Denver Dictionary Labeling 2010

By: Cathee Fisher e-mail
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Donor: Inter-Neighborhood Cooperation of Denver

Here are some pictures of our labeling of 7,000 dictionaries in Denver on August 12. It only took 35 people 4 hours to unpack, count, label, recount, and repack books for 94 schools. All the labels are school-specific with the surrounding neighborhood associations. Additionally the number of books for each school ranges from 2 dozen to 12 dozen, but usually not an even number. I guess after 15 years we should have the routine down pat. Many of the people helping with the labeling have helped for over 10 years. We also provided the volunteers lunch and snacks.

The Inter-Neighborhood Cooperation of Denver provides dictionaries for ever...

Lions visit Bayfield Elementary School

By: George Knoll mail
Wednesday, July 07, 2010
Donor: Bayfield Lions Club

Since 2005, the Bayfield Lions Club has been providing dictionaries for the children at Bayfield Elementary School.

Highlands Ranch Rotary gives dictionaries to third-graders

By: Lee Ann Brown yourhub.com
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Donor: Highlands Ranch Rotary

For the past five years, Highlands Ranch Rotary has selected elementary
schools within Highlands Ranch to receive dictionaries. 3rd graders
from Arrowwood, Eldorado, Copper Mesa and Sand Creek Elementary schools
were recipients this year.


The dictionaries from Highlands Ranch Rotary are a gift to
each third grade student to use at school and at home for years to
come. A team of three to five Rotary members commit to deliver the
dictionaries to each school. These members personally give each student
their dictionary, talk about the Rotary organization and emphasize the
importance of using a dictionary to unde...

Casey Middle School Receives Dictionaries

By: Gerry Gifford e-mail
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Donor: Boulder Republican Women

The Boulder Republican Women`s Club handed every sixth grader at Casey Middle School a new student dictionary on Thursday, April 8th. The Boulder Republican Women Betty Chronic Dictionary Project gives Boulder Middle School`s 6th grade class a dictionary each year in order to promote education in our community. Gerry Gifford, Colorado Federation of Republican Women District II Director and a retired Boulder Valley school teacher, and Francie Sinton, President of Boulder Republican Women, spoke to the students about how Betty Chronic, a former teacher at Casey Middle School, had worked long and hard with the Boulder Historic Preservation Boar...

A gift of words

By: Michael Hayes Westminster Window
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Donor: Rotary Club of Westminster 7:10

Students at Sunset Ridge Elementary School in Westminster received dictionaries this month from the Rotary Club of Westminster 7:10 as part of the club`s fourth annual dictionary give-away. The club distributed dictionaries to 1,600 third graders in Adams County School District 50 and Adams 12 Five Star Schools. The Dictionary Project, Inc. in South Carolina produces the dictionaries. Since 1995, the project has given away more than 12 million dictionaries nationwide. More than a dozen Rotary Clubs in Colorado participated this year.

Westminster kids get their own dictionaries
All third graders in the city learn the definition of generosity from local Rotary Club
By: Michael Hayes YourHub.com
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Donor: Rotary Club of Westminster 7:10

This year during February and March, the Rotary Club of Westminster 7:10 has for the fourth year given dictionaries to all third graders in Westminster.

The Club strongly believes that the ability to read is essential in a person`s tools for living and that having one`s own personal dictionary can significantly improve one`s reading skills.

This year the program provided some 1,600 third graders in 22 schools in Districts R-1, 12, and 50 with dictionaries.

The dictionaries are produced by The Dictionary Project, Inc. in South Carolina, an organization created to provide a dictionary to students to help with their home...

Commerce City Rotary Club Helps Kids Love Learning!

By: Erin Todd YourHub.com
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Donor: Commerce City Rotary Club

Thanks to The Rotary Club of Commerce City, hundreds of Commerce City kids will have an essential learning resource at their fingertips!

Commerce City`s own Rotary Club purchased and distributed free new dictionaries to 550 third grade students who attend the seven Adams County School District 14 elementary schools. An additional supply of dictionaries was delivered to every school to accommodate the student turnover that takes place every year. Dictionaries were delivered to Werth Manor on a Wednesday in early October at which time Rotary volunteers inserted labels into the dictionaries and boxed them according to the numbers of dic...

