Tony Rash, Rotary Club of Willimantic, Mansfield Center, CT

As Rotarians we distribute them to 3rd graders. Our ‘Words 4 Thirds’ project is five years running and over 1500 books. We also instruct the kids on a lesson in ‘volunteering,’ and that and ‘rotary’ are the first two words they look up. The lesson encompasses the notion of giving and we set the future for them to learn and give. It’s all part of how to make a better world. It’s a club project and we all enjoy the letters of ‘thank you’ that follow our classroom program. The Dictionary Project is the best and we look forward to it. We do it during American Education Week in November.