A dictionary teaches a child how to approach a problem and use critical thinking skills by sounding out the word and finding it in the dictionary. This simple task gives them a feeling of self-confidence and satisfaction that they cannot get online.

Diane Huddleston, Rotary Club of Liberty, Liberty, TX

The Liberty Rotary Club has participated in this program annually since 2002. Over 1,700 dictionaries have been donated to the third-grade students. This year, the Club expanded the project to include providing the dictionary/thesaurus to the seventh-grade class as well as the English/Spanish dictionary to the ESL class in the middle school. Great project, and so grateful to have this organization to be able to provide the dictionaries.