Middletown Odessa Rotary Club
The Middletown Odessa Rotary Club was featured in local media for their 2018 Dictionary Project. The club has participated for over 13 years. This year, they donated to nearly 900 students in Appoquinimink School District. Helen Weinheimer, who helps to head up the club’s dictionary efforts, said, “The most important thing is each child uses the dictionary in their work throughout the school year... Read More
St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church
Members of St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church in Cantonment, FL, visited a local elementary school last month. Nearly 400 students at Jim Allen Elementary School received dictionaries of their own. The church has participated in the Dictionary Project for the last three years.
Kiwanis Club of Mt. Pleasant
The Kiwanis Club of Mt. Pleasant, MI, sent pictures from their 2018 Dictionary Project. Here, they pose with students from two schools, Fancher Elementary and Beal City Elementary. This is the tenth year that the Kiwanians have participated in the project. Since 2008, they have donated over 5,800 dictionaries.
American Legion Auxiliary Unit # 39
The Groton South Dakota American Legion Auxiliary Unit # 39 presented 47 third graders with dictionaries. The Groton Area Elementary School students (pictured above with club members Tami Zimney, Deb McKiver, and junior member Hailey Pray) will learn dictionary skills in their classrooms throughout the rest of the school year. The Groton SD American Legion Auxiliary Unit #39 has participated in the Dictionary Project... Read More
Kern Valley Friends of the Library
This is the first year Kern Valley Friends of the Library has participated in the project.The Kern Valley Sun wrote about the event and gave a brief overview of the mission of the Dictionary Project. The Kern Valley Friends This is the first year Kern Valley Friends of the Library has participated in the project.The Kern Valley Sun wrote about the event and gave... Read More
Woodbridge Rotary Club
Woodbridge Rotary Club in Connecticut recently donated Webster’s dictionaries to third grade students at Beecher Road School. The Rotarians have participated in the Dictionary Project for the past 10 years, and have provided over 2,000 students with dictionaries in that time.
Rotary Club of Ashland
The Rotary Club of Ashland, VA, recently donated 550 dictionaries to students at John Gandy and Elmont Elementary Schools. Rotarians provided dictionaries to all third graders, but also extended the project to fourth and fifth graders who had not been sponsored in the past few years. Heather Ostrander, an Ashland Rotarian, had this to say about the project: “The response from the students was... Read More
Rotary District 5390
Rotary District 5390 provided dictionaries to several third grade classrooms around the state of Montana, many of them in areas which do not have a rotary club.
Rotary Club of Union, NJ
The Rotary Club of Union, New Jersey, was recently featured in local media for their Dictionary Project. According to Rotarian Norman Wooley, the club has donated over 600 dictionaries in 2018, with plans to continue to increase that number. The Rotary Club of Union has participated in the Dictionary Project since 2004, and has donated over 10,000 dictionaries!
Winona Rotary Club
Winona Rotary Club was recently featured in the Winona Daily News when they donated 500 dictionaries to third graders where they live. Rotarians Rod Baker and Nick Edstrom helped students use their new books and answered questions and played educational games with them. Since beginning their dictionary project 12 years ago, Winona Rotary Club has donated 6,000 dictionaries to students in their area.