The Rotary Club of Fillmore Kicks Off Another Year of Participation

The Rotary Club of Fillmore, California, participated in a Dictionary Project this week. Several members visited all five elementary schools in our school district and delivered a dictionary to each third grade student. Two classes were made up of 2nd and 3rd graders so we gave to everyone. In total there were 13 classrooms. After presenting the dictionaries we spent a few minutes pointing...
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Zeb Vance Ruritan Club Presents Dictionaries Over School Broadcast

Broadcast broadĀ·cast /ĖˆbrĆ“dĖŒkast/ 1. verb: to publicly transmit information (often by means of radio or television) ā€œIf to live is to progress, if you are lucky, from foolishness to wisdom, then to write novels is to broadcast the various stages of your foolishness.ā€ Jane Smiley, 1949 ā€“ 2. verb: to scatter or sow (as seed) over a broad area ā€œTruth never yet fell dead...
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Rotary Club of Liberty Inspires New Club to Start Local Project

Understanding the importance of a paperback dictionary, Past President Diane Huddleston initiated the literacy program for the Rotary Club of Liberty in her year as president in 2001. Since then, Liberty Rotarians have donated over 2,500 dictionaries to local students. The club has been able to continue the project each year by hosting fish-frys, skeet shoots, and raffles to raise money. Their project has...
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