Genny Madison, retired teacher and member of Chaffey Community Republican Women, Ontario, CA
We are excited to be donating these wonderful dictionaries to the third graders. The fact that it is their book and they can take it home to help them with their writing projects is so encouraging.
Lon Vaughn, Madison Elks Lodge # 2473, Nashville, TN
This is a new project for the Madison Elks Lodge. We kept seeing where other Lodges were giving dictionaries to third graders and it stirred our curiosity. We checked the Elks website and were referred to The Dictionary Project. Your website is easy to work with.
Judy Herguth, Rotary Club of Ossining, Ossining, NY
Wonderful program-this will be the sixth year. Children are really excited about receiving the books and put them right to work. Has been very rewarding and has had a positive impact on the students.
Bradley Bruns, Rotary Club of Versailles, Versailles, OH
This is a great program for the students, we enjoy doing this community project. This is our eighth year doing this for Versailles and we started Russia a couple years later and Ansonia a couple years after that. It is a great program.
Christina Pisterzi, Chicago Heights, IL
I am the room mother for my son’s third grade class. I thought the dictionaries would be a great gift for his classmates. I love it! Great idea!
Richard C. Huff, Rotary Club of Quad Cities Sharp County, Evening Shade, AR
We’ve been doing this for five years and the kids LOVE IT!!! Great project for our Rotary Club.
DJ Burrier, Port Washington Masonic Lodge # 202, Newcomerstown, OH
I believe we have donated for 8 years. Great program.
Patricia Hale, Rotary Club of Prince George County, Hopewell, VA
Although we are a small Rotary Club of 25 members, we all enjoy fund raising for this project. Delivering the dictionaries to delighted and grateful children is the most fun of all! Our club has a great time looking up the longest word in the English language with each class we visit. Good fellowship, good fun and great publicity for our club. Our county’s... Read More
Tim James, Rotary Club of Orange, Orange, CT
We have been participating for at least 8 years. The students look forward to meeting the Rotarians, learning a bit about the organization, and receiving the dictionaries.
William Monson, Columbus Lions Club, Columbus, MN
This is our fourth or fifth year of donating the dictionaries to the third grade students in Columbus Elementary. The third grade teachers use these dictionaries throughout the year. We tell the students about the first dictionary that was written by Noah Webster in 1783 that was referred to as the Blue Backed Speller because of the color of the cover of the book.... Read More