Angie Schmidt, Kiwanis Club of South Bend, South Bend, IN
This is our sixth year. Two to three Kiwanis club members choose one of the 19 elementary schools, and set up a date and time to distribute the dictionaries. We give a 20 minute presentation for the children about the book, and then hand them out. The kids (and the teachers) LOVE the information section in A Student’s Dictionary. The boys and girls are... Read More
Club to present free dictionaries to all third grade students
For the sixth year, members of the Rotary Club and their friends will travel to every elementary school in Plainfield and in North Plainfield this Fall season.
New dictionaries delight Peoria third graders
Miranda, 8, a third grader at Northmoor Primary School, scanned and flipped the pages of her brand new dictionary with a finger tip that was elaborately colored with bright orange nail polish.
Elks provide dictionaries, smiles to students
Lodge helps local students better define learning
It wasn’t a new video game, iPod or pair of sneakers that made Riley, 8, smile Sept. 29 — it was a new dictionary.
Evan Pitts, Rotary Club of Gainesville Sunrise, Gainesville, FL
The five Rotary Clubs in Alachua County, Florida, have been delivering dictionaries to all the 3rd graders in Alachua County public schools for over 8 years. It’s an easy project that brings joy to Rotarians, teachers and the students. Great program!
Kelly Buche, Rotary Club of Grand Coulee Dam Area, Electric City, WA
My own daughter received a dictionary in the 3rd grade from an unknown donor. She is now 18 and still has that dictionary. She remembers the day she received it. It was something tangible that she would use for many years.