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Words for Thirds gives power of education to Washington students

Apr 29 2011
Mary

What began more than 100 years ago as a grassroots volunteer organization centered on issues concerning agriculture and community outreach, the Hopewell Grange in northern Tazewell County is still

The Union Rotary Club dictionary project

Apr 25 2011
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Last week Union Rotary donated 655 dictionaries, one to every third grade student in the township of Union, NJ.

Dictionaries are a treasure

Apr 20 2011
Mary

The Dictionary Project was featured in A Noble Purpose, a blog written by Pepi Noble.

Pompton Lakes Rotary Club distributes dictionaries to local schools

Apr 19 2011
Mary

As they have done for well over a decade, local Rotarians made their annual visit to Lenox, Lincoln, St.

Dictionary Project taking root in Alberta

Apr 19 2011
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 Happy New Year to all at The Dictionary Project. We have had one of the coldest, snowiest winters we've had in years (fortunately I was in Arizona for the worst of it).

Do children still need paperback dictionaries?

Apr 18 2011
Mary

In this day of online dictionaries and smartphone apps, is a paperback dictionary still a necessity? We get questions like this from time to time.

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