Ireland Invests €1.1 Million in Historical Dictionary
Ireland Invests €1.1 Million in Historical Dictionary—The Dictionary Project Can Help U.S. Schools Do the Same Ireland has committed over €1.1 million in funding to preserve its linguistic heritage by supporting the Historical Dictionary of Irish (Foclóir Stairiúil na Gaeilge), an initiative led by the Royal Irish Academy. The four-year funding plan will produce an authoritative, freely available online dictionary documenting the Irish language... Read More
Camarena Memorial Library and Calexico Rotary Club Team Up for Local Dictionary Project.
Camarena Memorial Library and Calexico Rotary Club Team Up for Local Dictionary Project. CALEXICO, CA — Students in Calexico are turning pages and building vocabulary thanks to a recent Dictionary Project led by the Camarena Memorial Library and the Calexico Rotary Club. Together, they distributed free dictionaries to third-grade students across the city as part of a shared mission to support youth literacy. This... Read More
South Berwick-Eliot Rotary Club Revives Dictionary Project for Local Third Graders
South Berwick-Eliot Rotary Club Revives Dictionary Project for Local Third Graders SOUTH BERWICK & ELIOT, ME — After a brief pause due to COVID-19, the South Berwick-Eliot Rotary Club has proudly revived its long-running Dictionary Project, distributing over 150 dictionaries to local third-grade students. This year, every third grader at Central School in South Berwick and Eliot Elementary School in Eliot received their very... Read More
Project Provides Free Dictionaries For All Jim Allen Third Graders.
St. Jude Thaddeus Church Donates Dictionaries to Jim Allen Elementary Through Dictionary Project CANTONMENT, FL — Members of St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church recently visited Jim Allen Elementary School to support literacy in a meaningful way. As part of The Dictionary Project, they gave every third-grade student a personal copy of “A Student’s Dictionary.” Supporting Young Readers with a Tangible Tool The goal of... Read More
Fundraising Idea: Poetry Auction
Writing – putting pen to paper – gives people the amazing ability to express their feelings, thoughts and emotions. It is a way to organize or deconstruct ideas, make thoughts more concrete –or leave you musing. Writing can be personal, scribbled in a journal tucked away in a drawer or public, broadcasted across the internet or in a newspaper. Either way, the genesis of... Read More
Mercer Third Grade Students Get Free Dictionary
Article from the Bluefield Daily Telegraph Posted Thursday, May 14, 2015 PRINCETON — During a ceremony Thursday, Mercer School third grade students received personal copies of Webster’s Student Dictionary. Although only one school hosted the Dictionary Project, every third grade student in Mercer County received a dictionary, compliments of a unique collaboration between Bluefield State College, Concord University, and the Bluefield and Princeton Rotary... Read More
Pompton Lakes Rotary Gives Out Dictionaries to Local Schools
Article written by Dorothy O’Connor, NorthJersey.com With literacy as a key to better reading, speech and writing, Rotarians once again made their annual visit to Lenox, Lincoln, St. Mary’s and Windsor Schools in Pompton Lakes gifting every third grade student with his or her own dictionary. Rotarian Dictionary Project coordinator Phil Sohn explained, “The object of the Rotary Dictionary Project is give every student... Read More
Over 375 Dictionaries Donated by the Rotary Club of Jasper
2015 marks the first year for the Rotary Club of Jasper to donate dictionaries. Holding true to The Dictionary Project’s mission, Don Holt, president of the Rotary club of Jasper expressed that, “We wanted to help children become good writers, active readers and creative readers by giving them their own dictionary.” The project is part of the local club’s Rotary Reads Literacy program. Jasper... Read More
New Vision Pioneers WV Chapter #42 Donates Dictionaries to West Virginia Third Graders
Aiming to promote literacy in West Virginia, the Verizon Pioneers teamed up with The Dictionary Project in 2004. “A natural fit for volunteers who made their careers in the field of communications, the Pioneers gave dictionaries to children to encourage them to read and learn for a successful future.” Since starting the project, the WV Chapter #42 Clubs and Councils have presented over 9,500... Read More
Missouri Students Receive Dictionaries for the First Time
A new milestone has been met in 2015! Every never before covered school in Missouri has been sponsored! Thanks to dedicated sponsors and team work, 22,426 students were able to receive a personal dictionary for the first time. If you are interested in helping your state’s third grade students receive a dictionary, we can help you identify the closest uncovered school(s) in your area... Read More