We in this local Rotary Club have taken over the task of offering books to 3rd graders in our district several years ago, when another organization stopped doing it. This is such a good and worthy cause. I am looking forward to meeting and talking with these eager young children.

The students love them! They are all excited and cannot thank us enough. These are inner city schools, mostly African American, and they are so appreciative. I’ve done this for a few years and also in down in Florida for a few years, and it’s always the same appreciation. One kid asked me, “How can I become a Rotarian?” I try to get as... Read More

This is our first year with the Dictionary Project. Our goal is to continue donating books to several local schools each year. What a wonderful idea this project is!

I think this is our 4th year. We love this project!!! You’re doing a great job!!!

This is the third year we have participated in this project. We think this is a wonderful program which enables us to donate dictionaries to students who will be able to use them for years to come.

This is our 8th year doing the dictionary project and we have distributed over 2,000 dictionaries!

We go into each classroom, gym, or media center and give out the books, along with color books, bookmarks, and info on our Drug Awareness Programs, through the National Elks Organization. Red pencils given out also when in conjunction with Red Ribbon Week; if we give out books in October we give out Halloween Bags. “Crime Prevention” McGruff the Dog. This is a special... Read More

Fourth year of participating! The kids LOVE the dictionaries. Last year a fifth grader came running down the hall to great us and “show us where to go”, and she proudly waved her dictionary at us and said she “almost knows every word in it”.

This is a great service project that we look forward to each year. We raise the money to fund this project each year by selling poinsettia plants. The teachers look forward to the students getting the books each year now. We have participated for over 5 years. We cover the City of Osceola’s school district while another club takes care of the county school... Read More

I am a teacher and I received dictionaries last year. We used them so much I wanted some for my students this year. So I decided to buy them and donate them myself.