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The Dictionary Project: Words for Thirds at North Bend Elementary

Feb 26 2014
Mary
Students in Shari Myers’ classroom [got] their first dictionaries in November, when North Bend Elementary School was the first to receive the books in Snoqualmie Valley Kiwanis Club’s Words for Thirds

Rotarians Hand Out Dictionaries to Thousands of Mesa Students

Feb 24 2014
Mary
A program launched by Mesa’s Rotary clubs reached a milestone this year when members breached the 50,000 mark for the number of dictionaries donated to Mesa students in just short of a decade.

Madison Rotary Promotes Literacy With Gifts Of Books To Third Graders

Feb 21 2014
Mary
As part of the Rotary Club of Madison’s Literacy Program, the annual Rotary Dictionary Project delivered free dictionary/gazetteers on Oct.

Rotary Club of Hudson Gives Gift of Words to McDowell Students

Feb 19 2014
Mary
Thanks to a donation earlier this month from the Rotary Club of Hudson, every third-grader at McDowell Elementary School has their very own, brand new, soft bound, 524-page dictionary.

Students Appreciate Dictionary Donation

Feb 17 2014
Mary
Skeels Christian School 3rd graders received dictionaries from the [Gladwin] Kiwanis Organization [recently].

SCRWC Donates Dictionaries to East Millsboro Third-Graders

Feb 14 2014
Mary
The Sussex County Republican Women’s Club presented 154 English and Spanish/English dictionaries Jan. 15 to the third-grade students at East Millsboro Elementary School.
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