By: Jennifer Dewsnap-Shipley newsletter
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Donor: South Miami Rotary Club, Miami-Dade Public Library System
A flurry of dictionaries and/or world atlases were delivered to four schools on Tuesday, December 8th and Wednesday, December 9th by Miami-Dade Public Library System staff and Rotarians from three Rotary Clubs. Debra Shepherd. from South Dade Regional along with the South Miami Rotary Club President Pansy Graham, presented 180 books to the Adult Literacy Program at Robert Morgan. Jessica Van Smith from the Coral Gables Branch along with Diana Phillips, Past President of the Rotary Club of South Miami, presented 405 world atlases to the entire sixth grade of Ponce de Leon Middle School. Nancy Matos from Miami Lakes Branch and Kristina... Click to read full story ...
By: Lynn Foraker Titusville Kiwanis Club flyer
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Donor: Kiwanis Club of Titusville
The Kiwanis Club of Titusville, through the leadership of Kiwanian Lynn Foraker, recently distributed 707 dictionaries to 12 schools in Titusville and Mims: Apollo, Coquina, Imperial Estates, Mims, Oak Park, Pinewood, Riverview, and Southlake Elementary Schools, Park Avenue Christian Academy, Sculptor Charter School, St. Theresa Catholic School, and Temple Christian Church School. Helping Lynn with the deliveries were Bob Filichia, Bev O`Connell, and Patricia Telfer.
Lynn also created a lovely and informative document that includes more information and some great pictures of her organization`s Dictionary Project! Be sure to click on th... Click to read full story ... |  | |
By: L.j. Margolis
Wednesday, June 09, 2010
Donor: Belle Glade Rotary Club
During my senior year of high school, I worked at IBM`s Boca
Raton plant as a secretarial intern. This was before answering
machines, let alone voicemail. In those days, IBM had a
message center where managers` phones were routed when they were out of
the office. One of my duties was to fill in for the message center
operator. When the phones were quiet and there was nothing else to do,
I occupied my time reading. The dictionary.
My dictionary appreciation started years earlier at home. Every time I asked Mama the
spelling or meaning of a word, she said, `Look it up.` My favorite high
school graduation present was ... Click to read full story ...
By: Eileen Brotherton press release
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Donor: Kiwanis Club of Big Lagoon
The Kiwanis Club of Big Lagoon recently presented each third grader at Hallmark, Allie Yniestra, Pleasant Grove, Blue Angels and Hellen Caro Elementary Schools with their very own dictionary. The total number of dictionaries presented was over 530 and was valued at over $1,800. The Dictionary Project is a national non-profit organization that solicits sponsors to provide a dictionary to every third grade student with the goal of assisting all students to complete the school year as good writers, active readers and creative thinkers.
The Dictionary Project is just another example of how the Kiwanis Club of Big Lagoon supports the... Click to read full story ... |  | | Tyanna in Ms Ewing's third grade class at Hallmark Elementary School poses with Big Lagoon Kiwanians Pat McCormick and Mit Roth as she holds her new dictionary. The ... |
By: Tiffany Repecki Cape Coral Daily Breeze
Monday, April 19, 2010
Donor: Rotary Club of Cape Coral
When more than two dozen boats take the water Saturday to race, those watching from the shoreline should not be surprised if some end up sinking.The 2010 Cape Coral Cardboard Boat Regatta, hosted by the Rotary Club of Cape Coral and sponsored by Olin Hill & Associates, will be held from April 24, from 9 a.m to 3 p.m., at Four Freedoms Park, located at 4818 Tarpon Court. About 25 boats and 15 teams are participating, according to event chairman Bob Gaglio.
`It`s a very inexpensive way to have a very good time looking at the boats and watching the races on the water,` he said.
The event is free and people can park at the Farmer`s M... Click to read full story ...
By: Steve Cummings South Florida Sun-Times
Thursday, April 01, 2010
Donor: Kiwanis Club of Hallandale Beach
`Every person who knows how to read has it in their power to magnify themselves, to multiply the ways in which they exist, to make their life full, significant and interesting.`
`Books are the wise man`s passport to success and greatness. Books are the thresholds to wonder, the gateways to enlightenment, the foundations of virtue, and the pediment of honor.` — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The Kiwanis Club of Hallandale Beach understands how developing solid reading skills among young school children prepares them for a lifetime of learning and just donated 225 dictionaries to Hallandale Elementary School.
This donation mar... Click to read full story ... |  | | Kiwanian and Sun Times Columnist Steve Cummings joins Kiwanis
President Joe Kessel (far right) with some lucky recipients of the Spanish-English Dictionaries. |
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By: Jack Gander e-mail
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Donor: Gulf Breeze Key Club
Gulf Breeze High School Key Club planned and completed an outstanding dictionary project for the elementary schools in the Gulf Breeze and Pensacola area. The Key Club first requested and received a matching grant for $390.00 from the Florida Key Club District. After receiving the grant in Sep. `09, 576 dictionaries called `The Best Dictionary for Students` were ordered on September 25, 2009, for a cost of $720.00. On November 11, 2009, all the Key Club members placed a sticker, `Donated by Gulf Breeze Key Club,` on the inside cover of each dictionary.
During November and December our members delivered the dictionaries to the 3rd grade s... Click to read full story ... | |
By: Donald Shearer e-mail
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Donor: Rotary Club of Kissimmee
I am heading up a project for my Rotary Club to furnish dictionaries to every third grade student in Osceola County. We have completed eight schools and have now received dictionaries for eight more schools. There are a total of 27 elementary schools in our county. I want to complete them by the end of this school year. I have received hand-made thank-you cards from all the students at Ventura Elementary school. They were great. I have received an appreciation award from the Osceola County School Board for my efforts.
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By: The Dictionary Project flyer
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Donor: Florida Rotary Districts
The Dictionary Project is delighted to present its mission to the participants at the Rotary 2010 PETS (President-Elect Training Seminar) in Orlando, Florida.
We are looking forward to meeting with Rotary Club presidents and incoming presidents, as well as district governors from the entire state of Florida, to discuss with them avenues as to how we could expand The Dictionary Project to those communities that have not yet received any sponsorship. Since the Rotary Club shares with us the goal of improving literacy, Rotary Clubs have been great supporters of The Dictionary Project in every state.
The state of Florida has c... Click to read full story ...
