Lewisville Morning Rotary Brings Smiles with 16,800 Dictionaries
Lewisville Morning Rotary Brings Smiles with 16,800 Dictionaries Since 2007, the Lewisville Morning Rotary Club in Texas has partnered with The Dictionary Project to provide every third grader in the Lewisville Independent School District with their own personal dictionary. To date, the club has donated more than 16,800 dictionaries to local students. This year’s effort kicked off with deliveries to over 900 students, each... Read More
Rotary Club of Washington DC Donates Dictionaries to Stanton Elementary Third Graders
Rotary Club of Washington, DC Donates Dictionaries to Stanton Elementary Third Graders Since joining The Dictionary Project over a decade ago, the Rotary Club of Washington, DC has donated tens of thousands of dictionaries to local students. This year, their tireless volunteers visited Stanton Elementary School, where every third grader received a beautifully bound dictionary of their own. Each student had the opportunity to... Read More
Golden K Kiwanis of Columbia Brings Dictionaries to A.C. Moore Elementary Third Graders
Golden K Kiwanis of Columbia Brings Dictionaries to A.C. Moore Elementary Third Graders Recently, the Golden K Kiwanis Club of Columbia launched its first Dictionary Project event by donating dictionaries to third-grade students at A.C. Moore Elementary School in Columbia, South Carolina. This literacy initiative aims to improve reading and writing skills by giving each student a resource they can use for years. Assistant... Read More
Preserving a Sacred Language: Ngardi to English Dictionary Launches After 40 Years of Work
Ngardi Elders Publish New Dictionary to Keep Language Alive A new Ngardi to English Dictionary is helping preserve the language of the Ngardi people of Western Australia and the Northern Territory. This effort is the result of nearly 40 years of work by Elders and the Ngardi-speaking community of Central Australia. A Community-Led Language Project Marie Mudgedell, along with Tom Ennever, Lee Cataldi, and... Read More
Walker Rotary Club Brings Early Christmas Cheer with Dictionaries for Students
Walker Rotary Club Brings Early Christmas Cheer with Dictionaries for Students The Walker Rotary Club in Minnesota delivered an early Christmas gift to third-grade students in Walker and LaPorte — a brand-new personal dictionary for each student. The club has been proudly participating in The Dictionary Project since 2005, and this year’s event continued a tradition that has helped promote literacy and learning across... Read More
Crossroads Ruritan Club Brings Dictionaries and Discovery to Callaway Elementary Students.
Crossroads Ruritan Club Brings Dictionaries and Discovery to Callaway Elementary Students. The Crossroads Ruritan Club of Virginia recently made a special impact at Callaway Elementary School, gifting each third-grade student a personal dictionary. Their generosity lit up the classrooms as students eagerly explored their new books. The school shared their appreciation, highlighting the excitement among students who discovered that their dictionaries included far more... Read More
New Providence Board of Education Thanks The Dictionary Project for Their Continued Impact
New Providence Board of Education Thanks The Dictionary Project for Their Continued Impact. We are honored to receive this heartfelt letter from the New Providence Board of Education in New Jersey, representing Allen W. Roberts and Salt Brook Schools. Their words highlight why providing students with hard-copy dictionaries remains so important in today’s digital world. Here’s what they shared: Letter Content: January 23rd, 2024... Read More
Rotary Club of Hanford Sunset delivers dictionaries to students.
Hanford Rotary Club Delivers Dictionaries to Jefferson Elementary Students Students at Jefferson Elementary School in Hanford, CA, recently received their very own copy of Webster’s Dictionary for Students, Sixth Edition, thanks to the Rotary Club of Hanford Sunset. This delivery is part of a long-standing local initiative aligned with The Dictionary Project, a nationwide literacy campaign. Since 2004, Hanford Rotarians have delivered more than... Read More
South Berwick-Eliot Rotary Club Revives Dictionary Project for Local Third Graders
South Berwick-Eliot Rotary Club Revives Dictionary Project for Local Third Graders SOUTH BERWICK & ELIOT, ME — After a brief pause due to COVID-19, the South Berwick-Eliot Rotary Club has proudly revived its long-running Dictionary Project, distributing over 150 dictionaries to local third-grade students. This year, every third grader at Central School in South Berwick and Eliot Elementary School in Eliot received their very... Read More
Project Provides Free Dictionaries For All Jim Allen Third Graders.
St. Jude Thaddeus Church Donates Dictionaries to Jim Allen Elementary Through Dictionary Project CANTONMENT, FL — Members of St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church recently visited Jim Allen Elementary School to support literacy in a meaningful way. As part of The Dictionary Project, they gave every third-grade student a personal copy of “A Student’s Dictionary.” Supporting Young Readers with a Tangible Tool The goal of... Read More