Sharon Quick, Rotary Club of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
The annual dictionary project has now become a “signature” of the Rotary Club of Philadelphia. The low cost of these books allows us to touch the lives of many children each year.
Ronald Churchill, Rotary Club of Murray, Murray, KY
This is the 7th year of participation by the Rotary Club of Murray. With the 332 books distributed this year, the club will have distributed a total of 2,506 books. In consultation with the two school boards and administrations for the first year of 2004, it was decided to give the books to 4th grade students because this grade was writing portfolios. We have... Read More
Robert Cedergren, Wildwood Lions Club, Mahtomedi, MN
This will be our fifth year participating. The students are very thankful and so are the teachers. It is a great program. Providing such a valuable tool to the students at such a reasonable cost.
John K. Hackbarth, Texas City Dentists for Education, Texas City, TX
We schedule a date with the schools and arrange for a group of the contributing dentists to go from class to class to present the dictionaries and talk about the importance of education. This is our annual project. The children really appreciate having their own dictionaries.
Randal Ten Pas, Hull Christian Board of Education, Hull, IA
This is the third year in which we have done this. The kids love the books.
Carmen Loemker, Rotary Club of Collinsville, Collinsville, IL
The Collinsville Rotary has done this for a number of years. The students, teachers and families appreciate it very much. This is a wonderful idea!
Harlan Harrell, Rotary Club of Merritt Island Breakfast, Merritt Island, FL
This is a fun project for us. We have been participating for several years — it has become an annual project for us. This is a great project. The teachers and the students love it.