Janet O’Meara, Rotary Club of Homer Downtown, Homer, AK
We have provided dictionaries to third graders every year since 2006 and plan to continue indefinitely. We love this project. It is one of the most fun things we do all year. One of our members has suggested that we follow up with 8th-grade students to see if they are still using the dictionaries they received in third grade and what use they have... Read More
Joe Eberly, Rotary Club of West Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
For many of the students we serve, this is the first book they, or in some cases, anyone in their family owns. It is one of our best “feel good” projects.
Third graders receive new learning tool
Third graders throughout the county received brand-new dictionaries this week as part of a national effort known as the Dictionary Project.
Rotary tackles childhood literacy with Dictionary Project
The Rotary Club of Paducah provided a dictionary to each of the 766 3rd-grade students attending 11 Paducah/McCracken County public and private elementary schools including Community Christia
Gordon Graham, Rotary Club of Jeannette, Jeannette, PA
The Jeannette Rotary Club has been providing dictionaries to students at the Jeannette McKee Elementary school for the past eight years.. The dictionary project is an excellent way to provide all students with an important tool which will be used both in and out of school. In some cases this is the first book a student will receive..