Volunteers for Literacy Inspires Habersham County Students with Dictionaries and Graduation Dreams
Volunteers for Literacy Inspires Habersham County Students with Dictionaries and Graduation Dreams In Habersham County, Georgia, every third-grade student receives more than just a dictionary—they receive inspiration. Through a meaningful collaboration with The Dictionary Project, Volunteers for Literacy of Habersham County has gifted nearly 4,300 dictionaries to students since 2015. Each presentation is memorable: a volunteer in a graduation cap and gown talks to... Read More
Rotary Club of Many Donates Over 5,000 Dictionaries to Sabine Parish Students
Rotary Club of Many Donates Over 5,000 Dictionaries to Sabine Parish Students All third grade students in Sabine Parish, Louisiana received a special gift this year—a personal dictionary—thanks to the continued efforts of the Rotary Club of Many. Since first partnering with The Dictionary Project in 2009, the club has distributed more than 5,000 dictionaries to area students. This project supports the Rotary Club’s... Read More
Cy-Fair Republican Women Donate 3,000 Dictionaries to Support Literacy
Cy-Fair Republican Women Donate 3,000 Dictionaries to Support Literacy Since 2006, the Cy-Fair Republican Women in Texas have supported student literacy by presenting third graders at Walker Elementary School with personal dictionaries as part of The Dictionary Project. To date, the group has provided over 3,000 dictionaries to students, ensuring each child receives a resource to boost vocabulary and independent learning. This year’s initiative... Read More
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
Kiwanis Club of Tecumseh Donates Dictionaries to Third Graders
Kiwanis Club of Tecumseh Donates Dictionaries to Third Graders Since 2006, the Kiwanis Club of Tecumseh has partnered with The Dictionary Project, distributing more than 3,000 dictionaries to local third-grade students across Michigan. In their latest initiative, the club delivered dictionaries to every third grader at Herrick Park Elementary and Patterson ILC, helping students build vocabulary, strengthen comprehension, and cultivate a love of reading.... Read More
Olean Rotary Club Promotes Literacy with Over 3,000 Dictionaries for Local Students
Olean Rotary Club Promotes Literacy with Over 3,000 Dictionaries for Local Students More than 300 third-grade students in six schools across Olean, New York received a special gift this spring—a personal dictionary—thanks to the Rotary Club of Olean and its partnership with The Dictionary Project. Since launching their program in 2015, the Olean Rotary Club has distributed nearly 3,000 dictionaries, helping young students develop... Read More
Milford Elks Lodge Empowers Third Graders with Dictionary Donations
Milford Elks Lodge Empowers Third Graders with Dictionary Donations In Milford, Delaware, the Milford Elks Lodge #2401 has joined The Dictionary Project to help strengthen literacy in their community. Since starting the initiative last year, Elks members have presented dictionaries to all third grade students in Milford area schools. Joanne Milton, exalted ruler of the lodge, emphasized the project’s purpose: “By promoting literacy and... Read More
Sun Lakes Rotary Club Empowers Students with 83,000 Dictionaries
Sun Lakes Rotary Club Empowers Students with 83,000 Dictionaries Since 2003, the Sun Lakes Rotary Club in Arizona has made literacy a priority by partnering with The Dictionary Project. To date, the club has distributed over 83,000 copies of “A Student’s Dictionary and Gazetteer” to students across Chandler Unified School District and schools in the Gila River Community. Rotarian Roger Edmonds shared why the... Read More
Pawling Rotary Celebrates Dictionary Day with Third Graders
Pawling Rotary Celebrates Dictionary Day with Third Graders Since 2004, the Rotary Club of Pawling in New York has partnered with The Dictionary Project to promote literacy among third grade students. Over the past two decades, the club has distributed nearly 2,800 personalized dictionaries to students in Pawling’s public and private schools. This year, the tradition continued at Mizzentop Day School, where third graders... Read More
Rotary Club of Washington DC Empowers MLK Elementary with Dictionaries
Rotary Club of Washington DC Empowers MLK Elementary with Dictionaries In a heartfelt visit this spring, the Rotary Club of Washington, DC brought their Dictionary Project to Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School, home of the District’s central public library. Teachers and students alike gathered as dictionaries were personally handed to each third grader. Rotarians shared the importance of reading, vocabulary, and lifelong learning—rooted... Read More