This will be the fourth year the Friends of the South Windsor Library will be distributing the dictionaries. It is a very rewarding experience for our group. The project is a wonderful way to improve a student’s experience. Credit should be given to the tireless volunteers who man the used book sale room at our library. They volunteer their time and efforts to bring... Read More

This is the third year we have participated. It has been long enough that children are either bummed out that they missed out on our first year or they are anxiously awaiting their third grade year so they can get their own dictionary. It still amazes us how many students are astonished that someone they don’t know gave them a gift, totally free. They... Read More

The third graders are thrilled to receive the the Thesaurus.

We have been participating in this project for 5 years. We love doing this project and will continue for a long time. We are a very young and small club and have no funding for it so a couple of our members personally pay for the dictionaries.

I think this is great! Thank you so much for all you do! I have been looking for dictionaries to purchase for my class. These are the best around.

This is our third year of distribution. We started after my dad told me about the distribution to all third graders in Ft. Wayne, IN by his Rotary Club! We couldn’t let the Rotarians be one up on us! The school was very cooperative. We started when Kiwanis International encouraged all clubs to get involved in imaginative ways in their Read-Around-the-World project. We really... Read More

We are endeavoring to furnish all students with a dictionary. By giving every 3rd grader a dictionary, we will eventually reach our goal. The 3rd grade students are absolutely thrilled when they get their dictionaries as exhibited by the thank you letters we receive.

This will be our 3rd year of participating and find it very rewarding, both for the kids and ourselves.