Our Grange has been participating in this program for at least 5 years; it is a part of our Educational Outreach Program. I think it is a wonderful program to help with the literacy of our country.

We have been in the program for 5 years. This is a great program. The kids love it when they get the book and know they get to keep them forever.

This is the York Rotary Club’s fifth year distributing dictionaries to six school districts in York County and one in Polk County. Both the kids and the Rotarians love it. We never have had difficulties finding volunteers to visit the classrooms to present the books to the third graders.

Great project; we have lots of fun. Love the longest word.

Donating books to all 3rd and 4th graders in the Jeannette School District. We distribute books personally, and this year will be in honor of Michael J. Salvatore, a Rotarian who was involved in the distribution of all books in previous years. We have been giving books to 4th graders but this year we will give to 3rd and 4th graders, so in the... Read More

I believe we have been participating for the last 4 or 5 years, and we distribute the books to each student in all schools. We mention how Mary started this project and what a great project it is. The club thinks this is one of the best projects we do. It’s great to see the kids and see how some of them light up... Read More

The Maxwell American Legion Auxiliary Unit 249 has been participating in this project for the last few years. The students are so excited to receive their dictionaries every year and they use them at school in their class. The teachers really enjoy the time the students spends with their dictionaries. Our Auxiliary Unit loves it — what a great experience for students! We are... Read More

The Rotary Club of Jackson has been providing dictionaries for several years to one school in the Rankin County School District. This year the club decided to choose three schools from our school district to provide dictionaries to those third graders. Age-appropriate activities are chosen to help club members and students interact using the new dictionaries. Education of our young people is valued highly... Read More

The people who participate really enjoy this project and look forward to it every year.

The Grange makes and sells apple butter at the apple festival to raise money for The Dictionary Project.