By: Paula Stewart The Ledger
Monday, February 15, 2010
Donor: Lake Wales Breakfast Rotary Club
Thanks to a generous Rotary Club and some creative teachers, fifth-graders at Janie Howard Wilson Elementary are learning to have fun with dictionaries. Principal Beverly Lynne coordinated the annual Dictionary Project for the Lake Wales Breakfast Rotary Club. The club donated about 175 dictionaries to the school`s fifth-graders and neighboring Spook Hill Elementary. Each year, the Lake Wales Breakfast Rotary Club joins other Florida Rotary Clubs to ensure that all fifth-grade students in the state receive a dictionary. These dictionaries are intended to be taken home for the use of the student and their family. During the presentation at Ja... Click to read full story ...
Monday, November 23, 2009
Donor: Hernando, Spring Hill and Spring Hill Central Rotary Clubs
Brooksville, FL , November 12, 2009. Twenty-two busy bees (also known
as Hernando County Rotarians) worked in a frenzy last week pasting
bookplates into dictionaries that will be delivered to every third
grader in Hernando County. This project began in 2005 with the
Brooksville Rotary club. At the time, 480 books were delivered. Today,
Spring Hill and Spring Hill Central Rotary Clubs have also joined the
bandwagon. This year, we will distribute 1944 books. Since the program
began, we have delivered more than 8200 dictionaries.
Dictionaries are delivered by the Rotarians and personally given to
each third grader ... Click to read full story ...
By: - The Lake Wales News
Saturday, November 07, 2009
Donor: Lake Wales Breakfast Rotary Club and Rotary District 6890
Thanks to a generous Rotary Club and some creative teachers, fifth graders at Janie Howard Wilson Elementary School are learning to have fun with dictionaries.
JHW Principal Beverly Lynne coordinated the annual Dictionary Project for the Lake Wales Breakfast Rotary Club. The club donated about 175 dictionaries to the fifth graders at JHW and neighboring Spook Hill Elementary School.
Each year the local breakfast Rotary Club joins other Florida Rotary Clubs to ensure that all fifth grade students in the state receive a dictionary.
`These dictionaries are intended to be taken home for the student and family`s use,` said Ly... Click to read full story ... |  | | Janie Howard Wilson Elementary School fifth grade students, from left, Breanna, Willasha and Bethanie, use their new dictionaries to find important facts. |
By: Donna Pittman e-mail communication
Friday, November 06, 2009
Donor: Kiwanis Club of Warrington
Here are some pictures that were taken when the Warrington Kiwanis Club went to St. John Catholic School in Warrington, FL to distribute third grade dictionaries.Click to read full story ... |  | |
By: Joe Callahan Ocala.com
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Donor: ACA Construction Group
South Ocala Elementary third-grader Lamaya smiled Monday as she flipped through the red Webster`s dictionary, one of about 100 paperbacks presented to her and her peers.
`I have three at home,` Lamaya said as she sat beside teacher Cristy Allison, who reminded the class the new reference books would be kept in their desks.
It was the last of 10 dictionary presentations spearheaded by ACA Construction Group, the company building a new South Ocala elementary behind the aging one.
In all, 4,000 dictionaries were given to third-graders at 30 schools throughout Marion County as part of the national Dictionary Project.
... Click to read full story ... |  | | Third-grader Sammyris looks through her new dictionary at South Ocala Elementary on Monday. photo by Alan Youngblood/Star-Banner |
By: Philip Dahlinger letter
Monday, October 19, 2009
Donor: Zephyrhills Elks Lodge # 2731
On October 6, our Elks Lodge personally delivered over 160 dictionaries to the 3rd grade students at West Zephyrhills Elementary School in Zephyrhills, Florida. Based on the many thank-you letters that we have received from those students, our gifts of the dictionaries were very well received and appreciated.
Attached are two of the letters that we have received. These letters are typical of the ones sent to us. We thought you would appreciate hearing from a few of the recepients.
We truly appreciate your role in this very educational project. We look forward to providing more dictionaries to 3rd graders next year.
Si... Click to read full story ... |  | |
By: - Daily News
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Donor: Okaloosa Republican Women
Hayden, a third grade student from Elliott Point Elementary School, shows off her name she printed on the dictionary just given to her, along with other third graders at the scool. The dictionaries were presented by the Republican Women of Okaloosa Federated. The group gave dictionaries to students at eight county schools and two youth programs. Click to read full story ... |  | | Pictured from left with Hayden are President Marijo Straus, Literacy Chair Gayle Blumberg and Vice President Hulda Mahlum. |
By: Joseph Luciano Palm Beach Daily News
Sunday, October 04, 2009
Donor: Kiwanis Club of Flagler Sunrise
Kiwanis Club of Flagler Sunrise recently presented fifth-graders at Palm Beach Public School with their own copy of Webster`s International Atlas.
The pupils, their teacher Victoria Dickerson, and Assistant Principal Esther Garcia gathered in the school courtyard to accept the donation.
`It was a beautiful gesture,` Garcia said.
The club conducts a fundraiser for the Atlas project each July. This year, the club raised $624, including a $200 corporate contribution from the Law Firm of Eddie Stephens. Stephens is a member and former president of the club.
The club also donated more than 100 boxes of school suppl... Click to read full story ... |  | | Fifth graders at Palm Beach Public School accept their copies of 'Webster's International Atlas' from the Kiwanis Club of Flagler Sunrise. Pupils in the front, from l... |
By: Barbara Routen Brandon News & Tribune
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Donor: Brandon Elks Lodge 2383
Brandon Elks Lodge 2383 will have presented dictionaries to 300 third-graders at Alafia and Nelson elementary schools and Nativity Catholic School by Oct. 16, the anniversary of dictionary writer Noah Webster`s birth. Inside the cover of each book is the Elks` motto: `Elks Care-Elks Share` and the lodge name.
The Dictionary Project is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the reading, writing and creative thinking of students by distributing as many dictionaries as possible.
The Elks` sponsorship and distribution of the books also helps other youth projects, said Jim Turner , past exalted ruler and lodge projec... Click to read full story ...
