Heidi Zimmerman, Fargher Lake Grange # 853, Amboy, WA
The Fargher Lake Grange has been participating many years in the dictionary project (longer than I’ve been a member), and the children enjoy getting the books. Working at the school, I got to see how often the third-grade class pulled out the book to look up words. It’s great!
Grange dictionary project
Cowlitz County Pomona No. 7 Grange members presented Ms. Mead's 3rd-grade class with dictionaries at Columbia Valley Garden Elementary School in Longview, Wa.
SM, Valley Grange # 144, Piscataquis Community Elementary School, Guilford, ME
We want to thank you for the dictionaries. I like the dictionaries because they are cool and they are big and fat and also have so many words. It’s hard for me to find words in it. Another part that was fun was on the ride home because we all looked in our cool dictionaries. It was like a dream. I use my dictionary... Read More
RG, Valley Grange # 144, Piscataquis Community Elementary School, Guilford, ME
Thank you for teaching us about the dictionaries. I really like the part in our dictionaries about sign language. I learned up to the letter E. It is very good for free time. I can also use my dictionary for words that my brother made up to look smart. I can now identify if it is true or not.
Grange gives gift of learning
When hearing the word “dictionary,” people most likely would not associate it with the National Grange. But the Grange has been thinking dictionary for the past 10 years.
Sallie May, Evening Star Grange # 154, Vernon, VT
The children are always very excited to receive their own dictionary, and look forward to us coming each fall.
Yvonne Meritt, Prairie Grange # 334, Union City, OK
It is a good community service project. Builds a good relationship with the school.
Thank you, Norton Grange!
Norton Grange #2566 in Norton, Ohio, gives dictionaries to the students in four elementary schools.
Opal Dyer, Star Grange # 778, Bidwell, OH
We think this is a great project and have done it for the past 8 or so years. Teachers look forward to their students getting the dictionaries, and they use them every day in their classrooms.
Walter Boomsma, Valley Grange # 144, Abbot, ME
Last year we presented our 1,000th dictionary! We’ve also added a new feature by having select sixth graders attend the presentation with their well-worn dictionaries to explain how they use them to the third graders! This continues to be our most popular project with the community… and it drives many of our other school programs that include reading with second and third graders (bookworming),... Read More