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Hayfield Grange’s 23-Year Commitment to Literacy and Community

Jan 28 2026
Carrie Bonavita
(Photo: Third grade students at Saegertown Elementary School receiving their dictionaries.) Hayfield Grange # 800 (Saegertown, PA) recently provided dictionaries to third grade students at Saegertown Elementary School as part of The Dictionary Project, helping...
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Celebrating Curiosity: The Pagosa Springs Rotarians Shares the Gift of Words in Pagosa Springs Elementary

Jan 28 2026
Carrie Bonavita
The Rotarians of the Pagosa Springs Rotary Club recently visited Pagosa Springs Elementary to give each third grader a colorful new dictionary. With guidance from the Rotarians, more than 100 students proudly signed their names and immediately...
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Pictured are Monongahela Rotarians Tom Graney, far left, and Deb Mangino, far right, and Kelli Schmeltz with her third-grade class at Ringgold Elementary North (Photo courtesy of the Rotary Club of Monongahela)

Monongahela Rotary Supports Local Literacy Through Annual Dictionary Delivery

Jan 28 2026
Carrie Bonavita
Today we would like to highlight the work of Rotary club of Monongahela. This year the Monongahela Rotary Club proudly continued its annual tradition of supporting youth literacy by delivering new dictionaries to...
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A New Chapter Begins: Frontier Elementary Students Receive Dictionaries

Jan 28 2026
Carrie Bonavita
Frontier Elementary School in Loxahatchee, FL recently received a donation of dictionaries for their third-grade students. With the help of third-grade teacher Susan McConville, the dictionaries were distributed, and the students eagerly began...
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In Memory of Dana Gordon (1960 – 2025)

Jan 28 2026
Carrie Bonavita
Dana Gordon, 65, was a devoted member and past president of the Rotary Club of West Hartford, CT, a passionate supporter of the Dictionary Project, and a strong supporter of the Noah Webster House’s school programs....
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Rotary Club Brings Dictionaries and Discovery to Pagosa Peak Students

Jan 28 2026
Carrie Bonavita
Through their annual Rotary Dictionary Project, the Rotary Club of Pagosa Springs, Colorado, proudly donated personal dictionaries to many excited third-graders in Archuleta County.   Recently, Paola Hasbun’s class at Pagosa Peak Open School was...
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