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
The New Spirit Sunday School Class of St. John’s United Methodist Church Donates Dictionaries
Members of the New Spirit Sunday School Class raise money each year to support education in their community by providing dictionaries to Zuni Elementary School in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This is their third year to participate in The Dictionary Project. ‘We are enjoying it and will continue this program in future years,” said member Billie Jean Zinter. Since starting the project in 2013, members... Read More
Third grade classes in Taylor County receive a special gift from the Grafton Rotary Club
Article written by Shaunda Rauch, The Mountain Statesman GRAFTON – Early Tuesday morning, Grafton Rotary Club members Lorraine Isner, President Dan Pauley, Ed Westfall, Kermit “Butch” Bias, and college student volunteer Raymond Isner, began an important mission; a mission to visit every third grade class in Taylor County, giving each student their very own personalized atlas. The Grafton Rotary Club initially began this project... Read More
Gulf Breeze Key Club Donates Dictionaries to Eleven Local Schools
The Gulf Breeze High School Key Club recently completed their annual dictionary project. Following The Dictionary Project’s goal “to assist all third grade students to complete the school year as good writers, active and creative thinkers,” Key Club members decided to provide younger students with their own personal dictionaries. These dictionaries were donated as a gift to each student to use at school and... Read More
Honoring the Life of Anse Windham, Kingsville Noon Lions Club
Anse “Windy” Windham was the Past President and Past District Governor of Lions Club District 283. As a Lion, he received the Melvin Jones Award for dedicated humanitarian service, the Ed Flood Award on behalf of the Texas Lions Foundation, and most recently, the Jack Wiech Fellow award for dedicated service to the children of the Texas Lions Camp. Mr. Windham introduced The Dictionary... Read More