Cathy Reed, Kiwanis Club of Portage, Portage, IN
This will be our 3rd year delivering the dictionaries. This is a special project for our club. We all enjoy delivering this gift. The children and the school system appreciate the dictionaries so much! Our club does several fundraisers each year which help support this project. It could not be done without the hours of work from our volunteers and the generous donations for... Read More
Jimmie Fitzpatrick, Albuquerque Elks Lodge # 461, Albuquerque, NM
I have been participating for five years now. I heard about this program from another lodge in our state and then I introduced it to our lodge and have been running with it ever since. As schools provide one of the basic and most fundamental foundations for our children, we must never neglect them and continue to stretch their brains. With programs like this,... Read More
Ellen L Dabbs, Rotary Club of Rankin County, Brandon, MS
The Rotary Club of Rankin County feels that the Dictionary Project is one of the best service projects that we do each year. We have been participating for the past 3 years and always look forward to this community involvement with our children.
Teresa Crane, T & A Fabrications, Loon Lake, WA
This is our 2nd year with the project. With the assistance of an Americorps/Washington Reading Corps volunteer the program was sponsored by our local Deer Park Rotary last year. This year the same Americorps/Washington Reading Corps volunteer arranged for the program to be sponsored by a local business owner and his wife. After this year the Loon Lake PTO, here at the school, will... Read More
Patrick Thomas, Rotary Club of Rockwood, Somerset, PA
We have been happy with the response from the kids, teachers and parents for this project.
Annette Ross, Hesperia Elks Lodge # 2646, Apple Valley, CA
This is the second year that the Hesperia Elks Lodge has participated in this wonderful program. With all the budget cuts in the State of California these dictionaries are very much appreciated.
Stephen Fichtner, Harrodsburg Lions Club, Harrodsburg, IN
This will be our second year. The result was quite obvious. Very happy children, teachers and principal. Four of our Lions Club members participated. To see personally first hand what a dictionary means to a child is priceless.
Gary Garton, Optimist Club of Chippewa Falls, Chippewa Falls, WI
This is our 3rd year and are excited to be able to provide our 3rd graders with these dictionaries. We personally deliver them to students in their classrooms. To see the expressions, and hear the comments from both teachers and students is very gratifying. Great Program…our students LOVE this dictionary and all the other information it includes.
Shirley Born, Kiwanis Club of Sioux Center, Sioux Center, IA
We think the dictionary program is a wonderful program and we are happy to be a part of it.
Elwin Wright, Kiwanis Club of Edmonds, Edmonds, WA
As mentioned, we serve a portion of our total School District. We attempt to work cooperatively with other organizations in covering the total district. A well received and fun project! We love it and so do the schools, parents, and children!