We have been distributing Dictionaries for about 11 years and Thesaurus for about 6. We love the project.. It is by far the best PR project we have and very popular in the community..

Our Lodge is fully committed to supporting and continuing involvement with The Dictionary Project, and we have received hundreds of complimentary remarks from school officials, teachers, students and their parents.

Giving the 3rd graders at Clinton Public School dictionaries for over 5 years. They hear about it as 2nd graders and always look for us to come visit them with the books. Some are surprised when we tell them they can keep the books. We have an assembly and go through some of the fun things in the books. The best is always the... Read More

This is about the fourth year we have participated.. We feel it is important for students to learn to use the dictionary and feel that owning their own copies helps to invest them in doing so. I do wonder what the future will hold for things such as regular books as electronic tablets become more and more part of the school curriculum..

This is our 4th or 5th year for our dictionary project. We began with the Ardmore City Schools District with 3 elementaries (Jefferson, Lincoln and Charles Evans) Franklin Elementary was shut down 2 years ago and the school boundary lines were redrawn. Those students are now either at Lincoln, Jefferson, or Charles Evans. The next year we included Plainview. Now we distribute dictionaries to... Read More

Our Tutoring Program is in its eighth year. Particularly in one of our schools, our dictionary will be the students’ first personal book. Our Tutoring Program exists because we strongly believe that early education is an important factor to successful learning.

Thank you for the dictionary. I will use it every day. It is the best thing I will ever use. i think on the weekend I will read a lot of these words. I will share it with my family. I will cherish it. I wont rip out pages. I think most people will be jelasie that I have a dictionary. I love my... Read More

Dear Elks Lodge, Thank you very much for my brilliant and cool dictionary! I am going to use this dictionary for my whole life. This dictionary is my dictionary and it is my first dictionary and i’m so excited! My dictionary is going to help me find new words for ever and I’m going to learn a lot of new words! you’r friend, Lyric

Dear Elks Club, Thank you for my dictionary. I really like it. I will use it for eternity. I also like it because red is one of my favorite colors. Thanks to you, I know how to spell uncertain!! This is unbelievable because it is awsome! You are the coolest people around! Unbelievable Sincerely, Charynn

Dear Mr. Urena, I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you and your organization for the donation of dictionaries to the Gale third grade students. This reference book will be a valuable tool for them to use during their education. Thank you again for your generosity. Sincerely, Jonathan W. Bradburn, Principal Gale Elementary School