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By: Richard Helton e-mail communication
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Donor: The Acreage/Loxahatchee Rotary Club
For the fourth year in a row The Acreage/Loxahatchee Rotary Club has conducted a Dictionary Project in which we have given dictionaries to all the third graders in six elementary schools. This year we gave over 700 dictionaries to the third graders in the six schools. Ours is a small club, 12 active members, however this is a project that we love to do and intend to continue doing it every year. Click to read full story ... | | Benoist Farms Elementary School, Royal Palm Beach |
By: Azia Li Forrest The Villages Daily Sun
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Donor: Rotary Club of The Villages
Members of The Rotary Club of The Villages gave the gift of knowledge Wednesday morning.
The group made a special trip to The Villages Elementary of Lady Lake to distribute dictionaries to third-graders.
The Rotarians visited each third-grade class at the school, and each student received his or her own volume of `Webster`s Dictionary for Students.`
Nick Martucci, a Rotary member from the Village of Rio Grande, said his and his fellow Rotarians` presence was part of Rotary International`s participation in the Dictionary Project — a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization that helps students complete the school year as creative wr... Click to read full story ...
By: - Lehigh Acres Citizen
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Donor: Lee County Rotary Clubs
Every third-grade student in the Lee County School District will receive a free gift, thanks to the efforts of local Rotary Clubs. Members of the 12 Lee County Rotary Clubs joined forces to take The Dictionary Project countywide, said Joe Donzelli, a spokesman with the school system.
Representatives of the Clubs met in late April to make the commitment that no third-grader in Lee County will be overlooked. And thus was born: `Read Across Lee County.`
At 10 a.m. Friday, October 2, Rotarians will fan out across the District delivering approximately 10,000 dictionaries including bilingual editions to all third-grade student... Click to read full story ...
By: press release Clay Today
Thursday, August 06, 2009
Donor: Rotary Club of Orange Park Sunrise
The Rotary Club of Orange Park Sunrise recently presented donations to five local non-profit organizations -- The Food Pantry of Green Cove Springs, Council on Aging, Bri`s Endless Horizons, The Clothes Closet and The Dictionary Project, through which the Rotary provides dictionaries to elementary students in Clay County. The funds were raised during the club`s annual `Kentucky Derby/Casino Night.` Click to read full story ...
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By: Don Browning e-mail communication
Monday, April 20, 2009
Donor: The Gammons Charitable Foundation
At another recent program sponsored by Gammons in Gadsden County
Florida, Lt Governor Jeff Kottkamp asked one of the children what a
role model was. A young third grader raised his hand and answered, `It is a person who helps you find the correct path in life.` We were
all assembled to present Dictionaries and the Archambault Telescope to the Gadsden County children.
The now famous Archambault Telescope was named in honor of Shuttle Commander Lee Archambault who just returned to earth from a mission to the International Space Station.
Col. Archambault is still debriefing from the important mission but
too... Click to read full story ... | |
By: - The Westside Gazette
Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Donor: Kiwanis Club of Central Broward
Kiwanis of Central Broward donated more than 730 dictionaries to seven elementary schools in the 33311 zip code area.
The Dictionary Project was adopted in 2007/2008 by Kiwanis International, and this year, Central Broward continued the project by donating dictionaries to all third grade students at Dillard, Larkdale, Martin Luther King, Sunland Park, Broward Estates, Rock Island, and Westwood Heights Elementary schools.
The Aktion Club of Wingate Oaks of Lauderhill, Fla., a Kiwanis sponsored special needs youth group, assisted Central Broward in preparing more than 200 back packs containing dictionaries and at least two other... Click to read full story ... |  | | Central Broward member Robert McKinzie presents dictionaries and school supplies to students at Larkdale Elementary. |
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By: Ronnie Horowitz, President Florida Kiwanian
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Donor: Kiwanis Club of Jupiter-Tequesta
Mike Phillips, who has spearheaded the Dictionary Project for the past several years, once again put the program into action. On Monday morning, September 29th, our Kiwanis Club once again distributed dictionaries to all of the third graders at Jerry Thomas Elementary School. There were nine separate third grade classes. The following Kiwanians joined Mike and his wife Magda in handing out the dictionaries individually to each of the students: Kate Grangard, Ronnie Horowitz, Dr. Lee Toothman. 186 dictionaries in English as well as 12 Spanish-English versions were distributed to each teacher, the principal, Ms. Barwick, and every 3rd grade st... Click to read full story ... | |
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By: Jack Gander e-mail communication
Monday, March 30, 2009
Donor: Gulf Breeze High School Key Club
During October 2008 the Gulf Breeze Key Club delivered dictionaries to the 3rd grade students at the following schools:
Sacred Heart Cathedral School, C.A. Weis Elementary, George S. Hallmark Elementary, Spencer Bibbs Elementary, Gulf Breeze Elementary, Munson Elementary, and Oriole Beach Elementary
It was a great project. This was our second year.
... Click to read full story ... | | Gulf Breeze Key Club at Oriole Elementary School |
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Continues its tradition of delivering over 200 dictionaries to the fourth graders at Hallandale Elementary School
By: Stephen P. Cummings The South Florida Sun Times
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Donor: Kiwanis Club of Hallandale Beach
Hallandale Beach has become a `melting pot,` meshing numerous cultures within its small city limits.
The Kiwanis Club of Hallandale Beach continued its annual tradition of delivering over 200 dictionaries to the fourth graders attending Hallandale Elementary School including editions that were Spanish-English and Creole-English, meeting the needs of its diverse student body, but Principal Ludwig informed our group that nineteen different dialects were spoken among the children who are enrolled.
Mr. Chase teaches a fourth grade class with a significant number of students who speak a language other than English. He points out t... Click to read full story ... | | Becky Wright, Mr. Chase (teacher), Alex Lewy and Vice Mayor Bill Julian watch the excited students display their new dictionaries |
By: - letter
Friday, February 13, 2009
Donor: Panhandle Federated Republican Women
Florida State Sentator Don Gaetz sent a letter congratulating Panhandle Federated Republican Women`s president Vanessa Donovan for her work with the Dictionary Project. Click to read full story ... |  | | For a sixth year, Panhandle Federated Republican Women donated dictionaries and reference books to every third-grader in Bay District Schools as part of the Caring fo... |
By: - mail
Friday, February 06, 2009
Donor: Eustis Elk Lodge #1578
Eustis Elk Lodge #1578 has recently given 288 dictionaries to the third graders of Treadway and Tavares Elementary Schools, who were very excited to recieve them. Click to read full story ... |  | |
By: Elaine Allen-Emrich Charlotte Sun and Weekly Herald
Friday, January 23, 2009
Donor: North Port Rotary Club
Twenty good-natured `older` basketball players are needed to take on the internationally acclaimed Harlem Ambassadors in North Port.
