3, 2007.

After combining their resources to sponsor enough dictionaries for every third-grade student at Central Elementary, Emanuel Lutheran and St. John`s, the Lions Clubs from Hamburg, Norwood Young America and West Carver County came together to present the books to excited students.

Each dictionary was personalized with the student`s name, and Cathleen Williams, from the West Carver County Lions, was quick to point out many other features including maps, directions for sign language, and more.
Click to read full story ...

Lions donate dictionaries in Prior Lake

Monday, October 01, 2007
Donor: Prior Lake Lions Club

The Lions Club donated dictionaries for all of the third-grade students in Prior Lake as part of The Dictionary Project, a nonprofit group that promotes good writers, readers and creative thinkers.

Lions give the gift of words to local students

By: Deanna Bendix, Staff Writer Waseca County News
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Donor: Waseca Lions Club

There were excited kids all over Waseca when the Lions Club came calling last week to present personal dictionaries for 191 students.



The club gave 115 dictionaries to Hartley Elementary, 32 to Sacred Heart Elementary, 20 to TEAM Academy and 24 Spanish-English dictionaries to the English as a Second Language classes—at a cost to the Lions of $300.



Don Zwach, president of the Lions Club, addressed the students in their classrooms after giving them each a dictionary. He said close to two million dictionaries were given to students in 2006 as a gift from the people who live in their towns throu...

Students are `looking it up` with `Dictionary Project`

By: Jennifer Kern, staff writer Anoka County Union
Friday, January 05, 2007
Donor: Anoka-Hennepin Educational Found. & Rotary Distrist 5960

For a child, perhaps nothing is sweeter in life than having something to call your own.

Last month, the Anoka-Hennepin Educational Foundation and Rotary District 5960 teamed up to bring `The Dictionary Project` to Anoka-Hennepin School District 11.

The project supplies dictionaries to students, who keep them permanently and are able to use both in school and at home.

`The Dictionary Project` is a national effort that began in Georgia in 1992.

Since its inception, the program has become a non-profit organization and has helped provide dictionaries to over one million children.

...

Prior Lake Lions Club

Monday, December 11, 2006
Donor: Prior Lake Lions Club

The Prior Lake Lions Club plans to participate in the Lakefront Days activities.

We`ll have a food booth on Friday night, Aug. 4, for the non-profit booth celebration. We will serve pork patties, hamburgers, snow cones and home-made lemonade. Our booth will be open from 4 to 11

` p.m. We also plan to have a float in the parade on Saturday, Aug. 5. Please stop by and see what the Lions are all . about.

The club has been working with the city on a project to

_ have service organization signs put up on the borders of Prior Lake. The city has received approval from the county, and we will collect logos from ...

Pictures from St. Paul Rotary

Monday, November 20, 2006
Donor: St. Paul Rotary Club

Halstad Women`s Club presenst dictionaries

By: Rachel Nies The Valley Journal
Monday, January 16, 2006
Donor: Halstad Women`s Club

On 1 hursday. January 5th, the Halstad Woman`s Club of the General Federation of Women`s Clubs presented a dictionary to each Norman County West third grade student.

Mrs. Patricia Thompson, retired NCW elementary educator and an active member of the Halstad Woman`s Club, delivered the dictionaries to Mrs. Locken`s third grade classroom in Hendrum and personally presented each student with their very own dictionary as part of The Dictionary Project.

`We were told that the third grade was the best grade for the dictionaries,` explains Thompson. `These dictionaries are theirs to keep and we are hoping it will help the child...

Dictionaries for everyone
Burnsville, Minnesota
Saturday, September 13, 2003
Donor: The Burnsville Lions Club