Pompano Beach-Lighthouse Rotary Club Promotes Education
Dictionaries were given to 2,400 third grade students this year in sixteen elementary schools in Pompano Beach, Coconut Creek, North Lauderdale and West Park in Florida. Seventeen Pompano Beach-Lighthouse members – plus a few visiting Rotarians – and friends of Rotary worked together to complete this yearâs Community Service project. The Pompano Beach-Lighthouse Rotary Clubâs project was funded by contributions from Publix Charities, donations... Read More
Topsham Grange #37 Supports Schools
Topsham Grange #37 has taken on several projects in community service over the past few years. The most rewarding is participation in the national âWords for Thirdsâ dictionary project. For the past seven years, this program has seen Topsham Grange provide either dictionaries or technology grants to several schools in the area. Beginning in 2008, all third-grade students in Topsham and Lisbon were presented... Read More
Rotary Club of Fernandina Beach Leaves Lasting Impression on Nassau County Students
Each of the past nine years, Fernandina Beach Rotary Club members have distributed dictionaries to every third grader in Nassau County. This yearâs Dictionary Project teams placed 882 dictionaries into the hands of elementary school students in Fernandina Beach, Yulee, Bryceville, Callahan and Hilliard as well as at Faith Christian Academy, St. Michaelâs Academy and Amelia Island Montessori. But club members do more than... Read More
Valdostaâs Elks Celebrate National Dictionary Day
VALDOSTA â 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 Elks Lodge provided 1,440 dictionaries to all third grade elementary students in Lowndes County. In keeping with this annual tradition, the Valdosta Elkâs Lodge once again demonstrated that Elks Care and Elks... Read More
Hayfield Grange #800 Teams Up with Fellow Organizations to Provide Dictionaries
Hayfield Grange, along with the following organizations – Cambridge Spring Kiwanis Club, Covenant Lodge #473, John Hotchkiss’ Barber Shop, Saegertown Women’s Improvement Club, Spa Dental Center, Dr. Marie Crocker, State Farm Insurance Company Agent Gene Schlosser, Townville Lions Club and the Townville Pierian Club – have donated funds to purchase dictionaries for each third grade students in the Penncrest School District. Volunteers from Lodge... Read More