Bob Ballentine, Rotary Club of Chapin Sunrise, Chapin, SC
It is great project! I really know how much it means to the students when you see them hug their book.
Rusty Morgan, Rotary Club of Rockville, Rockville, MD
We give dictionaries to all of the third grade students in nine public elementary schools in Rockville, Maryland. The schools are always grateful to receive the dictionaries and tell us they would not be able to afford the books themselves. We enjoy helping the schools and the children.
Alfred Mueller II, Rotary Club of Waynesboro, Fayetteville, PA
Having been a member of Rotary team distributing the dictionaries in the past, I think you are doing a wonderful service to our nation’s children. The students love to get their own dictionary. My daughter, who is now in high school, still has hers from third grade and uses it regularly.
Joe Tempel, Blue Earth Lions Club, Blue Earth, MN
The Blue Earth Lions have participated in the Dictionary Project long enough that every student that is in the Blue Earth Area Schools from grades 4 through 12 received a dictionary when they were in 3rd grade.
James Morris, Rotary Club of Oriental, Oriental, NC
It’s a wonderful project. The schools and the kids love the visits to the classrooms every year, and the club loves the thank-you letters the kids send us every year. It is one of our club’s BEST PROJECTS!!!
Shirley Born, Kiwanis Club of Sioux Center, Sioux Center, IA
We have ordered dictionaries for many, many years for our local 3rd graders. It’s so rewarding to deliver these and see the joy it bring to each student. We prepare labels saying they are coming from the Kiwanis Club, and we put each child’s name on the dictionary.
Heidi Kelso, Kiwanis Club of Nephi, Nephi, UT
The Nephi Kiwanis Club has been providing dictionaries to the 3rd grade students in Juab School District for many years.. We love the dictionary project. It is an easy way for our club to do something amazing!.
Randall Wylin, Kiwanis Club of Shelby Macomb Daybreakers, Macomb, MI
This is our fifth year of distributing thesauruses to the sixth graders at Seneca Middle School. We absolutely love the Dictionary Project. By sponsoring schools in our area, it is a great way to give back to our community by investing in the education and future of our children.
Janet O’Meara, Rotary Club of Homer Downtown, Homer, AK
We have provided dictionaries to third graders every year since 2006 and plan to continue indefinitely. We love this project. It is one of the most fun things we do all year. One of our members has suggested that we follow up with 8th-grade students to see if they are still using the dictionaries they received in third grade and what use they have... Read More
Joe Eberly, Rotary Club of West Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
For many of the students we serve, this is the first book they, or in some cases, anyone in their family owns. It is one of our best “feel good” projects.