Third Grade Students “Race to Look Up the Word” with the Arden Rotary Club
On Monday morning, November 3, 2014, members of the Rotary Club of Arden met at Glen Arden Elementary School to continue the long-standing tradition of making sure that every third grader in the school has his/her own personal dictionary. Led by President Jorg Ronke, the distribution group included Past Presidents Bill Payne and Tom Robertson, Andrew Zehr, Carl Robertson and Gregg Solms. The five... Read More
Rotary and Rotary Interact Makes Lasting Impression on Webster Third Graders
Since starting the project in 2009, Webster Rotarians have visited each elementary school located in Webster, New York to personally deliver dictionaries to third graders. This November, Plank Road North Elementary School welcomed Webster Rotarian Joseph Pustulka, who is also the principal at Webster Schroeder High School. Not only did Principal Pustulka bring dictionaries for excited third graders, he also brought Rotary Interact Club... Read More
The Rotary Club of Hazelton Donates New Dictionaries to Third Graders
The Rotary Club of Hazelton has been purchasing and donating dictionaries annually to area students since 2001. Third graders at all of the Hazelton Area School District elementary schools (Freeland is covered by Freeland Rotary) are the student recipients. This is a yearly event done as a way for the club to introduce young people to the “wonder of words.” Many local children lack... Read More
The Conway Rotary Club’s Commitment to Education
The Dictionary Project appreciates the diligent work of the Conway Rotary Club. For almost ten years, members have provided students in Horry County with the gift of a dictionary.
Third-graders Get Dictionaries from Rotary
PARSIPPANY — During the month of November, the Rotary Club of Parsippany-Troy Hills is distributing dictionaries to all the third grade students in the Parsippany-Troy Hills School district. The annual Dictionary Project is part of an ongoing literacy program sponsored by the Rotary Club, which has resulted in more than 16 million dictionaries being distributed to third-grade students across the country. The students will... Read More
Rotary Club of Mountainside Delivers Dictionaries to NJ Students
Since 2006, Mountainside Rotary Club members have distributed dictionaries to third graders in Union County. This year’s Dictionary Project teams placed over 200 dictionaries into the hands of elementary school students in Deerfield Elementary School.
Rotarians Deliver Dictionaries
Today the members of the Rotary Club of Daniel prepared and delivered dictionaries to all third grader students at the Cainhoy School and on Daniel Island. As part of the club’s literacy program the club deliveries dictionaries to all third grade students each year. “We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination,... Read More
Rotary Club of Savannah Sunrise Donates to West Broad Street YMCA
Maureen Horvath along with fellow members of the Rotary Club of Savannah Sunrise recently presented dictionaries along with other valuable learning resources to their local West Broad Street YMCA.
Shepherdstown, Charles Town Rotary Clubs Distribute Dictionaries, Thesauruses to Schools
As they have done for many years, the Shepherdstown and Charles Town Rotary Clubs...teamed up to provide free dictionaries and thesauruses to students [attending] Jefferson County schools.
Roosevelt Rotary Distributes Dictionaries in Schools
Smiles erupted on the faces of 8- and 9-year-olds at Duchesne Elementary School and Tabiona School last [January] when they learned they would each receive their own dictionary to use as a personal re