Valerie Edwards, Stockton Elks Lodge # 218, Stockton, CA

Our lodge has been participating for quite a few years. This is my third year doing the project. I am a retired teacher and this project is very necessary to the teachers and the students who receive them. With this aide, they can fulfill the teaching standard of dictionary skills. Without dictionaries in hand it is almost impossible to do. I think it is a very important project. It needs to be kept going. Students need a book in hand not a shared computer to find the spelling and meanings of words.