Rotary dishes out dictionaries to third-graders

By: - Summit Daily News
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Donor: Rotary Club of Summit County

For the fifth year, the Rotary Club of Summit County is giving a free dictionary to every third-grade student in Summit County public schools. Teams of Rotary volunteers are visiting each school — Breckenridge, Upper Blue, Frisco, Dillon Valley, Silverthorne and Summit Cove — to hand the dictionaries personally to each student. Over 290 dictionaries are being distributed this year.

The program, a part of the Literacy Committee of the Rotary Club, is part of a worldwide effort spearheaded by The Dictionary Project in Charleston, S.C. The purpose of The Dictionary Project is to provide dictionaries to students to keep and use as their ow...

Lakewood Elks Lodge completes dictionary project

By: Venita Collier letter
Friday, October 23, 2009
Donor: Lakewood Elks Lodge # 1777

The Lakewood Elks Lodge delivered over 1800 dictionaries to 30 public and private schools and several homeschool groups, as well as sending dictionaries to Papua New Guinea, Costa Rica and Mexico.

(To read the attached letters, click `View Photo.`)

Dollar Dictionary Drive

By: Steve Nissen Denver Neighborhood Connection newsletter
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Donor: Inter-Neighborhood Cooperation of Denver

The dictionaries and thesauruses for the current school year have been labeled and are now in the schools. We encourage RNOs and neighbors of Denver Public Elementary Schools to contact their local school and arrange for a time to help distribute the books to the students. This is a great opportunity to express your support and meet the staff of your local school.

The labeling event was held at Morey Middle School again this year. Over 50 supportive volunteers responded to help with this task; our thank-you is extended to each and every one of them. Our sincere appreciation is extended to the staff and particularly the custodians who...

Inter-Neighborhood Cooperation of Denver Gets Ready for Another Big Year

By: Cathee Fisher e-mail communication
Friday, August 07, 2009
Donor: Inter-Neighborhood Cooperation, Denver

Inter-Neighborhood Cooperation of Denver has just finished preparing over 5,000 dictionaries and 5,000 thesauruses to be delivered to third graders in 87 schools in the Denver school district.

Westminster 7:10 Rotary Club completes dictionary project

By: Mike Hayes e-mail communication
Monday, May 25, 2009
Donor: Westminster 7:10 Rotary Club

The Westminster Rotary Club recently completed a project in which they delivered approximately 1,600 dictionaries to elementary schools in their area. Here are pictures from Sherrelwood Elementary School on April 22.

Rotary brings dictionaries to Niwot students

By: Eli Buzas e-mail communication
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Donor: Rotary Club of Niwot and the Ferrero family

96 Spanish-English Dictionaries were distributed to the ESL (English as a Second Language) students at Niwot High School, on Friday, November 21, 2008, to promote world literacy, by the Rotary Club of Niwot. Each student`s name was printed on a label in the front of each dictionary. These dictionaries will help the students as they work hard to earn high school diplomas.

On October 16, 2008, in celebration of Noah Webster`s 250th birthday, the Rotary Club of Niwot, along with help of the Ferrero Family, distributed over 260 dictionaries to all students in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades at Niwot Elementary School. Each student`s name wa...

INC Dollar Dictionary Drive in 13th Year

By: Ken Beaudrie Denver Neighborhood Connection newsletter
Saturday, November 01, 2008
Donor: Inter-Neighborhood Cooperation, Denver

For thirteen years we have provided free dictionaries and thesauruses to every third-grader in Denver Public Schools through the Dollar Dictionary Drive. We have given the books as a gift from the neighborhoods surrounding our schools.

Following is a list of thirty-three RNOs who have made generous contributions this year: Alamo Placita, Athmar Park, Baker, Bear Valley, Bellevue Hale, Bow-Mar Heights, CHUN, Cherry Creek North, Civic Association of Clayton, Crestmoor Park (2nd filing), Down Town Denver Residents Organization, East Montclair, Golden Triangle, Greater Park Hill, Harkness Heights, Harvey Park, Hutchinson Hills/Willow Po...

Summit County Rotary donates dictionaries to third graders

By: - Summit Daily News
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Donor: Rotary Club of Summit County

For the fourth straight year, the Rotary Club of Summit County is giving a free dictionary to every third-grade student in public elementary schools.

