The students love the books! The third graders are thrilled to be able to write their names in them, knowing that they are theirs!

We have participated for several years and often receive thank you letters from some of the classes each year. The first year we did the project one child wrote in his letter the dictionary was the first book they ever received. That story touched all our hearts and keeps us giving each year.

This program has provided our Elks Lodge an entry into area schools that has facilitated the introduction of our Hoop Shoot, Essay contest, Americanism & US flag program, and drug awareness education programs.

We have been giving dictionaries for the past eight or nine years to the public schools third grade classes in Leominster, Massachusetts. We love this project! This has been a favorite project for our club. Thanks for helping us to be able to donate again this year. Thanks again for making this program affordable. The children are thrilled with this gift.

I believe this is our 5th year. The reception we receive from the students is fantastic. We added a new school this year and the Principal cannot believe we give these books free to the children. Our Club is totally committed to this program. We try and serve the schools in our service area. We started with two schools, and this year we have... Read More

Elks across the nation are very committed to youth activities and Arcadia Valley Missouri Lodge is very proud of our many youth programs. This will be our first time to participate in the dictionary project. This is just one more way we can show our young people that we are there for them.

Love it! Love it! Love it! A great way to make a positive difference in our community!!!

We have donated to the third grade in the schools for the last three years. Last year we also donated to all grades in the school from the third grade up so we could be sure all elementary students in our area had a dictionary. This has been the best project we have ever done for the amount of money it cost us. I... Read More

This will be our third year. We love the project and we enjoy seeing the kids be proud of having their very own dictionary.