Elwin Wright, Kiwanis Club of Edmonds, Edmonds, WA
For the past five years we have been enjoying the distribution of dictionaries, each year as our budget grows, expanding our number of schools. We find it fun, satisfying and genuinely appreciated by the students, staffs and parents in our community. We all look forward to the project each year.
Donna Champion, Sunbeam Grange # 2, Greenfield, MN
The kids and teachers were excited to get the dictionaries and start learning to use them. The teachers asked to have them at the start of the year so they can use them all year long.
Betty Candler, Haralson County CLCP/LAMP, Waco, GA
Dictionaries have been distributed to 3rd graders for a number of years, and that is a great project. We will be ordering dictionaries when school gets back and we can get accurate student counts. The thesauruses will be given to 7th graders at Haralson County Middle School at the request of the school principal. State testing results have continually come back with the comments... Read More
Douglas Clark, Kiwanis Club of Sabetha, Sabetha, KS
This is third year and the kids and teachers have been very excited.
Louise Grant, Bangor Elks Lodge # 244, Bangor, ME
Helping youngsters learn how to read, how to look up, and how to pronounce our written language means our community will be stronger, safer, and economically stable for our future generations.
Robert Hays, Grants Fire and Rescue, Grants, NM
The members of the Grants Fire & Rescue (Career and Volunteer) are spearheading the “Dictionary Project” for the school year 2010-11. This year we are looking for a community-wide participation in this endeavor. This will be the eighth year for this project and will provide dictionaries to our target grade – THIRD, in the elementary schools in and around the district. Last year we... Read More
Lorie Rock, Des Plaines Elks Lodge # 1526, Des Plaines, IL
The kids absolutely love it and we love receiving the letters.
Sharon Stewart, Rotary Club of Franklin Breakfast, Franklin, TN
We have been doing this program for several years and greatly enjoy it!
Gene Burkett, Rotary Club of Merritt Island, Indialantic, FL
We have been providing back-to-school supplies for underprivileged children attending the Devereux Hospital School for over 10 years. This year we are adding a dictionary to the supplies. Case workers make the list of supplies and Rotarians shop for the supplies which are then distributed to the students. Great program. We will be doing another project later in the year for 9th graders in... Read More
Donald Gunderson, Rotary Club of Fillmore Sun Risers, Fillmore, CA
I believe this will be the fifth year Sun Risers Rotary has provided dictionaries to the 3rd grade students in the District. First, I’m amazed we can get such a fine book at such a reasonable cost. This project is always so appreciated by both the students and the faculty of the schools. Our Rotary Club will receive a 50% matching District Simplified Grant... Read More