More Than 10 Years Later, Third-Graders Across the Area Are Still Getting Dictionaries
When Kansas City resident Chris Hope started Dictionary Project KC, he just wanted to support literacy. About 300,000 dictionaries later, he’s helping every third-grader in the eight-county metro area get a personal reference tool to keep. The dictionaries are an edition assembled by the founder of the national Dictionary Project, Mary French. They’re written specifically to be at a mid-elementary level and are small... Read More
Rotarians Provide Annual ‘Gift of Words’
The Rotary Club of Camas-Washougal kicked off its Gift of Words project recently and will deliver a total of 762 dictionaries to third grade students in Camas and Washougal. Across the U.S., Rotarians participate in the Gift of Words project to promote literacy in their local communities. The Rotary Club of Camas-Washougal sponsors their local project in east Clark County and donated $2,040 to... Read More