Love for Literacy Raffle – Volunteers for Literacy – Habersham County, Georgia
The Volunteers for Literacy (VFL) of Habersham County have a new fundraiser this year – the Love for Literacy $5,000 Raffle. Tickets are $20 each and the winner of the raffle will receive $5,000! There were only 1,000 tickets printed. Proceeds from the raffle will be used by VFL to fund its programs which are geared around a goal of empowering Habersham County residents... Read More
Rotary Club of Stone Mountain, Georgia
The Rotary Club of Stone Mountain, Georgia has been participating in The Dictionary Project since March 2007. Thanks to their efforts, over 15,700 students in the DeKalb County School District have received a dictionary. Cynthia Edwards of the Stone Mountain Rotary Club shared the following message with us: DeKalb County School District (DCSD) is Georgia’s third largest school system, serving nearly 102,000... Read More
United Way of Colquitt County, GA
United Way of Colquitt County, GA, was featured in local media for their annual Dictionary Project. Backed by donors in their community, the group aims to provide a dictionary to every third grade student in Colquitt County School District. Members of several organizations like the Moultrie Federated Guild and Moultrie Junior Woman’s Club donated their time to visiting local classrooms and teaching dictionary skills... Read More
Valdosta’s Elks Celebrate National Dictionary Day
VALDOSTA — The Valdosta Elks Lodge # 728 celebrates National Dictionary Day by providing every third grade student in the Lowndes and Valdosta School Systems with their very own dictionary. The Valdosta Elks Lodge provided 1,440 dictionaries to all third grade elementary students in Lowndes County. In keeping with this annual tradition, the Valdosta Elk’s Lodge once again demonstrated that Elks Care and Elks... Read More
Butts County Students Receive Dictionaries for the First Time
Project Coordinator Charles Budd, along with fellow Lion Club members Danny Queen, Linda Goddin and Tommy Boykin, worked with faculty and teachers of Daughtry Elementary School to provide the gift of a dictionary. Until now, Daughty Elementary students had yet to be sponsored. With the support of The Dictionary Project, the Lions Club of Greater Butts County will donate nearly 300 dictionaries this fall... Read More
Rotary Club Of Madison County Donates to Georgia Students
For seven years the Rotary Club Of Madison County has teamed up with The Dictionary Project to provide students in Georgia with the gift of a dictionary. Longtime member Gerald Coutant has kept the project going with the help of generous donations and member participation. Over the years, the Rotary Club Of Madison County has donated dictionaries to over 3,000 students in Madison County.... Read More