Word of the Day: Hero
he·ro /ˈhirō/, noun: a person of great strength and courage who is admired or idealized for his or her outstanding achievements or noble qualities “You don’t raise heroes, you raise sons. And if you treat them like sons, they’ll turn out to be heroes, even if it’s just in your own eyes.” Walter M. Schirra […]
Fourth Graders Receive Dictionaries from the Rotary Club of Lucaya
The Rotary Club of Lucaya first participated in The Dictionary Project in 2011 to promote literacy in the Grand Bahama community. Since then, members have donated over 2,000 books to local students in eleven schools. To see the smiles on both students and their teachers faces touches the hearts of all members of our club. […]
Kiwanis Club of Fountain Hills Sunset is Dedicated to Improving Education
On October 29th, the Kiwanis Club of Fountain Hills Sunset visited Manuel Pena Jr. Elementary School and delivered 138 Dictionary’s to five 3rd Grade classes. With the support of local sponsors and volunteers, we want to provide a dictionary to every student in the United States. In this way we hope to help them […]
Dictionaries distributed to Howell Third Graders
The Kiwanis Club of Howell presented over 500 dictionaries to third graders in Howell. This is the seventh year and over 4,000 dictionaries have been distributed to Howell third graders. The goal of this project is to improve literacy and therefore, the quality of life in communities. The project was designed to aid third graders […]
Northwood Republican Women Donate Dictionaries and Children’s Books to Dallas School
Members of the Northwood Republican Women (NRW) are committed to promoting the wellbeing of children in their community. In addition to participating in activities for children aging out of the Texas state foster care system, awarding a Texas college scholarship to a deserving Dallas-area woman, and donating books to elementary school libraries, the NRW have […]
Hand-Made Gifts from the Westland Grange #389 Add a Personal Touch to Their Dictionary Project
This is the 9th year the Westland Grange #389 has participated in The Dictionary Project by giving dictionaries to students in the Wayne-Westland Community School District. Grangers presented the students with hand-made book markers and personal bags sewn by Grange members to carry the new dictionary to and from school. Grangers made bookmarks from recycled […]
Rotary Club of Soledad Leaves Lasting Impression on Third Graders
The goal of the Soledad Rotary Club is to build strong literacy skills in the community by making sure that every third grader has a personal dictionary he or she can use at home and at school. Since starting the program in 2008, Project Coordinator Beverly Willitts has encouraged club members to contribute a dollar […]
Tucumcari Elks Lodge #1172 Bring Dictionaries and Drug Awareness to Local Students
The Tucumcari Elks Lodge #1172 distributed a total of 148 dictionaries to five local area Elementary Schools this past October. Along with their new dictionaries, students were also given Drug Awareness book markers and red ribbons. The Tucumcari Elks were originally introduced to The Dictionary Project in 2005, and with the help of Youth Activities […]
Word of the Day: Happiness
hap·pi·ness /ˈhapēnəs/, noun: conscious enjoyment of good fortune; contentment “Hoping to live days of greater happiness, I forget that days of less happiness are passing by.” Elizabeth Bishop, 1911 – 1979 “It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.” Charles Spurgeon, 1934 – 1892 “Happiness is when what […]
Word of the Day: Compare
com·pare /kəmˈper/, verb: 1. to examine the character or qualities of an object or person, especially in order to discover similarities or differences “When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you.” Lao Tzu, c. 531 BCE “Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who […]