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Elks Lodge donates dictionaries

Sep 13 2011
Mary

Two burly men dressed in matching green club-jackets walk down the hallways of elementary schools every fall, lugging heavy packages in both arms.

Georgia Avenue Elementary students welcome Rotarians

Sep 12 2011
Mary

The Rotary Club of Memphis East provided a dictionary to each third grader at Georgia Avenue Elementary School. We would call out a word from their current word list.

Children in Honduras receive dictionaries

Sep 09 2011
Mary

Ken Lavy of Camden, Indiana, traveled to Honduras with a church group and visited White Dove School, where he distributed Spanish/English dictionaries to the children.

Santa Clarita Valley project works with many helpers

Sep 01 2011
Mary

This is the eighth year that our Santa Clarita Elks Lodge #2379 have been delivering dictionaries to 3rd graders in the Santa Clarita Valley.

The Dictionary Project comes to Paschall Elementary School

Aug 31 2011
Mary

Dictionaries were delivered to 3rd graders at Paschall Elementary School. Students were excited for the surprise delivery from representatives from The Dictionary Project. Dr. Mackey and Ms.

Carlsbad community proud of students’ test scores

Aug 30 2011
Mary

The Carlsbad Elks Lodge has been providing dictionaries for third graders in the Carlsbad Municipal Schools since 2004.

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