Cut and Shoot Family Lions Club Brings Dictionaries and Smiles to Texas Classrooms
Cut and Shoot Family Lions Club Brings Dictionaries and Smiles to Texas Classrooms Since 2014, the Cut and Shoot Family Lions Club in Texas has partnered with The Dictionary Project to provide third grade students at Austin and Milam Elementary Schools in the Conroe Independent School District with personal dictionaries. To date, the club has donated 2,160 dictionaries, making a lasting impact on literacy... Read More
Bellefonte Elks Lodge Continues Tradition of Giving Dictionaries to Students
Bellefonte Elks Lodge Continues Tradition of Giving Dictionaries to Students The Bellefonte Elks Lodge #1094 in Pennsylvania continued its commitment to literacy this school year by presenting personal dictionaries to all third grade students at St. John’s Catholic School in Bellefonte. This effort, which began last school year, is part of a growing partnership with The Dictionary Project, whose mission is to empower students... Read More
Wakeman Grange Promotes Literacy with Annual Dictionary Gift
Wakeman Grange Promotes Literacy with Annual Dictionary Gift Members of Wakeman Grange #1399 in Ohio recently visited Western Reserve Elementary School and Trinity Christian Academy to deliver personal dictionaries to third grade students. The visits are part of the Grange’s Words for Thirds program, a partnership with The Dictionary Project that began in 2004. Since launching the project, Wakeman Grange has donated over 2,000... Read More
Raleigh Midtown Kiwanis Brings Dictionaries and Values to North Ridge Students
Raleigh Midtown Kiwanis Brings Dictionaries and Values to North Ridge Students On April 11, 2024, four members of the Raleigh Midtown Kiwanis Club visited North Ridge Elementary in North Carolina to distribute personal dictionaries to all 140 third grade students across seven classrooms. As part of their partnership with The Dictionary Project, each classroom received a dedicated visit where Kiwanians not only presented the... Read More
“Fridging” Officially Added to Merriam-Webster Thanks to Gail Simone
“Fridging” Officially Added to Merriam-Webster Thanks to Gail Simone The term “fridging“, born from a critique of how women are harmed in fiction to advance male characters’ stories, is now officially part of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. It was coined by Gail Simone in 1999 through her “Women in Refrigerators” list, which spotlighted how female characters in comics were routinely killed, abused, or sidelined for... Read More