Members of the North Port Rotary Club are looking for 20 players who are willing to be coached by someone who has a completely different `day job,` aren`t so great at the game and have a sense of humor.
`It`s a fundraiser for our club,` said Felix Rizk, (morning) Rotary treasurer. `Our team that a club member will be coaching should be made up of people who understand they are playing against professionals. We don`t want teenagers who are really great at the game. We want older guys who are energ... Click to read full story ...
By: Marvin Hendon e-mail communication
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Donor: Rotary Club of Sarasota Keys
We had another successful year with our dictionary project. We received several thank you letters from our students and have dozens of photos. This year the City of Sarasota presented Rotary with a proclamation declaring the third week in October as Dictionary week for the City.
Thanks again for all that you do to help stamp out illiteracy. We look forward to participating in this project every year.
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By: Susan Walden North Brevard Beacon
Monday, December 22, 2008
Donor: Titusville Sunrise Kiwanis Club
Christmas came a little early for third-graders in Oak Park Elementary School December 12.
Members of the Sunrise Kiwanis Club presented 198 dictionaries to the students for them to keep.
`I never had a dictionary, so this is really neat,` said Brianna, 8 years old. She said the number one wish on her Christmas list is a Nintendo, but said she was still happy to have the dictionary.
Classmate TyRonne, 10, was all smiles as he clutched his dictionary. `I feel good. I`m going to use this for stuff I don`t know. It`s something I can keep,` he said.
The dictionaries were designed by teachers and include more than ... Click to read full story ... | | Oak Park Elementary third graders Brianna, 8, and TyRonne, 10, accept new dictionaries from Titusville Sunrise Kiwanis Club secretary Toni Merritt, left, and teacher ... |
By: Jennifer Shea Herald-Tribune.com
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Donor: Rotary Club of Sarasota Keys
Samuel has a favorite word; it is `polysyllabic.` Samuel, an eighth-grade student at Westcoast School for Human Development, took a brief respite from his algebraic evaluation for the presentation of Webster`s best from Tony Iannacone. Iannacone is a representative of The Rotary Club of Sarasota Keys. He said the club gives out about 3,500 dictionaries a year.
Most fourth- and fifth-grade students in Sarasota have been recipients of Rotary`s largess.
Westcoast School for Human Development is a small, private Christian school with an enrollment of 60 students, kindergarten through 12th grade.
Because Westcoast`s e... Click to read full story ... |  | | From left, Davia, Tony Iannacone, Dezmon, and Marvin Hendon. Davia and Dezmon, students at Westcoast School for Human Development, received dictionaries from Iannacon... |
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By: - My Clay Sun
Friday, November 21, 2008
Donor: Rotary Club of Orange Park Sunrise, the Rotary Club of Orange Park and the Rotary Club of Keystone H
For the fourth year in a row, the Rotary Club of Orange Park Sunrise recently began distributing dictionaries to every third-grade student in Clay County, giving out more than 12,000 dictionaries.
Members of the Middleburg High Interact Club, the high school extension of Rotary, assisted by placing on the dictionaries labels with the Rotary Four-Way Test and a personalized space for the students to write their names.
This year the club received funding help for the Dictionary Project from the Rotary Club of Orange Park and the Rotary Club of Keystone Heights.
The Rotary Club of Orange Park Sunrise, which meets weekly,... Click to read full story ... | |
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By: Harriet Daniels The Gainesville Sun
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Donor: Gainesville Sunrise Rotary Club
Sitting on the edge of her seat Thursday afternoon, third-grader Asia waited eagerly to receive her very own dictionary.
`This is wonderful, thank you,` she said enthusiastically as she thumbed through the crisp pages of the paperback dictionary.
Asia, who is in Brooke Longshore`s third-grade class, was one of 66 students at Lake Forest Elementary School who received a dictionary donated by area Rotary Clubs.
`I have a dictionary, but this one has more words that I can learn,` Asia said.
Evan Pitts, treasurer of the Gainesville Sunrise Rotary Club, coordinated the annual project. Pitts and fellow Rotarian Yvon... Click to read full story ... | | Lake Forest Elementary student Alexis, 8, was among the third-graders to receive a free dictionary from area Rotary Clubs. |
By: MARIANNE PATON The Pine Island Eagle.com
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Donor: Cape Coral Rotary Club
Filing into the media center at Pine Island Elementary School, third grade students were surprised with a special gift. Present were members of the Cape Coral Rotary Club who were at the school to present each child with a free dictionary.
`These books are for you to keep and we have even placed a special sticker inside the cover where you can put your name,` said Rotarian Lisa Musial. `We hope you (the children) will enjoy the books and share them with your family.`
All third grade students attending Lee County public schools have received the free dictionaries from the countywide `Rotary Dictionary Project.` Members of the 14... Click to read full story ...
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By: JAN FERLISI PalmBeachDailyNews.com
Monday, October 06, 2008
Donor: Rotary Club of Palm Beach & Kiwanis Club of Flagler Sunrise
Two local organizations — the Rotary and Kiwanis clubs — are helping Palm Beach Public School and other students by donating thesauruses and dictionaries.
The Rotary Club of Palm Beach, as part of Rotary International`s literacy program, recently delivered thesauruses and dictionaries to the third- and fourth-graders at Palm Beach Public, Pleasant City Elementary School and UB Kinsey/Palmview School in West Palm Beach.
Rotary President Sherry Eastwood and members Charles Boyer, Riccardo Boehm and Tom Eastwood visited the three A-rated schools and distributed the books, which will be used for everyday assignments, as well as the... Click to read full story ... | | Palm Beach Public School Principal Sharon Stevens, far left, back row, shares a happy moment with others on the receipt of dictionaries and thesauruses for students a... |
By: MCKENZIE CASSIDY Cape Coral Daily Breeze
Friday, October 03, 2008
Donor: Rotary District 6960
Thousands of students were presented with free dictionaries on Friday morning from local Rotary Clubs. Part of the Rotary`s `Dictionary Project,` 14 local clubs handed out a dictionary to every third grade student in the Lee County School District.
