Bonnie Hoppe, American Legion Aux. No. 115, Platte, SD
I believe this is about the 5th year we’ve been taking the dictionaries to the school; they always enjoy them & are excited. We think it is a very worthwhile project.
Nancy Church, Kiwanis Club of Plattsburgh, Chazy, NY
This is one of our favorite projects because it has become a happy tradition of bringing the dictionaries and personally presenting them to each third grader. The kids are so happy and so are their teachers and principals!
Laura Terhune, Rotary Club of Brownwood, Brownwood, TX
The Brownwood Rotary Club has been distributing student dictionaries for three years to every third grader in Brown County–more than 500 per year. Our Rotary Club members love this program almost as much as the students, teachers, and parents!
Jennifer Pontello, Corporate Volunteer Council, Syracuse, NY
The Corporate Volunteer Council of Central New York along with the United Way have participated in The Dictionary Project for the past 4 years! We are very excited to once again provide dictionaries to each 3rd grader in Syracuse City School District! We love it!
Robert Kal, Rotary Club of Hampton Roads, Norfolk, VA
The Rotary Club of Hampton Roads has been participating in The Dictionary Project for 3 years. You are doing a great job and performing a much-needed service.
David Mitchell, Rotary Club of Spruce Pine, Spruce Pine, NC
This will be our second year. This program allows us to get into the school and provides us the opportunity to display our interest in the child’s education. Our funding for this project is from Piedmont Natural Gas.
Stefanie Parker, Rotary Club of Rock Creek-Grand Valley, Rock Creek, OH
This is our second year participating in the program. We love this project because we can see the excitement on the kids’ faces.
Bill Pitre, Rotary Club of St. Francisville, St Francisville, LA
We have been participating for the last 5 years. Love this project.
Verla Randall, Kiwanis Club of Harlan, Harlan, IA
This is our third time distributing dictionaries to 3rd graders. It’s one of the most useful and rewarding projects our club has undertaken. The kids just light up when we give them dictionaries. This year, we’ve already seen some middle schoolers who still have the dictionaries we gave them. That feels good. The project is fabulous! Thank you so much for doing it. And... Read More
Kathy Smith, Rotary Club of Lapeer, Lapeer, MI
The Kiwanis & Rotary Clubs of Lapeer have joined forces for the past 3 years to donate books to the 3rd grades of all Lapeer schools. It has been a fun and rewarding experience.