Albert Baj, West Springfield/Agawam Elks Lodge # 2174, Longmeadow, MA
Byron Tabor, Kiwanis Club of Hiawatha-CREW, Cedar Rapids, IA
Rotary Club program has meaning for students
James Buchanan is the only American president from Pennsylvania.
The longest word in the English language, a chemical name for a protein, stretches 1,909 letters long.
Tri Boro Rotary helps to donate dictionaries to Butler school district
The Tri Boro Rotary donated several dictionaries to the Butler school district on Nov. 21 as part of the Rotary Interact program.
Optimists deliver a dictionary for each third grader
A program the Independence Optimist Club calls “the best kept secret in town” is making a difference to third graders in the Independence school system.
Words for Thirds inspires children’s love for reading
What’s black and white and read all over? Answer: the free dictionaries that Valley Grange delivered to third grade classes in Milo, Brownville, and Lagrange on Nov. 18.
Thumbs up!
Thumbs up for Fairport Grange #467, which recently presented more than 500 dictionaries to third graders in the Fairport Central School District as part of the "Words for Thirds" program.
Look it up: the definition of giving
Third graders from Mountain Avenue Elementary received an academic treat last week when members of the Glendale Elks Lodge # 1289 gave each of them a new student dictionary.
Lacey Lamplighter Lions dictionary project
We've completed our 2011 Dictionary Project in Lacey, Washington. The Lacey Lamplighter Lions delivered 360 books to four schools and 14 classrooms. What a grand time we had.
Linda Keetch’s gifts carry an extraordinary value
When Linda Keetch read about The Dictionary Project in the Wall Street Journal in 2002, she knew it would be the perfect way to honor her late father.