Rotarians have been distributing dictionaries to local schools for the last eight years, explained Bill Barrett, who directed the Dictionary Project along with Steve Hawks.
`Originally, it started with Rotarians in east Fort Myers who worked with one school. We thought what a wonderful program to bring to the school district and impact the life of every third grader,` said Barrett.<... Click to read full story ...
By: - news-press.com
Thursday, October 02, 2008
Donor: Rotary District 6960
Every Lee County Public Schools third-grade student will receive a free dictionary, thanks to the efforts of the District 6960 Rotary Clubs. Members of the 14 Lee County Rotary Clubs joined forces to take Rotary`s Dictionary Project countywide.
Representatives of the clubs met in late April to make the commitment that no third-grader in Lee County would be overlooked. And thus was born: `Read Across Lee County.` At 10 a.m. on Friday, Rotarians will fan out across Lee County delivering the 10,000 dictionaries – including bilingual editions – to all third-grade pupils.
The Rotary Clubs ordered and paid for the dictionaries, and... Click to read full story ...
By: - West Jacksonville Rotary website
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Donor: Rotary Club of West Jacksonville
Dictionary Project - For the second year in a row, the Rotary Club of West Jacksonville sponsored 1,800 dictionaries to distribute to 3rd grade students at 8 local elementary schools. The books are hand delivered to the students by Rotarians, and a short presentation of the Four Way Test is given to each class. Click to read full story ...
Thursday, July 03, 2008 05:07
Donor: Rotary Club of Wakulla County
The Rotary Club of Wakulla County held its annual Installation Banquet this past Thursday evening, June 26, 2008 at the Bistro at Wildwood. Jo Anne Strickland, Rotary President for the 2007-2008 year presided over the festivities, thanking fellow members for their service throughout the past year.
Assistant Rotary District Governor Sylvia White and Past Rotary District Governor Ivan Johnson were special guests for the evening. White began the awards presentations by awarding the prestigious Presidents Citation Award to Jo Anne Strickland.
Strickland presented several Service Awards to those Rotarians who she felt had `steppe... Click to read full story ... |  | | Sylvia White presents Jo Anne Strickland with President's Citation Award. |
By: Cecilia Bryant
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Donor: Rotary Clubs of Duval County
The Duval County Rotary Clubs were pleased to deliver 10,199 dictionaries to all the third-grade students in the Duval County Public School System. The funds donated to acquire the dictionaries were from the Children`s Commission of Duval County, a Rotary District 6970 simplified grant, and donations by various clubs.
With the approval of the Duval County School Board, Rotarians were able to deliver all dictionaries to the individual students in their classrooms, inscribing each student`s name in their dictionary. The responses of the teachers and students have been overwhelming. We have dozens of `thank you` letters from students... Click to read full story ...
Saturday, March 01, 2008
Donor: Rotary Club of Wakulla County
The Rotary Club of Wakulla County gifted each third grader in the Wakulla County school system with a brand new dictionary of their very own. Students at Crawfordville, Shadeville, and Medart Elementary Schools, as well as students at C.O.A.S.T. Charter school, received dictionaries. The project was carried out in February of 2008.
Please click on the link to view the complete photo gallery. Click to read full story ...
By: KATHERINE MANCIL SPECIAL TO THE STAR-BANNER
Friday, December 14, 2007
Donor: Multiple
MARION COUNTY - What makes people successful is being able to read and write,` Todd Duffy said Thursday, just before he and Barry Mansfield presented each of the third-graders at Maplewood Elementary School their own dictionary.
`This is a very powerful book. Even today, I use a dictionary on a weekly basis,` Duffy said.
More than 3,400 third-graders in Marion County Public Schools have now received a dictionary, free of charge, thanks to a nationwide project that has been conducted locally for the fourth year in a row.
The Dictionary Project pairs local business leaders with elementary schools to provide students with th... Click to read full story ... |  | | Rafael, 9, rushes to look up a word in the his new dictionary at South Ocala Elementary School on Thursday. This is the fifth year Ausley Construction, ACA Constructi... |
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Donor: Rotary Club Of Placida
Here are the photos of The Rotary Club Of Placida giving the dictionaries to Vineland Elementary School recently. Click to read full story ... |  | |
By: - The News Herald
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Donor: Panhandle Federated Republican Women`s Club
Members of the Panhandle Federated Republican Women`s Club delivered dictionaries and reference books to St. Andrew School as part of a fifth-year effort to donate books to every third-grader in Bay District Schools. Click to read full story ... |  | | From left are Republican Women`s Club members Vanessa Donovan and Betty Malin, school Principal Patricia Weber and Club member Chandra Malamud. Students are Nikkaro,... |
By: Jason Wermers
Saturday, October 06, 2007
Donor: Bonita Springs Rotary Club
If your third-grader starts spouting off facts, such as naming the longest word in the English language, the planets in the solar system or the capitals of various countries, thank your local Rotary Club.
Members of the Rotary Clubs of Lee County joined forces and fanned out to 55 Lee public elementary and K-8 schools Friday to distribute more than 9,000 dictionaries that include those and other facts, as well as definitions.
All 6,500 third-graders, along with 200 second-grade teachers, received a copy of `A Student`s Dictionary.` Schools have extras to hand out for new third-graders as well.
Scott White, a Rotary Clu... Click to read full story ... |  | | Stephen Hayford/news-press.com
Carl Burnside Jr., 8, blazes through the pages of his new dictionary in an attempt to be the first student to find the word `superinte... |
By: Betty Porter Florida Today
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Donor: Kiwanis Division 11
Every public school third-grader in Brevard County has been given a dictionary through an effort called The Dictionary Project, spearheaded by Kiwanis.
The Kiwanis Division 11, made up of 11 Kiwanis clubs based in areas from Barefoot Bay to Titusville, recently was commended by state officials for having 100 percent participation in the project.
`The dictionaries are valuable tools for children to use in the schools and they can carry them forward to fourth and fifth grades,` said Martin Hindsley, the lieutenant governor for District 11.
`I am very proud of the good work of these clubs. The fact that 100 percent (all 11 cl... Click to read full story ...
