Eileen Hogan, Eatontown Elks Lodge # 2402, Ocean, NJ
2010 will be our first time participating in the program. We think it is a wonderful idea!
karin hayes, Kiwanis Club of Indian River, Indian River, MI
We love the project because the children love receiving their dictionaries. They treasure them like a special gift!
Kathleen Boomer, Rotary Club of Goleta Noontime, Santa Barbara, CA
This will be our second year. It was very well received last year. The children loved getting the dictionaries. We received quite a few thank you notes from the children as well as their teachers.
Marvin Schweppe, Leon Valley Grange # 1581, San Antonio, TX
We believe that letting each student have his or her own dictionary is a great way to help them in their school work. We earn the money to buy the dictionaries by operating a food booth at the Helotes Corn-Y-Val each spring. Our Grangers, non-members, members of the Herman Sons Pershing Lodge, and some school personnel all pitch in to help. We even had... Read More
James Harris, Rotary Club of St. Marys, Saint Marys, OH
This will be our tenth year with the project. I have seen this to be a big help with students. The students and teachers now expect this every year.
Douglas Elliott, Rotary Club of Pinellas Feather Sound, Clearwater, FL
Every third-grade student in each of the seven classes receives a personal dictionary. This is our third consecutive year of presenting the books as a literacy project for our club. The Dictionary Project is great!
Brenda Shepperd, Norristown Elks Lodge # 714, King Of Prussia, PA
We are so excited about this project–to see the kids actually reading the dictionary when you hand it to them is incredible. We started the project about 5 years ago and did it for about 3 years and now I am excited to be able to start again. The kids love it.
Douglas Haeffner, Port Jefferson Elks Lodge # 2138, Port Jefferson Station, NY
This is our second year of participation. The first year was well received, and we appreciated the many compliments for our donations.
Peggy Soberanis, Rotary Club of Santa Rosa, Sebastopol, CA
The Rotary Club of Santa Rosa, CA, (District 5130) is purchasing 792 dictionaries and shipping them to PSI Shipping & Courier in Houston, Texas. The Rotary Club of Victoria Garden City, District 9110, Lagos, Nigeria, is paying for the shipping from Houston to Lagos, Nigeria. The Rotarians of the Rotary Club of Victoria Garden City will be distributing the dictionaries in one or more... Read More
Frances Vandre, Watertown Elks Lodge # 666, Jefferson, WI
The Watertown Elks are entering their third year in this program. We have found the children and teachers to be very grateful for the dictionary/resource books. They now look forward to hearing from us each spring and fall. When we see the third graders in the community they inevitably say, “I know you…you’re the dictionary people.” We also assist in handing out dictionaries to... Read More