M. John Dyrud, Rotary Club of Wilmette, Wilmette, IL
The Dictionary Project is a great way to get involved with community organizations and help serve students. The Dictionary Project is a great resource for civic-minded organizations to leverage resources to underserved populations.
Sam Cox, Rotary Club of Millington, Millington, TN
This is about the 5th year we have distributed dictionaries to the community schools. It is one of the highlights of our year.
Ellen Bellizzi, Rotary Club of Clyde, Clyde, NY
This is the 7th year that the Clyde Rotary Club has donated dictionaries to the 3rd grade; the children love the books. We as a club go to the 3rd grade during the year and read to the children and they all tell us they use and love the dictionaries and they belong to them; they are their books.
Randy Belseth, Uxbridge Grange # 200, Uxbridge, MA
This will be our fourth year doing this. The children really love to receive the book as a gift.
Harold Hicks, Rotary Club of Murrysville-Export, Murrysville, PA
We distribute dictionaries to all the third grade classes including the Catholic school. This is our sixth year. The students and teachers truly appreciate this program and look forward to it every October. Keep up the good work. Our Rotary District has adopted this program district-wide this year.
Todd Powell, Rotary Club of Chicago Financial Distr., Chicago, IL
This is our 3rd year participating. We think it is great and the schools appreciate it.
Paul Diaz, New Hyde Park Elks Lodge # 2107, Centereach, NY
This is our second year. The response from the students, teachers and schools was incredible. It brought our members great joy to do this.
Harry Bruno, Cochran Masonic Lodge # 217, Cochran, GA
We’ve been presenting the Thesaurus to the 6th graders at Bleckley County Schools for 4 years. This is well received by the students and the teachers. If we have any leftover books we give some to the library and also 3 or 4 extra to each teacher for new students. We wear our Masonic Lodge shirts and have each class look up two words... Read More
Rebecca Mier, Rotary Club of Salinas Steinbeck, Salinas, CA
This is our third year, and the district is anxiously awaiting distribution. The teachers are very appreciative of this resource tool for their students. The texts offered are so very reasonably priced. Your site facilitates the process of our projects. Our Rotary District 5230 has given us a matching grant again this year to help our club with this project.
Anthony Marseglia, Rotary Club of Hackensack, Hackensack, NJ
This will be our fifth consecutive year. The kids really enjoy the assembly and the receipt of the dictionaries. We love the project. It is truly an uplifting experience.