First Year to Volunteer: The provisional Rotary Club of Rochester Southeast NY
The provisional Rotary Club of Rochester Southeast NY formed in the spring of 2014. The group is comprised of individuals who want to participate in Rotary service projects and give back to people in their community. The group is hopeful to receive their charter once twenty members commit to becoming Rotarians in the Rochester Southeast NY club. To advance the club’s commitment to literacy,... Read More
First Year to Volunteer: Rotary Club of Temple South, TX
Watch the Rotary Club of Temple South distribute dictionaries to local students at Scott Elementary School!
Annie Sims Third Graders Receive Dictionaries from Mt. Pleasant, TX Rotary Members
Article from the Daily Tribune Last Friday, March 6, marked a special day for Annie Sims Elementary third graders. And not just because it was the day before a week off for spring break. It was the day they each received their own personal copy of a dictionary presented by the Rotary Club of Mount Pleasant. Rotarians Danny Muskrat and Kim Ragsdale brought the... Read More
Celebrating the Life of James O. Johnson
We would like to pay our condolences to the family of James O. Johnson of Baxterville, Mississippi. Mr. Johnson passed away on Sunday, March 1, 2015. Our thoughts are with his family and friends. “Mr. Johnson was a retired Lt. Col. in the US Army, having served two tours in Vietnam, and a retired Materials Director with Entergy in Beaumont, TX. He was a... Read More
Rotary Clubs of Paterson Donates Dictionaries
The Rotary Clubs of Paterson have been donating dictionaries to all the 3rd grade students in both public and parochial schools in Paterson, New Jersey since 2006. We would like to continue this practice but the rising costs of the dictionaries and increase in number of students each year adds to our cost. This year our Dictionary Project has given out over 2000 dictionaries.... Read More
Denton Rotary Gives Dictionaries to Third Graders
Members of Denton Rotary and their partners visited every third-grade class in Caroline County Public Schools and personally handed out free dictionaries to the children in December. This marks the 10th year for this particular project to support education in the county. The donation was inspired through The Dictionary Project, a nonprofit organization endorsed by Rotary International. The Dictionary Project’s goal is to assist... Read More
Fanwood-Scotch Plains Rotary Gives Dictionaries to Students
Dictionaries were distributed by members of the Fanwood-Scotch Plains Rotary Club to all third graders in the Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District during National Education Week. Teams of Rotary Club members visited each school in the district last month to give away the free dictionaries. The local club has been participating in the annual Dictionary Day for the past ten years. The dictionaries are purchased... Read More
Rotary Club Delivers Dictionaries to Jackson Intermediate School in Alabama
This past November, 14 members of the Rotary Club of Jackson delivered 696 dictionaries to all third graders in Choctaw, Clarke, and Washington counties. Each dictionary includes a Rotary label with the Four-Way Test and is hand presented to each student. During the Rotary’s presentation, members explain that the Four-Way Test is the Rotary’s business code of ethics which helps individuals make ethical decisions... Read More
Rotary Club Distributes Dictionaries to Local Students
The Rotary Club of the Slate for the third consecutive year as part of the Dictionary Project gave dictionaries to approximately 400 third grade students in all the Slate Belt School Districts and School. This project was the club’s first project when it began. Club members visit the schools and present the dictionaries to the students either in an assembly or class by class.... Read More
Students in Wa-Nee Community Schools Receive Dictionaries from the Rotary Club of Nappanee
he Rotary Club of Nappanee has participated in The Dictionary Project for five years, donating over 1,000 books to students in Wa-Nee Community Schools. This year, Dennis Martin, dictionary project chairman for the Rotary Club, presented the books to ten third grade classes. He opened the presentation by asking students if they knew anything about Rotary. Martin explained to each class that Rotary is... Read More