A dictionary teaches a child how to approach a problem and use critical thinking skills by sounding out the word and finding it in the dictionary. This simple task gives them a feeling of self-confidence and satisfaction that they cannot get online.

Rotary Club of the Smithfields Delivers Over 8,200 Dictionaries to Students

Rotary Club of the Smithfields Delivers Over 8,200 Dictionaries to Students For 20 years, the Rotary Club of the Smithfields has partnered with The Dictionary Project to promote literacy in Pennsylvania. Each year, the club donates personal dictionaries to every third grade student in the East Stroudsburg Area School District. Since the program began in 2004, more than 8,200 students have received their own...
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Murrysville-Export Rotary Club Donates Dictionaries and Life Lessons

Murrysville-Export Rotary Club Donates Dictionaries and Life Lessons Since 2005, the Rotary Club of Murrysville-Export in Pennsylvania has donated more than 6,000 dictionaries to local third graders through The Dictionary Project. This year, the tradition continued at Franklin Regional School District, where every third-grade student received a personal dictionary to support their reading and writing. Rotary Interact high school students joined the visit, reading...
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Summerville Oakbrook Rotary Club Donates Dictionaries to Over 550 Students

Summerville Oakbrook Rotary Club Donates Dictionaries to Over 550 Students Continuing a tradition that began in 2004, the Summerville Oakbrook Rotary Club in South Carolina donated more than 550 dictionaries to third grade students at Dorchester, Sand Hill, and Beech Elementary Schools this year. To date, the club has provided over 13,200 dictionaries through its partnership with The Dictionary Project. “We are pleased to...
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Wagner Wealth Management Gifts Dictionaries to Locust Grove Third Graders

Wagner Wealth Management Gifts Dictionaries to Locust Grove Third Graders Every third grade student at Locust Grove Elementary School in Locust Grove, Virginia received a personal dictionary this year, thanks to the generous support of Wagner Wealth Management of Davenport. The donation brought smiles and excitement to the students, who were thrilled to receive such a practical and lasting resource for learning. This effort...
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Aiken County Rotary Clubs Distribute 46,600+ Dictionaries Since 2004

Aiken County Rotary Clubs Distribute 46,600+ Dictionaries Since 2004 In a long-standing commitment to literacy, all Rotary Clubs in Aiken County, South Carolina have worked together since 2004 to ensure every third grade student in the county receives a personal dictionary. This includes students in public, private, and charter schools, in partnership with the Aiken County School District. Each year, Rotarians and Interact Club...
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California Veterans Bring Joy and Literacy to Prairie Elementary Third Graders

California Veterans Bring Joy and Literacy to Prairie Elementary Third Graders As part of their ongoing commitment to giving back, residents of the Veterans Home of California – Redding chose to support literacy by donating “A Student’s Dictionary” to all third grade students at Prairie Elementary School in Anderson, CA. This effort was carried out through The Dictionary Project, a national nonprofit that has...
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Rotary Club of Cairo Promotes Literacy with Longstanding Dictionary Project

Rotary Club of Cairo Promotes Literacy with Longstanding Dictionary Project Since 2009, the Rotary Club of Cairo, Georgia has partnered with The Dictionary Project to provide third grade students across Grady County with personal dictionaries. Over the past 15 years, the club has gifted nearly 5,000 dictionaries, reinforcing its commitment to literacy and community service. This annual tradition helps students expand their vocabulary, improve...
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Rotary Club of Oak Ridge Promotes Literacy with 360 Dictionary Donations

Rotary Club of Oak Ridge Promotes Literacy with 360 Dictionary Donations The Rotary Club of Oak Ridge, joined by local Rotaract and Interact members, recently delivered 360 dictionaries to third grade students at Willowbrook, Glenwood, Linden, and Woodland Elementary Schools in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. In addition to distributing the books, Rotarians engaged students in interactive activities—teaching them how to look up words like “kindness,”...
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Rotary Club of Ludington Promotes Literacy with Annual Dictionary Donation

Rotary Club of Ludington Promotes Literacy with Annual Dictionary Donation Since 2004, the Rotary Club of Ludington in Michigan has been dedicated to improving literacy in their community through their ongoing partnership with The Dictionary Project. Over the past two decades, the club has gifted more than 7,400 dictionaries to third grade students in the Ludington area. Each year, local Rotarians distribute personal dictionaries...
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Dallas Trinity Lions Club Spreads Literacy in Local Schools

Dallas Trinity Lions Club Spreads Literacy in Local Schools Students at Anson Jones Elementary and Celestino Mauricio Soto Jr. Elementary School in Dallas, Texas were all smiles as they received their very own dictionaries, thanks to the Dallas Trinity Lions Club. The club began its partnership with The Dictionary Project in 2021, inspired by another Lions Club’s success with the initiative. Now in its...
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