York County Elks donate 1,900 dictionaries to third graders
A wonderful gift started Thursday at a single school. The gift will last a couple of thousand kids for as long as they can read.
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Terre Haute third graders receive free dictionaries
Members of Terre Haute's Rotary Club helped distribute more than 1,300 dictionaries to third graders across Vigo County, IN.
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Third graders at Superior Elementary Schools each have their own dictionary for the 9th year in a row thanks to the Superior Kiwanis Club.
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Aiea third graders to receive the gift of words from Pearlridge Rotarians
The Rotary Club of Pearlridge is all set to make the first of five free dictionary presentations to Pearl City and Aiea third graders as a part of the Hawaii…
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September 16, 2011 was “Sky Polega Gift of Knowledge” Day for members of the Rotary Club of Hendersonville.
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Pompano Beach-Lighthouse Rotary Club prepares for project
Every year when school starts many families in the low income class with small children do not have enough funds to pay for lunch.
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Shenandoah Elks Lodge gives out free dictionaries to kids
If you were to look up the word "give" in the dictionary, it would read, "to present, to donate, to hand over."
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Making sense of “Jabberwocky”
Joe Mc Kay’s “Crazy about Words” …toasting our language since 2003!
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Grants dictionary project begins
The annual dictionary project organized by Grants Fire & Rescue has begun with the start of the new school year.
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Elks Lodge donates dictionaries
Two burly men dressed in matching green club-jackets walk down the hallways of elementary schools every fall, lugging heavy packages in both arms.
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The Rotary Club of Memphis East provided a dictionary to each third grader at Georgia Avenue Elementary School. We would call out a word from their current word list.
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Children in Honduras receive dictionaries
Ken Lavy of Camden, Indiana, traveled to Honduras with a church group and visited White Dove School, where he distributed Spanish/English dictionaries to the children.
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