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Donor: Kiwanis Club of North Miami Beach - Sunny Isles
After making our distribution at Little River Elementary School in Miami, we were packing up to leave when one of the teachers came back to tell us about a pupil who came to class that morning complaining of a bellyache. All morning he kept telling her that his belly hurt. She noticed that on the way back to class, this pupil was thumbing through his new dictionary - and when they got back to the room he announced to her that he was `in agony`.
Thanks for a great project. Click to read full story ... |  | | Members of the Kiwanis Club of North Miami Beach - Sunny Isles present dictionaries to third grade students in Miami. |
By: Bill Harber Press Release
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Donor: Kiwanis Club of Plantation
Every third grade student in the City of Plantation , and two nearby elementary schools, now has their own personal dictionary, thanks to the KIWANIS Club of Plantation. KIWANIANS led by chairperson John Pfau distributed more that 1,100 books to the students of eight elementary schools. Along with the dictionary, the student will take home a letter from the school`s principal that explains the `DICTIONARY PROJECT` and identifies the KIWANIS Club of Plantation as the donors of the books.
Each school held a special third grade assembly during which the school principal and John Pfau spoke to the st... Click to read full story ... |  | | Principal Kenneth King, speaking to the assembly of third graders at Larkdale Elementary School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, shows the dictionary the students will re... |
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By: Lynn Matthews
Friday, April 27, 2007
Donor: Kiwanis Club of Cape Canaveral - Port Canaveral
Allen McCormick has led The Dictionary Project in our Kiwanis District for three years. He started by encouraging our club, Cape Canaveral - Port Canaveral Kiwanis, to donate dictionaries to the school that we sponsor, Cape View Elementary in Cape Canaveral, FL. He then promoted the project to other clubs in our District, District 11, and other Districts in the Florida Kiwanis organization. This year, all 12 clubs in Florida Kiwanis District 11 donated dictionaries to schools. He is a strong advocate of The Dictionary Project and a true believer in the power of words for kids. Click to read full story ... | | Allen McCormick presenting dictionaries in the Media Center of Cape View Elementary School in Cape Canaveral. |
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Friday, April 20, 2007
Donor: Key West Sunrise Rotary Club
The Key West Sunrise Rotary Club recently sponsored a dictionary program for all 3 rd graders in Monroe County as part of Rotary International`s Literacy Month for March. Supplying all of the 3 rd graders in the county with the dictionaries is part of a national campaign called The Dictionary Project (dictionaryproject.org). The program strives to expand the reading capabilities of all students throughout the country as a stepping stone for success.
The dictionaries each contain a label applied by the Youth Act kids at Horace O`Bryant Middle School. The label carries the Rotary`s 4-way test, guiding all of the... Click to read full story ... | | At Plantation Key Elementary School. |
By: Rhea Taie-Tehran
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Donor: Kiwanis Clubs of Divsion 24
Below you will find the `Dictionary Project` activity in Division 24:
The Kiwanis Club of Hollywood delivered 24 dictionaries to the McNicol Community Center yesterday. They made the presentation of bean bag chairs and a Kiwanis reading rug, too.
The Kiwanis Club of Hallandale Beach delivered 186 dictionaries to Hallandale Elementary School on March 22. I think that Steve Cummings submitted photos to the Florida Kiwanian.
The Kiwanis Club of Weston delivered 50 to City of Hope (after school program), 30 to the Salvation Army (for their after school program), 25 to Sunset School, and 15 to ... Click to read full story ...
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By: Jack Gander, Gulf Breeze Kiwanis Advisor
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Donor: Gulf Breeze Key Club
On Nov. 14, 2006 Gulf Breeze Key Club requested a $500.00 grant from the Florida District for a Dictionary Project. The $500.00 grant was issued at the end of Jan 07. Five hundred and four dictionaries called `The Best Dictionary for Students` were ordered on Feb 15, 2007 for a donation of $504.00.
The Key Club received the dictionaries on Feb 28, 2007. On March 7, 2007 the Gulf Breeze Key Club members (30) placed a sticker of the `Key Club International Logo` on the inside cover of each dictionary. We also placed a sticker showing that the dictionary was donated by the Gulf Breeze Key Club.
During March & April our ... Click to read full story ... | | Members of the Gulf Breeze Key Club pose with students at Oriole Beach Elementary School, one of seven schools where the Key Club gave dictionaries to the third grade... |
By: Donna Pittman
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Donor: Kiwanis Club of Warrington
The Kiwanis Club of Warrington, FL distributed approximately 240 dictionaries to third grade students in the Warrington area. Those schools receiving dictionaries were: Warrington Elementary, Navy Point Elementary, Edgewater Elementary, St. John`s Catholic, and Redeemer Lutheran. `Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time.` Our dedication to children and their well-being is prime to every Kiwanian. We applaud the efforts of The Dictionary Project as a method of helping children with their academics. Click to read full story ...
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Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Donor: Kiwanis Clubs of Florida
Florida Kiwanis District Governor Phil Yorston loves the Dictionary Project. `Reading is so fundamental,` he says, and the Kiwanis involvement in the project `is making a difference` for the children of Florida.
`If another organization is already furnishing dictionaries, furnish Atlases or Thesauruses . The object is to get the children to read,` Yorston wrote in a message to Kiwanians throughout the state. Dozens of Florida Kiwanis Clubs have sponsored dictionary projects this school year, many for the first time.
The accompanying photos are from the distribution carried out by Clubs in the greater Tallahassee, ... Click to read full story ... | |
By: Ann McCloud
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Donor: Indian River Life Member Club, Telecom Pioneers
As president of the Indian River Life Member Club, Telecom Pioneers of America, it has been a pleasure to be involved with The Dictionary Project. We have served three local schools and plan to continue your project to at least three additional schools this year. We have also been delivering the students their very own writing pens which have been very well received. We were able to find brightly colored pens for a reasonable price at WalMart. The children have written letters of appreciation and mention how much they are enjoying using their writing pens along with their dictionaries.
Thank you for providing the dictionaries for... Click to read full story ...
By: H. Scott Smith
Friday, March 30, 2007
Donor: Golden Triangle Kiwanis Club
While our Golden Triangle Kiwanis Club did contribute 936 dictionaries to the third graders in the Lake County School District, we failed to take pictures. We were so busy handing out the dictionaries and watching the joy of the students that we did not think about pictures. In many cases, this dictionary was the FIRST book these children had ever received. Many of us have never lived in such poverty, and this fact made a major impact on our Club. We have voted to budget enough in next year`s budget to provide Thesauruses for the same group of children (who will then be fourth graders).
