Rotarians give kids personal dictionaries
In an era when students can locate correct spellings or word definitions by using their computer or smart phone, local Rotarians showed 309 third graders how effective a dictionary, in…
Read Article βThe Dictionary Project
News & Updates
Inspiring stories, literacy milestones, and community impact updates from across the country.
Article Library
2181 articles
Rotary Club donates dictionaries
With its most recent distribution, the Housatonic Valley Rotary Club has provided more than a combined 1,500 dictionaries to third-grade students at three Brookfield schools over the last six
Read Article βMat.-Ab. Rotary Club presents dictionaries to students
The Matawan-Aberdeen Rotary Club has provided dictionaries to each third-grade student and thesauruses to each sixth-grade student in the Matawan-Aberdeen School District.
Read Article βLos Lunas Rotary improves wardrobe of 45 to 50 children
While the latest toy is a great thing to have, one Los Lunas service organization is helping children throughout the school district buy things that they will be able to…
Read Article β
DuPont Lions Club donates dictionaries to area third graders
Did you know that the longest word in the English language has 1,909 letters in it? Or that Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is the word to say when you don’t know what to…
Read Article β
AT&T Pioneer Volunteers visit Cleveland schools
The West Life Member Club of AT&T Pioneer Volunteers brought dictionaries to the third-grade class at Paul Dunbar School in Cleveland.
Read Article βRotary dictionaries
The Housatonic Valley Rotary Club, which was formerly known as the Brookfield Rotary Club, has made a considerable commitment over the last six years to provide dictionaries to third grade…
Read Article βThe gift of words
Kudos to members of Lebanon's Riverside Grange 475 who visited the Hanson School last week and provided each third-grade student with their own personal dictionary.
Read Article β
Rotary Club of Indian Rocks Beach donates dictionaries
The Rotary Club of Indian Rocks Beach recently donated more than 700 dictionaries to every third grade student at Anona, Bauder, Oakhurst, Ridgecrest, Indian Rocks Christian, St.
Read Article β
Warren Rotary dictionary project
On Friday, November 5, members of the Warren Rotary and students from the Warren G.
Read Article β
Rotary donates atlases to fifth graders
On a wintery Wednesday afternoon recently, Rotarian Donna Seibert journeyed across the snow-covered roads of Randolph County to Pickens to complete the Rotary Club of Elkins' program of giving each
Read Article β