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Foundation, Rotary Team Up to Give Third Graders Dictionaries

Apr 25 2014
Mary
Area third graders will again receive dictionaries presented by the Olean Rotary Club through a grant from the Dictionary Fund at the Cattaraugus Region Community Foundation.

“Kiwanis” We Share Our Talents

Apr 23 2014
Mary
NANCY WHITTY - The name “Kiwanis” means “we share our talents”, [sic] and that is exactly what our Kiwanis Club has being doing for years at Jefferson Elementary School.

Lodi Elks Lodge Gives Dictionaries to Students at Two Schools

Apr 21 2014
Mary
Lodi Elks Lodge No. 1900 believes in enhancing the future of our children through the Dictionary Project. On Jan.

Local Rotarians Give Third-Graders Head Start on Test Prep with New Dictionaries

Apr 18 2014
Mary
Continuing a project that’s older than this year’s recipients, the Cayce-West Columbia and West Metro Rotary Clubs presented students at Congaree Elementary School with gifts they’ll use for years.

Rotary Club Gives Out Dictionaries

Apr 16 2014
Mary
Can you spell G-E-N-E-R-O-S-I-T-Y?

Quaker Valley Rotary Club Donates Dictionaries to Pennsylvania Third-Graders

Apr 14 2014
Mary
The third-graders at Osborne Elementary School gathered for a special dictionary presentation this past February when members of the Quaker Valley Rotary Club visited their Pennsylvania school.
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