Sun Lakes Rotary Club Empowers Students with 83,000 Dictionaries
Sun Lakes Rotary Club Empowers Students with 83,000 Dictionaries Since 2003, the Sun Lakes Rotary Club in Arizona has made literacy a priority by partnering with The Dictionary Project. To date, the club has distributed over 83,000 copies of “A Student’s Dictionary and Gazetteer” to students across Chandler Unified School District and schools in the Gila River Community. Rotarian Roger Edmonds shared why the... Read More
Pawling Rotary Celebrates Dictionary Day with Third Graders
Pawling Rotary Celebrates Dictionary Day with Third Graders Since 2004, the Rotary Club of Pawling in New York has partnered with The Dictionary Project to promote literacy among third grade students. Over the past two decades, the club has distributed about 2,800 personalized dictionaries to students in Pawling’s public and private schools. This year, the tradition continued at Mizzentop Day School, where third graders... Read More
St. Jude Ladies Society Donates 3,000 Dictionaries to Escambia County Students
St. Jude Ladies Society Donates 3,000 Dictionaries to Escambia County Students Since 2016, the St. Jude Ladies Society of St. Jude Catholic Church in Cantonment, Florida, has partnered with The Dictionary Project to improve student literacy across Escambia County. Each year, the group distributes dictionaries to third grade students as part of its mission to support youth education and community service. To date, the... Read More
Rotary Club of Washington DC Empowers MLK Elementary with Dictionaries
Rotary Club of Washington DC Empowers MLK Elementary with Dictionaries In a heartfelt visit this spring, the Rotary Club of Washington, DC brought their Dictionary Project to Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School, home of the District’s central public library. Teachers and students alike gathered as dictionaries were personally handed to each third grader. Rotarians shared the importance of reading, vocabulary, and lifelong learning,... Read More
Rotary Club of Washington DC Donates Dictionaries to Stanton Elementary Third Graders
Rotary Club of Washington, DC Donates Dictionaries to Stanton Elementary Third Graders Since joining The Dictionary Project over a decade ago, the Rotary Club of Washington, DC has donated tens of thousands of dictionaries to local students. This year, their tireless volunteers visited Stanton Elementary School, where every third grader received a beautifully bound dictionary of their own. Each student had the opportunity to... Read More
Baldwin City Rotary Club Shares the Gift of Literacy
Baldwin City Rotary Club Shares the Gift of Literacy The Rotary Club of Baldwin City in Kansas recently delivered dictionaries to fourth-grade students, bringing excitement to the classroom and smiles to young learners. The club has partnered with The Dictionary Project since 2005, donating hundreds of dictionaries over the years. This simple yet powerful gift equips students with a tool they’ll use for years—enhancing... Read More
Henniker Lions Club Delivers Dictionaries to Third Graders
Henniker Lions Club Delivers Dictionaries to Third Graders Every third-grade student at Henniker Community School in New Hampshire received the gift of a personal dictionary, thanks to the Henniker Lions Club. The students were excited and grateful for this thoughtful donation. This act of generosity is part of the club’s ongoing effort to support The Dictionary Project, which promotes literacy by providing essential reference... Read More
Hamlet Lions Club Donates Dictionaries to Oregon-Davis Third Graders
Hamlet Lions Club Donates Dictionaries to Oregon-Davis Third Graders Third graders at Oregon-Davis Elementary School in Indiana had a special surprise visitor recently,. members of the Hamlet Lions Club, who brought with them a gift that supports lifelong learning, a personal dictionary for each student. Since 2018, the Hamlet Lions Club has partnered with The Dictionary Project to provide nearly 300 third graders with... Read More
North Phoenix Kiwanis Club Brings Joy and Dictionaries to Third Graders
North Phoenix Kiwanis Club Brings Joy and Dictionaries to Third Graders The Kiwanis Club of North Phoenix has been sparking curiosity and joy in Arizona classrooms since 2005, when it first partnered with The Dictionary Project. Each year, members visit third-grade classrooms in the Washington Elementary School District #6, presenting students with a personal dictionary to keep. To date, nearly 19,000 students have received... Read More
Clinch County Lions Club Donates Dictionaries to Local Students
Clinch County Lions Club Donates Dictionaries to Local Students A big thank you to the Clinch County Lions Club for continuing their commitment to literacy by donating dictionaries to students at Clinch County Elementary School in Homerville, Georgia. This effort is part of a larger initiative in partnership with The Dictionary Project, through which 670 Lions Clubs across the country have collectively donated over... Read More