Chepachet Grange donates dictionaries to students

Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Donor: Chepachet Grange

Chepachet Grange has again taken on the Words for Thirds Dictionary Project. This year dictionaries have been donated to 3rd-graders in North Scituate and Callahan Elementary Schools.

This is a nationwide community service project. The dictionaries are kept by the students, and the Grange purchases new ones for the next class each year. For more information, call Marie Robideau at 568-4219.

Grange gives students new dictionaries

By: - East Providence Post
Friday, January 16, 2009
Donor: Roger Williams-Rumford Grange

Roger Williams-Rumford Grange distributed 428 dictionaries to all of the third-graders in the City of East Providence as part of the national Dictionary Project. The goal of the program is to assist all students in completing the school year as good writers, active readers and creative thinkers by providing students with their own personal dictionary. The dictionaries are a gift to each student to use at school and at home for years to come. This is the sixth year that the third graders of East Providence have received dictionaries from the local Grange. John A. Lawson Jr., Master of the Grange, assisted by Louise Roberts on occasion, visite...

East Bay Briefings-East Providence

Thursday, March 20, 2008
Donor: Roger Williams Grange #19 and Rumford Grange #52

Grange projects: The Roger Williams Grange 19 and Rumford Grange 52 recently donated 306 dictionaries to third grade students in all eight elementary schools in East Providence. The distribution is part of the Grange`s `Words for Thirds` dictionary project.
Other community service projects of these granges include assistance to the food pantry at the city`s Community Center, collection of UPCs from the labels of Campbell`s products for the R.I. School for the Deaf, aluminum tabs for the Shriners hospitals and Ronald McDonald House, cancelled postage stamps for St. Jude`s Children`s Hopsital and `Pennies for a Purpose` for Hospice Care. ...

Around East Bay: Grange donation

Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Donor: Roger Williams Grange 19 and Rumford Grange 52

As part of the `Words for Thirds` Dictionary Project, two Granges located in East Providence, the Roger Williams Grange 19 and Rumford Grange 52, recently donated 440 dictionaries to the third grade students in all eight elementary schools in East Providence. The personal dictionaries were presented to the students by Shirley Bell, master of Roger Williams Grange, and John A. Lawson Jr., master and community service chairman of Rumford Grange.

		Pawtucket Rotary Club enjoys first Dictionary Project By: Herb Weiss Pawtucket Times Friday, March 16, 2007 Donor: Rotary Club of Pawtucket Pictures of Pawtucket Rotarians Mary Coyle, Donna Policastro and Herb Weiss, along with Providence Rotary Club Past President, distributing free dictionaries appeared in the March 16, 2007 Pawtucket Times.  Thank you to Time Photographer Rich Dugas for providing these photos for us. Click to read full story ...
In a joint Pawtucket-Providence Rotary charity event, Pawtucket Rotary President Herb Weiss, left, and Providence Rotary Past President Randy Dittmar look a bit like ...

		Granges Donate Dictionaries Thursday, March 01, 2007 Donor: Roger Williams Grange No. 19 and Rumford Grange No. 52 As part of the `Words for Thirds` Dictionary Project, the two Granges located in East Providence, Roger Williams Grange No. 19 and Rumford Grange No. 52, recently donated 440 dictionaries to the third grade students in all eight elementary schools in East Providence. The personal dictionaries were presented to the students by Shirley Bell, Master of Roger Williams Grange, and John A. Lawson, Jr., Master and Community Service Chairman of Rumford Grange. The students were very excited to receive their own personal dictionaries. After presenting the dictionaries, Mr. Lawson told the children where they could find the longest word in the... Click to read full story ...
Back row L-R: A teacher at Kent Heights School; Shirley Bell, Master of Roger Williams Grange; John A. Lawson, Jr., Master of Rumford Grange. Front row: Third grade ...

3,000 dictionaries bring countless lessons

By: Tracy Proulx Kent County Daily Times
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Donor: Rhode Island State Grange

When they call school districts and tell the directors of elementary education they want to provide dictionaries to all the third-graders, the directors usually want to know what the catch is or they think they`ll dealing with a hoax.

It is anything but a hoax. The granges in Rhode Island donated 2,861 dictionaries to third-graders this school year.

`When you first start doing this, they don`t want to believe that you are giving them something for nothing,` said Rhode Island State Grange Community Service Director Margaret Fish.

The grange is a fraternal organization started more than 100 years ag...

Recipients of dictionaries `ecstatic`

By: Louis Marciano
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Donor: Rotary Club of North Providence

Thank you for your prompt action to send the dictionaries to me for the Rotary Club of North Providence, Rhode Island project. The superindendent, teachers and students were ecstatic to receive your wonderful dictionary. The president of our club and I visited six elementary schools with an average of two classes per school. The third graders were informed, by our President, about the activities of our club and the coordinated effort we will have for future third graders in North Providence. We had a local newspaper photographer attend two sessions. His story in the newspaper drew immediate attention from a parochial school which is jus...

Exeter Grange raises money for dictionaries By: Celeste M. Spencer Saturday, July 01, 2006 Donor: Exeter Grange #12 Dear Dictionary Project, Thank you for providing such a worthwhile and lasting gift for the children of o ur community. We at Exeter Grange #12 raise money to purchase these dictionaries, by having a raffle at one of our three public suppers. (The other two groups that benefit are the Exeter Food Bank and Exeter Animal Shelter.) When we give these books to Metcalf School each September, they include us at their Open House, so the parents get to know about this wonderful project. Also, the librarian provides the book plates on behalf of Exeter Grange #12. You can see that for very little effort on our part, we are able to giv... Click to read full story ...

Grange Members at the Metcalf Elementary Open House in 2004

Kickemuit Grange donates dictionaries to local third-graders By: John Kenyon Saturday, December 10, 2005 Donor: Kickemuit Grange Kickemuit Grange, based in Warren, Rhode Island, distributed dictionaries to all public school third graders in Warren and our neighboring community of Bristol, RI - about 250 students were served. Nanaquaket Grange distributed more than 150 dictionaries to public school third graders in Triverton.  Click to read full story ...

The Ranger School in Triverton, RI. Pictured with Jeannette Kenyon, Master of Nanaquaket Grange #49.

		Changing of the Grange Conanicut Grange #21 adapts and still serves as center of social activity By: Arline A. Flemming The Providence Journal Tuesday, November 15, 2005 Donor: Conanicut Grange #21 The dictionary project is a major source of pride for the Conanicut Grange. The grange raises the money to purchase the dictionaries and then personally distributes them to local third-graders. One member recalls one year a little boy hugging his new dictionary and declared it his very first own book. Click to read full story ...
Third-graders Ryan and Allison look over their new dictionaries that were donated by the grange.

Community notes

Friday, March 18, 2005
Donor: Chepachet Grange

Chepachet Grange dictionary project: Chepachet Grange will be donating dictionaries to two area schools this season. The grange raises money with meeting raffles and lawn sales. The group welcomes other area organizations or individuals who would like to join the effort.

The Dictionary Project is a 501(c) nonprofit organization designed to raise money to provide a dictionary for third-grade students. The idea is to aid third-grade teachers in their goal to see all their students leave at the end of the year as good writers, active readers and creative thinkers.

The purpose of the agency is to provide third-grade stu...

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