Diana Dwyer, Riverside Valley Grange # 1047, Tacoma, WA
We have been doing this for 6 years now I think and find it very rewarding to see the looks on their faces when they receive a book that is theirs to keep. Some of these children have never owned a book that was just for them. This is a very worthwhile project and we plan on continuing with it a few more years.
Rotary Club preps dictionaries for local schools
The Rotary Club of West Anne Arundel County will deliver more than 1,200 dictionaries to students at local elementary schools next month, as part of its support of literacy programs.
Giving the gift of words
Fairgrove Elementary third grader Luis opened his crisp, new English dictionary to a random page Thursday and started reading.
Moses Lake students receive dictionaries
Third-grade students throughout the Moses Lake School District received dictionaries to call their own.
Thank you, Pioneers! Happy 100th birthday!
When the Telephone Pioneers were established one hundred years ago, in 1911, their purpose was mostly fellowship, and Alexander Graham Bell was a member.