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Third Grade Students “Race to Look Up the Word” with the Arden Rotary Club

Nov 21 2014
Mary
On Monday morning, November 3, 2014, members of the Rotary Club of Arden met at Glen Arden Elementary School to continue the long-standing tradition of making sure that every third grader in...
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Rotary and Rotary Interact Makes Lasting Impression on Webster Third Graders

Nov 19 2014
Mary
Since starting the project in 2009, Webster Rotarians have visited each elementary school located in Webster, New York to personally deliver dictionaries to third graders. This November, Plank Road North Elementary School...
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Atwood Lions Club Works with Fellow Lions to Ensure Kosciusko County Students Receive Dictionaries

Nov 18 2014
Mary
Letter from Carol Huffer, Atwood Lions Club: In the last four years, when the project began, we are excited each fall to get the number of books needed, get them ordered and...
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Day Four of the National Grange Convention

Nov 14 2014
Mary
Letter from National Grange President, Edward Luttrell: The business of the National Grange continues today and more of our Brothers and Sisters from around the country are arriving. It’s a great time...
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The Rotary Club of Hazelton Donates New Dictionaries to Third Graders

Nov 13 2014
Mary
The Rotary Club of Hazelton has been purchasing and donating dictionaries annually to area students since 2001. Third graders at all of the Hazelton Area School District elementary schools (Freeland is covered...
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York Rotarians Donate Dictionaries

Nov 13 2014
Mary
Since 2006, members of the York Rotary Club in Nebraska have participated in The Dictionary Project. This year, over 200 dictionaries were distributed to 3rd grader students at York Elementary School, Emmanuel-Faith...
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