Melissa Dumm, Rotary Club of Ebensburg, Ebensburg, PA
This is our fifth year participating, and the kids are just as excited every year.
Thomas McDugald, AT&T Pioneers / Decatur Tucker LMC, Tucker, GA
In our distribution of dictionaries, we always hear how proud the students are to have their own dictionary. The teachers are very complimentary of your work and the contents.
Sandra Lipkowitz, READ, Big Canoe, GA
The most fun is getting to deliver the dictionaries and thesauruses to the students at the schools and see their excitement. For many, it is their very first book to own.
Jim Miller, Carlsbad Elks Lodge # 1558, Carlsbad, NM
We have done this project since 2004. The 3rd and 4th graders in our district have the highest reading grades!
Sue Herman, Kiwanis Club of Melvindale, Melvindale, MI
We have participated for four years. We love to see the children’s excitement as they receive their books. Some of them may find these dictionaries the key to mastering the language! Who can tell what benefits can be received? A few years ago, I was in an attorney’s office for a fundraiser. A client had a young girl (perhaps 12) with them. She said,... Read More
Ellie Malin, Rotary Club of East Windsor, Broad Brook, CT
The first students at Broad Brook Elementary to receive dictionaries from East Windsor Rotary Club are entering their freshman year in high school.
Donn Williams, Marinette Elks Lodge # 1313, Marinette, WI
We have been participating in this project for approximately six years now and look forward to this every year.
Helen McDonald, Golden Harvest Grange # 33, Carmel, ME
The teachers love to see us coming!
Nancy Machnikowski, Rotary Club of Hammond, Hammond, IN
This is the fifth year that we have been participating in the Dictionary Project. The teachers love the fact that each student has a dictionary to keep and use for the rest of their educational career. Besides the dictionary itself, the students like the information on the presidents, countries, and sign language. I believe their favorite, however, is the longest word in the English... Read More
Jim Johnson, Rotary Club of Clovis, Clovis, CA
We have been participating for the past three years. It is a wonderful, wonderful project, and the students are so happy to receive the books.