Rotary Club of Fernandina Beach Leaves Lasting Impression on Nassau County Students
Each of the past nine years, Fernandina Beach Rotary Club members have distributed dictionaries to every third grader in Nassau County. This yearâs Dictionary Project teams placed 882 dictionaries into the hands of elementary school students in Fernandina Beach, Yulee, Bryceville, Callahan and Hilliard as well as at Faith Christian Academy, St. Michaelâs Academy and Amelia Island Montessori. But club members do more than... Read More
Rotary Club of the Caldwells Participates in The Dictionary Project
The Rotary Club of the Caldwells recently participated in the Dictionary Project distributing over 350 dictionaries to all the 3rd graders in Caldwell, Essex Fells, North Caldwell, and West Caldwell schools in New Jersey. Since beginning the project in 2004, members have sponsored over 3,500 children in the Caldwell area. The Rotary Club of The Caldwellsâ membership represents a cross-section of businesses and professional... Read More
Rotary Club of Redlandsâ Service Projects Include Giving Dictionaries to Third-Graders in Redlands Unified School District
Rotary Club of Redlands delivered free dictionaries to third-graders in 16 elementary schools in the Redlands Unified School District. To fund the project, members host an annual “Red, Wine and Blue” event and have even auctioned off a car. “It is a great project for all involved, we get several letters from the students and the parents telling us how much they appreciate the... Read More
The Fallon Elks Lodge #2239 promotes literacy with the gift of a dictionary to students in Churchill County School District.
Members of the Fallon Elks Lodge have participated in The Dictionary Project for 5 years, donating over 2,000 books. Working in conjunction with the Fallon Rotary Club, both groups ensure that students in their community receive the powerful tools of a dictionary and thesaurus. Rotary members distribute dictionaries to the 3rd grader students at the local elementary schools and the Elks Lodge distributes the... Read More
Russellville Rotary Club distributes dictionaries to local schools
The Russellville Rotary Club recently distributed A Studentâs Dictionary to third graders at all local elementary schools. Besides being a complete dictionary, the books are a comprehensive reference containing the United States Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, biographies of all US Presidents, information on all fifty states and all countries of the world, as well as information on weights and measures, the solar system,... Read More
Holly Healey, Twin Cities Rotary Club, Ouachita, Monroe, LA
Dear Dictionary Project, The Rotary Club of the Twin Cities (Ouachita), Monroe, LA, has been providing dictionaries to third grade students in Monroe, LA for four years now. This program has made it possible for us to be able to present dictionaries to the Students and we are as grateful as the 3rd graders that receive these wonderful dictionaries. The teachers are also very... Read More
York Rotarians Donate Dictionaries
Since 2006, members of the York Rotary Club in Nebraska have participated in The Dictionary Project. This year, over 200 dictionaries were distributed to 3rd grader students at York Elementary School, Emmanuel-Faith Lutheran, St. Josephâs Catholic School, Heartland Community School, Trinity Lutheran, McCool Junction and Cross County. For many of these students, this is the first time they have ever received their own personal... Read More
Challenge Accepted: How Many Letters Are in the Longest Word in the Dictionary?
Members of the Florence Rotary Club, led by Rotarian Ken Gunter, distributed dictionaries to students at Carver Elementary School. As the students anxiously flipped through the pages, Principal Rogers gave the students the task of finding and counting the letters for the longest word in the dictionary. If you are unfamiliar with the longest word in the English language, it consists of 1,909 letters... Read More
Maryland Students at Waldon Woods Elementary Receive Dictionaries
This fall, Rotary Club of Upper Marlboro President Stephen Cumberland and Vice President Jamal Abuswai presented dictionaries to happy and appreciative third grade students at Waldon Woods Elementary School in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. For ten years, the Rotary Club has taken the initiative to partner with The Dictionary Project in order to sponsor schools in the Maryland area. Because of the hard work and... Read More
Plattsmouth Rotary Club Gives Students First Book
The Plattsmouth Rotary Club of Plattsmouth, Nebraska is pleased to have participated again in the Dictionary Project. This year we delivered 185 dictionaries to the 3rd Grade Students in the following Schools, Plattsmouth Elementary School in Plattsmouth, NE; Conestoga Elementary School in Murray, NE and St. John the Baptist Catholic School in Plattsmouth, Nebraska. The Students were very excited to receive the dictionaries, many... Read More