The Dictionary Project is an excellent way for our Rotary Club to stay in touch with the students and the school district. The third graders are so bright and delighted to learn. Our visit is a special event for the children. Two Rotarians attend each classroom so we make sure all students participate in understanding how to look up words and use their books.

On referal from a Rotarian (my dad), our Kiwanis Club has adopted this annual distribution as part of Kiwanis “Read Around the World” project. This is our 4th year. This is one of the most popular service projects we have and it is so simple and fun! The third grade students are like sponges!

This is a great project that involves many members of our Rotary Club. Members love to participate in the distribution and see the happy faces of children who sometimes are receiving their very own book for the first time.

This the fifth year the Kiwanis Club of Haslett is providing dictionaries to third graders in the Haslett School District. Every year we receive many letters of appreciation from the students and teachers. These letters also let us know how the students use the dictionaries in their classes and lessons. I think the Dictionary Project is a great idea. We feel the third grade... Read More

We have decided to participate in this project as part of our support of the Rotary emphasis on literacy. It addresses the young, who have not been included in our contribution of a literacy room to the library and a stocked bookcase for a residence for the elderly. We feel this is a meaningful way to teach and encourage students about a powerful tool... Read More

The Carl Hill Galloway Pioneer Club has participated annually in the Dictionary Project over several years. We look forward to the opportunity to provide local students with the means to educate themselves, through owning and using their own dictionaries.

Our Rotary Club has presented dictionaries to children for several years. We do it as an educational outreach for our community. The dictionary project is a wonderful idea and much needed.

We are donating dictionaries to all third graders and thesauri to all seventh graders at our local school. We have been participating for 7-8 years. The children love getting these books, especially the third graders. We are glad to be a part of your vision to help children read. Great program. Thank you for putting this together.