We received a request for an additional 300... Click to read full story ...
By: Steve Cummings, South Florida Sun Times
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Donor: Kiwanis Club of Hallandale Beach
The Florida District of Kiwanis International has set a goal for its 2006-2007 administrative year asking all 300 clubs within the state of Florida to place a dictionary in the hands of each third grade student.
There have been continuing discussions concerning the subject of child literacy across our nation. While there has been progress, there remains an undeniable lack of reading opportunities for many of our children.
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, 78 percent of low income children were read to frequently by an adult in 2005 compared to just 68... Click to read full story ... |  | | Kiwanis members Sgt. Martin Shorkey, Steve Cummings, Arturo O`Neill, Joe Kessel (Club Vice President), Becky Wright (Club President), Dr. Joe Amunategui II and School... |
By: Eileen Brotherton, Public Relations Chairwoman Press Release
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Donor: Kiwanis Club of Big Lagoon
The Kiwanis Club of Big Lagoon recently presented each third grader at Pleasant Grove and Blue Angels Elementary Schools with their very own Dictionary, and also presented an Atlas to each third grader at Hellen Caro and Hallmark Elementary Schools. The total number of books presented was over 450 and was valued at over $1,500. The Dictionary Project is a national non-profit organization that solicits sponsors to provide a dictionary or atlas to every third grade student with the goal of assisting all students to complete the school year as good writers, active readers and creative thinkers.
Florida Kiwanis Governor H. Philli... Click to read full story ... |  | | Kiwanians Paul Dickson, Pat McCormick, Curtis Brotherton, Cleo Hill and Dave Herman present dictionaries to Mrs. Rickman`s 3rd Grade Pleasant Grove Class as Dave answ... |
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Donor: Kiwanis Club of Palm Harbor
Don`t buy your third grader a dictionary. The Palm Harbor Kiwanis Club has got you covered. Last week, the club gave 130 dictionaries to third graders at Highland Lakes Elementary School, and the Kiwanis has about a thousand more for third-grade students in other Palm Harbor, East Lake, and Oldsmar schools. The club`s objective is to get a dictionary into the hands of every third grader in the local public elementary schools. Click to read full story ...
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By: Mark S. Schantz The Suncoast News
Saturday, March 17, 2007
Donor: Kiwanis Club of Palm Harbor
PALM HARBOR--This month the vocabularies of area elementary school students will be given a boost through efforts of the Palm Harbor Kiwanis.
Carl Heifetz, Kiwanis spokesman, said members plan to distribute 1,224 dictionaries to third graders in 11 area elementary schools. This year`s mission of Kiwanis Clubs throughout the state is to provide a dictionary to every third-grade youngster.
`This is a really good dictionary that they can use throughout their schooling,` Heifetz said.
The Palm Harbor-Oldsmar-East Lake area has a particularly large number of elementary schools compared with other areas of the county, he... Click to read full story ... | | The Palm Harbor Kiwanis Club donated dictionaries to students at Sutherland Elementary School. |
By: Joe Taylor Marco Island Sun Times
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Donor: Marco Island Kiwanis Club
Marco Island Kiwanis will sponsor Bluegrass in Paradise Saturday, March 24, from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. at the CAP hangar at Marco Island Executive Airport.
Kiwanis organizers said the event, featuring local and regional bluegrass bands, will benefit the Kiwanis Scholarship Fund.
Admission is $10, but children under age 12 are free.
Food by Porky`s Last Stand will be available, but no alcohol or coolers may be brought into the concert area.
Bluegrass lovers are asked to bring their own chairs.
Meanwhile, the Kiwanis Club continues fund-raising activities in the community.
A benefit golf tournament will be held May 12 at the... Click to read full story ...
By: Will Brown Tallahassee Democrat
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Donor: Kiwanis District 3, Florida
It`s been established that children say the darndest things. Area third-graders will now have an opportunity to look up the darn things they say.
The Kiwanis Club gave dictionaries to almost 3,500 third-graders in Leon, Gadsden, Jefferson, Taylor and Madison counties on Tuesday. It was the organization`s annual first ladies project. Nearly a dozen area Kiwanis clubs paid for the dictionaries through local fundraisers.
Kiwanis District 3 Lt. Gov. Nancy Shank presented the dictionaries Tuesday morning at Gilchrist Elementary to Leon County Schools Superintendent Jackie Pons and Gilchrist Principal Scotty Crowe.
`We are ho... Click to read full story ...
By: Bill Zobus
Friday, March 09, 2007
Donor: Rotary Club of Pompano Beach-Lighthouse
Pictured are a few of the 16 thank-you letters received by Pompano Beach-Lighthouse Rotary Club from the Cypress Elementary School in Pompano Beach from students and teachers. This totals 22 letters from the 1,748 third graders who received dictionaries in Pompano Beach and Coconut Creek schools.
Most of the students in these schools come from low-income families. If these students` reading scores increase, the Rotarians of Pompano Beach-Lighthouse can feel they had a small part in aiding young students increase their education.
... Click to read full story ... |  | | Some of the letters of thanks received by the Rotary Club of Pompano Beach-Lighthouse. |
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Donor: Rotary Club of Baker County
Westside Elementary third graders each received a copy of `A Student`s Dictionary` from members of the Baker County Rotary Club on January 29. According to Rotarian Cindy Ray, one of the main projects of the national Rotary organization for 2007 is the promotion of literacy. The dictionaries are published by the Dictionary Project, Inc. of Sullivan`s Island, SC, and the book`s cover features the quote, `The limits of your language are the limits of your world.--Ludwig Wittgenstein.`
The Baker County Rotary Club also gave dictionaries to the students at Macclenny Elementary School. Click to read full story ... |  | | Pictured are students from Ms. Gray`s class at Westside Elementary. Front row from left: Dalton, Rotarian Cindy Ray, Megan, Andrea, Chance. Second row: Jimmy, Alyssa... |
By: Sue Wetherington
Monday, January 29, 2007
Donor: Rotary Club of Brooksville
Last year, the Rotary Club of Brooksville distributed dictionaries to the third grade students in three elementary schools on the east side of Hernando County. The project was a success for the members who participated and the response from the students and teachers was gratifying. This year we decided to expand the project to include third grade students in all eleven elementary schools in the county by asking the other Rotary Clubs in Hernando County to participate. In addition to the Rotary Club of Brooksville, the Rotary Club of Spring Hill Central and the Rotary Club of Spring Hill also participated.
