Marge Hagy, Brewster Grange # 1018, Brewster, WA
Enjoy for more than 7 years.
Michael Torosian, Rotary Club of Stafford, Fredericksburg, VA
This is our 4th year participating in the program. This is a very worthwhile project and much appreciated by the school students.
Gail Bowman, Chazy, NY
My husband is a member of the VFW, every year they hand out dictionaries to local schools here in North Eastern NY, Clinton County. Our daughter got a job in Suitland, Maryland, as a special education teacher. We are very supportive of her career and wanted to make a difference. So last year we donated dictionaries to the 3rd graders at Princeton Elementary where... Read More
Marianne Lindgren, Prescott of Pepperell Grange # 73, Pepperell, MA
This is our Grange’s third year participating in the Dictionary Project. The children are very happy to receive the dictionary. They all send cute thank you notes that make us all feel like this is a worthwhile project.
Lila Innes, The Friends of Cossitt Library, Granby, CT
I believe The Friends of Cossitt Library has been participating in this project for about 6 yrs. I first heard of it at the Passadumkeag, ME, Grange when they did it one year. When I brought the idea to our Friends meeting in Granby all agreed it sounded good. So we’ve done it since and I am the designated person in charge of it.... Read More
Holly Bishop, Home Grange # 129, Vicksburg, MI
I believe this is our 6th year with the Dictionary Project. We love being involved with the dictionary project. It’s so exciting to go into the classrooms and help the kids look up words and tell them they get to keep the dictionary.
Bonnie Smith, Reedley Elks Lodge # 2699, Reedley, CA
Reedley Elks Club has been participating in the dictionary project for the past 5 years. Our club thinks the project is a very worthwhile activity in that it gets a valuable reference book in the hands of students who may not otherwise own their own dictionary. The dictionary project is a collective effort of the members of Reedley Lodge #2699. Many thanks to the... Read More
Mary Johnston, Rotary Club of State College, State College, PA
We have been doing this for four years and the appreciation shown by the students makes me so happy to be able to help them by giving them a dictionary to use in school and out. This is a fantastic program!
Mary Kay Worth, Rotary Club of Aurora, Aurora, NY
Well received. I brought this idea to Aurora when my work took me here. My former club had been participating for 5 years.
Angie Schmidt, Kiwanis Club of South Bend, South Bend, IN
We have been providing dictionaries to third-graders in the South Bend Community since 2005. Our members are thrilled to have such a direct impact on learning and literacy in our community. We have made a commitment to distribute dictionaries every year, and with the help of the Fern and Elmer Graber Kiwanis Fund for Children, our commitment will be realized. We love the Dictionary... Read More