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Third-graders Get Dictionaries from Rotary

Nov 11 2014
Mary
PARSIPPANY — During the month of November, the Rotary Club of Parsippany-Troy Hills is distributing dictionaries to all the third grade students in the Parsippany-Troy Hills School district. The annual Dictionary Project...
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Rotary Club of Mountainside Delivers Dictionaries to NJ Students

Nov 11 2014
Mary
Since 2006, Mountainside Rotary Club members have distributed dictionaries to third graders in Union County. This year’s Dictionary Project teams placed over 200 dictionaries into the hands of elementary school students in...
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Valdosta’s Elks Celebrate National Dictionary Day

Nov 08 2014
Mary
VALDOSTA — The Valdosta Elks Lodge # 728 celebrates National Dictionary Day by providing every third grade student in the Lowndes and Valdosta School Systems with their very own dictionary. The Valdosta...
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Butts County Students Receive Dictionaries for the First Time

Nov 07 2014
Mary
Project Coordinator Charles Budd, along with fellow Lion Club members Danny Queen, Linda Goddin and Tommy Boykin, worked with faculty and teachers of Daughtry Elementary School to provide the gift of a...
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Challenge Accepted: How Many Letters Are in the Longest Word in the Dictionary?

Nov 06 2014
Mary
Members of the Florence Rotary Club, led by Rotarian Ken Gunter, distributed dictionaries to students at Carver Elementary School. As the students anxiously flipped through the pages, Principal Rogers gave the students...
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Members of Hawk Point Lions Club Visit Local Schools

Oct 31 2014
Mary
Lions Harold Davis and Jim Kuda of the Hawk Point Lions Club delivered dictionaries to three Missouri schools this fall. 2014 marks the third year the Hawk Point Lions Club have participated...
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