Third-grade students at Pine Island Public School received a gift that will last them a lifetime - their very own dictionaries.

Remember the joy that you felt when you owned your very first book or the excitement that overcame you when you discovered new words as you learned how to read?

During October 2-4, 2012, eight Carmel Lions Club members distributed student dictionaries to nearly 700 third graders in five Carmel Clay Elementary Schools.

The Rotary  Club of Charleston and the Rotary Breakfast Club of Charleston will distribute dictionaries in six elementary schools where Rotarians read with students on a regular basis.