Missouri Students Receive Dictionaries for the First Time
A new milestone has been met in 2015! Every never before covered school in Missouri has been sponsored! Thanks to dedicated sponsors and team work, 22,426 students were able to receive a personal dictionary for the first time. If you are interested in helping your state’s third grade students receive a dictionary, we can help you identify the closest uncovered school(s) in your area... Read More
Personalized Dictionaries from the Bulverde Area Republican Women, TX
The Bulverde Area Republican Women have sponsored schools in Texas for over ten years now. Their project has grown from a couple of schools to over 725 students in eight elementary schools in the Comal Independent School District. This area, encompassing both Comal and Bexar Counties (San Antonio area), is one of the fastest growing communities in the nation. Because of the ever-increasing number... Read More
Stelvideo Grange Members Donate Their 1000th Dictionary!
The Stelvideo Grange in Ohio donated their 1000th dictionary this year. Participating in The Dictionary Project since 2004, Grange members have recognized the importance of a paperback dictionary. Each year, members talk to the students about their organization and distribute the dictionaries to the third grade classes at Arcanum Elementary School. “There was quite a bit of interaction with the students and they were... Read More
Grange Month Observed in April
Article written by Linda Moody, The Daily Advocate DARKE COUNTY — April has been designated as Grange Month, with Greenville Mayor Michael Bowers recently signing the proclamation. The Grange organization, according to the proclamation has served as a beacon of citizenship and civility since its founding in 1867 and social interaction and “educational efforts are the keystones that have allowed great achievements in non-partisan... Read More
Listen to Director Mary French on The Rotary Hour Radio Show
Listen to Director Mary French discuss the history of The Dictionary Project, the future of paperback dictionaries and how you can get involved – with host of The Rotary Hour Radio Show and Rotary District 7510 Governor 2011-2012, Megan Jones-Holt. Listen Here PDG on the Net every Monday 10am Tune in to The Rotary Show
Breckinridge Elementary Schoolers Receive a Thesaurus
Altrusa International of Lexington, KY, Inc. purchased 960 thesauri and donated them to the 11 Fayette County, Kentucky, elementary schools that the Altrusa Club Of Lexington conducts an annual Dictionary Project to third graders. The thesauri were donated as resource books to be used by fourth and fifth grade classes.”We plan to purchase replacement thesauri every few years as needed. We have received an... Read More
Lester Prairie Lions Donate Dictionaries to Third Grade Students
Representing the Lester Prairie Lions, Troy Feltmann visited Lester Prairie Elementary School April 1 to deliver dictionaries to the third graders through The Dictionary Project. Since starting the project in 2010, Lester Prairie Lions have donated over 200 dictionaries to local students. We are thankful for sponsors who take the time to personally present the dictionaries to each class!
Fundraising Idea: Poetry Auction
Wonder of Words’ poetry auction benefits W-B Area School District The Misericordia University Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society is hosting the poetry auction benefit, “The Wonder of Words,” on Monday, April 20 from 7-9 p.m. in the third-floor Catherine Evans McGowan Room of the Mary Kintz Bevevino Library. Misericordia University students, faculty, local poets and poetry lovers will come together in a... Read More
Culver City Club Donates Dictionaries
Article written by Christian Vasquez, Culver City News Once again the Culver City Rotary Club donated dictionaries to third-grade students in all five of the Culver City Unified School District’s elementary schools. “The dictionary program started many years ago; we are always trying to do community service of some kind and children are the top priority,” Culver City Rotary Club President Joel Forman said.... Read More
Rotary Donates Dictionaries to Students
Article written by Kelly Nicholson, Paris Beacon – News With auto correct and spell check, dictionaries are not always the first tool that adults gravitate towards to check their spelling. But students are still learning how to use dictionaries, starting in third grade, and one local organization has been making sure that these students get their own dictionary to keep. Started four years ago... Read More