Teams of Rotary volunteers are visiting each school — Breckenridge, Upper Blue, Frisco, Dillon Valley, Silverthorne and Summit Cove — to hand the dictionaries personally to each student. More than 250 dictionaries are being distributed.

`We love this project,` said Steve Cornwell, the Summit Rotary Dictionary Project team leader. `We feel dictionaries can help Summit County students become better readers, be more enthusiastic about the use of words and language, and develop stron...

Sterling Rotary, Elks complete dictionary program

By: - Journal-Advocate
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Donor: Sterling Rotary Club and Sterling Elks Lodge #1336

The Sterling Rotary Club and Sterling Elks Lodge No. 1336 have completed their dictionary and flag programs for this school year.

A total of 279 dictionaries were given to the third-grade students and teachers in the following schools: Campbell, Caliche, Fleming, Merino, Peetz, Prairie, and St. Anthony.

The program on the Pledge of Allegiance was presented to the second-grade students at Ayres, Caliche, Fleming, Haxtun, Holyoke, Peetz, Platte Valley, Prairie, and St. Anthony schools. A flag program, `For Which It Stands,` was held for the older students at the following schools: Caliche (fourth), Fleming (fourth), Haxtun (fi...

Loveland art show dressed to impress

By: Shari Phiel Old Berthoud Recorder
Friday, May 09, 2008 12:22
Donor: Loveland Rotary Club and the Thompson Valley Rotary Club

The Loveland Museum/Gallery is hosting the 17th annual Governor`s Invitational Art Show and Sale though May 18th. The show is sponsored by the Loveland Rotary Club and the Thompson Valley Rotary Club along with a number of local businesses.

Established in 1992, it provides a showcase for `exceptional Colorado artists` and a way to promote education in the area. The fundraiser supports local educational programs like the 3rd Grade Dictionary project, support for international exchange student programs along with an art scholarship awarded each year.

Last year`s event raised more than $150,000 with part of the sale proceeds goi...

Casey Middle School grateful for dictionaries from Republican Women

By: Gerry Gifford
Monday, October 08, 2007
Donor: Boulder Republican Women

Boulder Republican Women requested 145 dictionaries for distribution to Casey Middle School in Boulder. Ms. Joan Howard received the dictionaries, Ms. Gerry Gifford placed labels for each student in the front cover and Ms. Betty Chronic made arrangements with the school for delivery.

On Monday, October 8, Ms. Gerry Gifford and other Club members delivered the dictionaries to Casey Middle School, where the reading teacher greeted them with enthusiasm and the students were happy to have their own dictionaries. Each student was happy to have a dictionary and Mrs. Susan Kandyba, the reading specialist, was very grateful. Ms. Allison B...

Lit-er-a-cy n., 1. Key to kids` future

By: LaVerne Jessop, Secretary
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Donor: Maple Grove Grange #154

Ninety third-grade students at Kullerstrand, Prospect Valley, and Pleasant View Elementary Schools have received dictionaries from Maple Grove Grange #154. The students can take their books home to use and also bring them to school for work there.

The dictionary project `Words for Thirds` is a nationwide program. We are proud that we are a part of this program. The program encourages literacy in schools.

Last year we were able to buy a set of Braille dictionaries for a student at Pleasant View Elementary School. The student was very proud of his dictionary.

This year we are once again delivering dictionaries to ni...

Generosity to benefit third graders

By: Frances Blizard
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Donor: Ms. Frances Blizard

Here is a third grade class at Fort Logan Elementary School in Sheridan, Colorado (city of Englewood).  The children come from families with limited incomes, and often speaking or reading English is not a high priority.

Words are powerful, say FRIENDS of the Penrose Community Library

By: Sherry Johns
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Donor: FRIENDS of the Penrose Community Library

As part of our Mission Statement, the FRIENDS of the Penrose Community Library promote literacy in our community in a variety of ways. When we first heard of the Dictionary Project in the weekly magazine in our local newspaper, we knew it was a good fit for us. That was four years ago, and we`re still going strong.

This is our fourth year of giving dictionaries to each third grader at Penrose Elementary School, approximately 45-75 dictionaries. For the last two years, we have expanded the program and purchased thesauri for each fourth grader at the school, with approximately the same numbers.

We just finished distributing ...

