Norman Wood, Rotary Club of Brazosport, Lake Jackson, TX
This is our first year to participate in this program. We think it is great. We want to enhance the learning of our third graders in our area. We believe that anything that benefits our young children will also benefit the community.
Capt. & Mrs. Kenneth G. Craig, USN (Ret.), Virginia Beach, VA
We have been doing this for several years, and the children and teachers/leaders are very eager and appreciative! Literacy is of the utmost importance! We are so glad that your organization makes it so simple to do this!
Cathy Hartman, Royal Order of Raccoons, Benton, PA
We have been distributing your dictionaries for years and the response from the kids is wonderful!!
Rabi Brunson, Rotary Club of Hampton, Hampton, SC
In 1999 Rotarian Aubrey Horres began the club’s Dictionary Project, in which dictionaries are presented to every third grader in Hampton, Allendale, and Bamberg counties. The project was Horres’ passion, and after his recent passing the club named it the Aubrey Horres Dictionary Project in his honor..
Litton deJarnette, Lumpkin County Literacy Coalition, Dahlonega, GA
We have been participating for several years. We think it is a great program.
Beth Tevlin, Wabash Valley Community Foundation, Terre Haute, IN
This has been a great project to provide dictionaries to all 3rd grade students in the public schools, private schools, and to home schooled students. Literacy is one of the greatest skills to acquire. By providing the dictionaries, we are helping all 3rd graders. I believe that we have delivered more than 14,000 dictionaries since 2004. We partner with the Terre Haute Rotary Club,... Read More
Davis Clark, Rotary Club of Leland, Leland, MS
This will be our 3rd distribution to the school system. It allows our Rotary Club to do a very worthwhile service project and help boys & girls to read more easily.
Beverly Willitts, Rotary Club of Soledad, Soledad, CA
Our wonderful Soledad Rotarians each personally help pay for the dictionaries. We have a can labeled ‘Dictionary Project.’ At each meeting once a week we pass the can around, and each Rotarian puts what they can afford into the can. Sometimes even guests want to donate. It is usually $1, sometimes $5, sometimes more, whatever they feel comfortable with. By one year, we have... Read More
Clark Kolterman, Rotary Club of Seward, Seward, NE
This is a great Rotary Project. We are excited to do it, as our neighboring Rotary Clubs all do the project! The funds were given in Memory of J. Don and Delores Miller of Seward, longtime business and civic leaders in the Seward Rotary and the GFWC Seward Woman’s Club.
Robert Harriett, Rotary Club of Medford-Vincentown, Medford, NJ
This will be the 6th year we have been active in distributing Student Dictionaries to 10 area third grade school students. It has become one of the members’ favorite projects! Fantastic! Even with the internet, the kids are totally excited to receive the book.