As a Rotarian whose club has sponsored a dictionary project for third graders, I know the value of these dictionaries and how much they are treasured by the students.

I believe this is our 4th year. The dictionaries are greatly appreciated by the students and we hope to continue for a long time. We are very pleased to be able to take part in this wonderful project. The notes we receive from the students are just wonderful. They seem to be really excited to receive their very own dictionary.

We have been participating for the past 4 years. We have added two new districts (Springer and Plainview) within the last two years. This project is enthusiastically received by both students and teachers.

This is the fourth year the Santa Ana Elks Lodge # 794 has provided dictionaries to all third graders in the Santa Ana and Tustin school districts. We think this is a fantastic program.

This is the third year that the Kiwanis of Central Broward have provided dictionaries to 3rd grade students of the seven schools. This is an excellent project.

This will be our third year. The program is great. I was surprised at the reactions of the third graders receiving the dictionaries. The Clearfield Rotary would like to thank the former members of the Moshannon Valley Rotary Club.

We have done this now for 8 years. A great project. We get great letters back from students.

The Fulton Rotary Club has been distributing books to third grade students in the Fulton City School District for the past five years. This project is an excellent way to promote literacy and to encourage young students to read and work hard in school!

As Rotarians we distribute them to 3rd graders. Our ‘Words 4 Thirds’ project is five years running and over 1500 books. We also instruct the kids on a lesson in ‘volunteering,’ and that and ‘rotary’ are the first two words they look up. The lesson encompasses the notion of giving and we set the future for them to learn and give. It’s all part... Read More

This will be our third year. The past 2 years we have donated to one school. This year we have expanded to two schools. We believe that it is a great program and is well planned and operated.