Children in Bosnia Receive Dictionaries

The Rotary Club of Lukavac, Bosnia recently received dictionaries from the Rotary Club of DeLand, Florida. Harlow Hyde, a member of the Rotary Club of Deland, reached out to The Dictionary Project in 2014 and coordinated the “pilot project.” The first twenty-four dictionaries were delivered to a high school in Lukacav that teaches English. The books were well received by students and teachers and...
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Rotary Club of Lucaya gives through the Dictionary Project

The idea for The Dictionary Project began in 1992 when Annie Plummer of Savannah, Georgia, gave 50 dictionaries to children who attended a school close to her home. Each year she continued to give this gift, raising money to help give more and more books so that in her lifetime she raised enough money to buy 17,000 dictionaries for children in Savannah. The program...
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Local Rotary Clubs in Ontario Distribute Dictionaries

The Rotary Club of London North, with the help of seven other local Rotary Clubs, is presenting dictionaries to Grade 3 pupils in 55 public and 16 Catholic schools during February. More than 2,900 dictionaries will be distributed. The “Dictionary Project” is part of Rotary’s Worldwide Literacy Program, which aims to improve upon the literacy skills of children in Canada and throughout the world....
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