Gulf Breeze Key Club Donates Dictionaries to Eleven Local Schools
The Gulf Breeze High School Key Club recently completed their annual dictionary project. Following The Dictionary Project’s goal “to assist all third grade students to complete the school year as good writers, active and creative thinkers,” Key Club members decided to provide younger students with their own personal dictionaries. These dictionaries were donated as a gift to each student to use at school and... Read More
Honoring the Life of Anse Windham, Kingsville Noon Lions Club
Anse “Windy” Windham was the Past President and Past District Governor of Lions Club District 283. As a Lion, he received the Melvin Jones Award for dedicated humanitarian service, the Ed Flood Award on behalf of the Texas Lions Foundation, and most recently, the Jack Wiech Fellow award for dedicated service to the children of the Texas Lions Camp. Mr. Windham introduced The Dictionary... Read More
Noah Webster Presents Dictionaries to Webster, NY Students
We are always excited to hear fun and unique ways to present dictionaries to students. The Rotary Club of Webster has one of their Rotarians dress up as Noah Webster for the presentation. This year, Bill Ruoff played the part and gave students a short history lesson on the life of Noah and his development of the dictionary. “The students’ reaction to him is... Read More
ROOTS, INC. Brings Dictionaries and the Art of Storyingtelling
Regenerating Our Offspring Through Stories, Inc. (ROOTS) distributed 50 dictionaries to third grade students in Pennypacker School in Philadelphia, PA. ROOTS is an organization founded on the preservation of knowledge, wisdom and customs from traditional African village griots. Its aim is to share these traditions and customs through storytelling in U.S. communities, libraries and schools. ROOTS strives “to connect our past to the present... Read More