Why the HR Rotary Club deserves $1,000

By: Lee McCue YourHub.com
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Donor: Rotary Club of Highland Ranch

As one of its community service activities the Highland Ranch Rotary Club is presenting dictionaries to third graders at local elementary schools in conjunction with the Dictionary Project.

The Dictionary Project was started in 1992 in South Carolina and became a national program in 1997. Debby Novotny , past HR Rotary Club president, started the local project last year with dictionary distribution to 2 Highlands Ranch elementary schools. This year the Club has tripled the number to 6 schools for a total of 560 third grade students.

The Dictionary Project provides a dictionary to each student with the goal of assisting stude...

Westy Rotary donates dictionaries to third graders

By: Taylour Nelson Westminster Window
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Donor: Rotary Club of Westminster 7:10

Over 800 third graders in Adams County School District 50 were given dictionaries donated by the 7:10 Westminster Rotary Club this week. Nameplates inside the books were inscribed with `Look it Up.`



The 7:10 Westminster Rotary Club has traditionally donated computers to District 50 students by replacing hard drives, adding CD ROMs and upgrading donated computers. The project has grown over the years and this spring is expected to donate over 5,000 computers to students in District 50.



Trying to expand on that tradition, the 7:10 Rotary members decided to include dictionaries for third-grade...

You Can Look It Up

By: Michael Hayes YourHub.com
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Donor: Westminster 7:10 Rotary Club

Most people don`t know there are 1,909 letters in the longest word of the English language. It doesn`t appear in all dictionaries, but the word, which begins with methionylglutaminyl, is a term for the formula C1289H2051N343O375S8, an enzyme that contains 267 Amino acids.

Now third-grade students in the 15 elementary schools in Adams County School District 50 will be able to look the word up on page 524 of their own `A Student`s Dictionary` given to them as a gift from the Westminster 7:10 Rotary Club. The dictionaries are produced by The Dictionary Project, Inc. in South Carolina, an organization created to provide a dictionary to s...

Akron third grade students receive learning materials

Sunday, January 21, 2007
Donor: Akron Elks Lodge #2579

The photo shows Paul Wagner representing the Akron Elks Lodge with the Akron Elementary third grade students.  The Lodge donated third grade dictionaries to each student in the third grade class. They also donated red ribbons, coloring books and brochures to the Akron Elementary School.

Thank you for the dictionary

By: Kim Castellano Arizona Republic
Friday, December 01, 2006
Donor: Castle Rock High Noon Rotary Club

Dear Rotary Club Member,
Thank you for the dictionary. I will learn how to spell and learn the definition of that word. I learned that the dictionary is a lot faster than asking. That is why I think it will help me in the future. I found it interesting because it is in alphabetical order.`

From V.P., Franktown Elementary

V.P., a third grader at Franktown Elementary, recently received a dictionary from the Castle Rock High Noon Rotary Club. During the month of November, Castle Rock High Noon Rotary Club distributed dictionaries to all 3rd Graders at Cherry Valley, Franktown, Sedalia, Larkspur, and South Elementary...

Pictures from Glenwood Springs Elks Dictionary Project

Monday, November 20, 2006
Donor: Glenwood Springs Elks Lodge

Summit 3rd graders recieve a gift of words

By: Stephen Straight
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Donor: Rotary Club of Summit County

ROTARIAN

For the third consecutive year, the Rotary Club of Summit County is giving a free dictionary to every third grader in the County. Teams of Rotarians are visiting all the elementary schools - Breckenridge, Dillon Valley, Frisco, Silverthorne, Summit Cove, Upper Blue and Summit County Christian School - to present the books personally to the kids.

The dictionaries go far beyond just words. They contain a wealth of infor mation about the states in our country, countries in the world, the solar system, presidents and much more. Students are always eager to discover that the longest word in the English language conta...

ELKS VISIT GUFFEY

Monday, October 09, 2006
Donor: Cripple Creek Elks

Guffey, CO: The Cripple Creek Elks went back to school at Guffey Community Charter School to present the entire student body with a dictionary of their own. `Our goal for our Dictionary Project is to ensure every student in our area receives their own personal dictionary when they enter the third grade,` said Kathy Larsen, Committee Chairman.

