This will be our second year. It is one of the most rewarding projects we have done as an Elks Lodge. The children are so excited to get a book they can call their own. Everyone is impressed with the contents and information in the book above the beyond the dictionary.

This is my 3rd year as chair – I think it is our 6th or 7th all told. We go room to room point out features of the book, have the students look up ‘volunteer’ and discuss that idea and the importance of education. We love it and they love us!

We have been sponsoring the Madison County school as an individual project for 5 years now. Started when my daughter was in 3rd grade, now she is in 8th grade. We have talked about Noah Webster the last 2 years and we may bring a birthday cake for Noah birthday this year!…maybe cupcakes since this year we have over 151 3rd graders this year... Read More

This is the third year we have participated in the Dictionary Project. The students love to receive the dictionaries.

This will be our third year of this project and we just love it! It is a wonderful way for us to show the young people in our community that we believe in them and their potential to be outstanding students.

Kiwanis of Henderson have been putting dictionaries in Vance County North Carolina for 5 years. The teachers have developed a love of these additional resources.

This is our 9th year doing this. The students really enjoy it. My husband and I are known as ‘The Dictionary People’.

This is the third year of the Dictionary Project. The teachers are so pleased the students get the dictionaries – it helps in the SOL’s (Standard of Learning tests) and as one teacher told me, “I couldn’t afford to buy dictionaries for all my students.” The students think it’s special also to have something of their own. One school sent the Rotary Club letters... Read More

It’s a wonderful program! It’s so much fun. Children come back to us years later and tell us that they still have their dictionaries and that it was the best gift they ever got! It’s a wonderful program!