Larsen was accompanied to the school by Beverly Crawley, Exalted Ruler of the Cripple Creek Elks. Crawley explained `The Dictionary Project delivered over 60,000 dictionaries last year to Colorado third graders, and we a doing our part to expand the coverage.`

Money was raise ...

WORDS TO SHARE

Monday, October 09, 2006
Donor: Cripple Creek Elks

Cripple Creek: Thursday, September 21st, as the first snow of the season fell, Elk Project Chairperson Kathy Larsen went to Cresson Elementary School to attend third grade. She was accompanied by Exalted Ruler Sandy Crawley and enough dictionaries for each Cripple Creek student. `This is the start of our school project this year. Over the next 30 days we will be in every third grade class in Teller County with a dictionary for each student. We will be including Guffey as well.`

As part of the national `Dictionary Project,` the Cripple Creek Elks were busy raising monies and purchasing dictionaries to deliver to each Teller Cou...

2006 DBA School Supply Drive

By: Denver Bar Association The Docket
Sunday, October 01, 2006
Donor: Denver Bar Association

More than 40 law firms and organizations participated in the Denver Bar Association Community Action Network School Supply Drive to benefit Denver Public School kids who are homeless or less fortunate. For two weeks at the end of July and the beginning of August, the firms collected supplies from their staff, ranging from pens and crayons to backpacks and paper. Denver Public Schools Educational Outreach Program and Children`s Outreach Project benefited from the collection.

At the event on Aug. 13, more than 300 Denver school children received school supplies; the Denver Museum of Nature and Science provided free access to the museu...

Free dictionaries given to every third-grader

Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Donor: Rotary Literacy Committee

The Rotary Literacy Committee is going back to the third grade. By Oct. 28, every third-grader in the county will receive a dictionary, courtesy of Summit County Rotary. Two Rotarians have been visiting every class and handing out a dictionary to every student. Then they help the kids understand what`s inside: the longest word in the English language, the Constitution of the United States, maps of the world and solar system facts.

According to Literacy Chairperson Gil Smith, `The response of the kids has been fantastic, as they discover the wonderful world of information available to them in their own personal dictionary. A •h alf-ho...

Rotary Clubs of Brighton Brighten Third Grader`s Day
Free Dictionaries for All Third Graders
By: Sheri L. Beattie, DVM Your Hub.com
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Donor: Brighton Early Rotary & Brighton Rotary Clubs
Category: Rotary clubs

Free Dictionaries

Did you know that there are 1,909 letters in the longest word of the English language? The third grade students of the Brighton 27J school system do! They found it in their new Student Dictionary given to them as a gift from the two Rotary clubs in Brighton.

Over 750 new and personalized Student Dictionaries with each student`s name in them were given to the third grade students of our Brighton 27J school system over this past two weeks. The dictionary contains resource materials above and beyond the conprehensive dictionary. Included are weights and measures, The Declarat...

Rotarian Dictionary

Wednesday, May 25, 2005
Donor: Summit Count Rotary

A letter to third grade
New Castle , Colorado
By: Third Grade Class Kathryn Senor Elementary School
Saturday, January 01, 2005
Donor: Glenwood Springs Elks Lodge

Dear: Third Grade Class,

Wow! What a very special surprise to receive all of your thank you notes. The artwork that decorated all of your notes was very special to me. As I told you when I gave the dictionaries to each one of you, you are the most valuable thing in the whole world. You have proven to me that we are in good hands.

I wanted to answer the questions that some of you asked, so here it goes.

To:

Barley H., you are one of the reasons I am writing. I love your heart on the front of your card.

Tessa, I know that Mrs. Kephart would love to come back to your class, because I spoke to her and ...

435 Dictionaries distributed to 3rd graders

Saturday, January 01, 2005
Donor: -

Third graders in area schools can now look up such words as phat, headbanger, mosh pit, dotcommer and brewski in the new student edition of the Miriam-Webster Collegiate dictionary that they now own.

Exalted Ruler Gary Jochum, accompanied by Pam Regan and Chriss Keele, devoted Thursday, September 7, to passing out the dictionaries to students in schools in the Lodge`s jurisdiction.

Carbondale Elementary School received 115 dictionaries; Carbondale Community School , 18; Sopris Elementary School , 65; St. Stephens Catholic School, 20; Glenwood Springs Elementary, 100; Kathryn Senor Elementary School in New Castle , 96; and W...