We applied for and rece... Click to read full story ... |  | | Rotary Club members distribute books to third grade students. |
By: Madelon Eisenberg Good News Gazette
Monday, January 29, 2007
Donor: Port Orange Elementary PTA
Two years ago I discovered the Dictionary Project on the Wisteria catalogue order form. I brought the project to the PTA board and they also felt that it was very worthwhile. Last year we purchased the dictionaries from your organization. This year, I expanded the project to include parent volunteers and a series of 10 mini-lessons related to dictionary use. Our local Rotary Club provided certificates of completion to all of our third graders. Thank you so much! Click to read full story ...
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By: William J. Zobus
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Donor: Rotary Club of Pompano Beach-Lighthouse
Pompano Beach-Lighthouse Rotary Club recently completed the biggest and most important project that any member can remember in 23 years plus of serving the community. On Tuesday, January 23, 2007 three teams of two Rotarians each delivered 1,628 dictionaries to all the third graders in Pompano Beach and Coconut Creek public schools.
But how did this project come about? Club secretary and project chair Bill Zobus relates that he had heard of the dictionary project for years but did not know where to secure books at an affordable cost. Zobus is new to south Florida but is a long time Rotarian of 3... Click to read full story ... | | Rotarians place Rotary labels inside dictionaries to ready them for distribution. |
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By: Andrew Tan The Gainesville Sun
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Donor: Alachua County Rotary Clubs
Alachua County third-graders now will be able to define their `world,` `galaxy` and `universe.`
The Alachua County Rotary Clubs handed out 2,200 dictionaries with a picture of Earth on the cover, titled `A Student`s Dictionary,` on Tuesday as part of a nationwide effort called The Dictionary Project.
Lateria, a third-grade student at Lake Forest Elementary, said she`s happy to get her new dictionary.
`I can see words I don`t know,` she said.
School Principal Frank Burns said the new dictionaries can help students become better at researching. It`s a process that requires practice, he said.
Burns said Lake Fo... Click to read full story ... | | Lake Forest Elementary School third-graders Kendolyn, right, and Artiana look through their new dictionaries on Tuesday. Alachua County Rotary Clubs handed out dictio... |
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By: Ursula Virgens
Monday, January 15, 2007
Donor: Kiwanis Club of Indian River
The Kiwanis distributed dictionaries to third graders at Sherwood Elementary, Suntree Elementary and University Park Elementary, all in Melbourne, Florida. We received thank you notes from the students; a few are reproduced below (as written).
I would say, without a doubt, that this project, undertaken by the Kiwanis Club, is definitely a success.
From Kenneth:
Oct: 26 Thank you for The dictionary I really liked it it helps me alot with spelling. thank you so much indian River, Viera thanks
From Taylor:
Dear Indian River, Viera for the dictionary. I like it very much. It is a cool dictio... Click to read full story ... | | Third grade students at Suntree Elementary express their fondness for their new dictionaries. |
By: Dawn Helms
Sunday, January 14, 2007
Donor: Rotary Club of Crestview
The Dictionary Project was so rewarding. After my husband and I presented dictionaries to my hometown, Lockhart, Alabama, Crestview Rotarians got all enthused about giving dictionaries to Crestview, Baker, and Laurel Hill, Florida schools.
After we had given all the dictionaries out, the children from each school wrote letters to our club thanking us with much enthusiasm. We also received letters from the teachers expressing what a Great Project this was! I think this will become a yearly project for us.
The Rotarian `Four Way Test` label that I was able to download was awesome. It made our presentation of such a fine dic... Click to read full story ...
By: Mike Mickler
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Donor: Rotary Club of San Jose
From October 31 to December 20, 2006, we visited 12 elementary schools and gave 1075 dictionaries to third grade students. All of the schools visited, with the one exception of Beauclerc Elementary, are at-risk schools in the Duval County School System.
Fifteen San Jose Rotarians and 12 Interact students from the Bolles School participated in distributing the dictionaries.
Schools (number of students given dictionaries): Woodland Acres Elementary (100), Biscayne Elementary (125), Lola Carver Elementary (55), Rutledge Pearson Elementary (50), Carter G. Woodson Elementary (85), Saint Clair Evans Elementary (85), Lake Forest ... Click to read full story ... |  | | San Jose Rotarians Mike Mickler (front left), Paola Parra-Harris (front right), Dianne Clarke (front center left), and Interact students from the Boelles School prepa... |
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By: Open House Ministries newsletter
Sunday, December 31, 2006
Donor: Open House Ministries
Volunteers from University Baptist Church of Coral Gables made new friends in Homestead last Saturday, December 9, 2006. Volunteers and children were `buddied-up` to build bookshelves and select a few books from UBC`s book drive. Many of the children did not have books of their very own before this project. Each child also received a new dictionary through the Dictionary Project of Charleston, SC.
All the children were very proud of their shelves, but the best part of the day was volunteers and children reading together, sharing their favorite stories. `It was wonderful to see the children excited about reading,` said Leah Crowle... Click to read full story ... | |
North Sumter Primary pupils receive gift of new dictionaries
By: Patricia Steele Daily Sun
Friday, December 22, 2006
Donor: Kiwanis Club of Wildwood
WILDWOOD—While Santa Claus listened to breathless Christmas wishes Monday from pupils of North Sumter Primary School , Therm Nichols, a member of the Wildwood Kiwanis Club, doled out a gift that perhaps none of the 125 third graders requested, but each will benefit from.
`We are making sure that all third graders at the primary school receive their own personal dictionary, compliments of the Wildwood Kiwanis Club,` Nichols said. `Florida Kiwanis Clubs decided to give children in the third grade throughout the state dictionaries, and our members thought it was a great idea.`
Nichols, a Villa... Click to read full story ... |  | | Therm Nichols of the Wildwood Kiwanis Club passes out dictionaries to third graders Karla and Ryan at North Sumter Primary School in Wildwood. photo by Bill Mitchell... |
By: Mary Anne Beasley
Friday, December 22, 2006
Donor: Rotary Club of Viera
Accompanying you will find a picture left to right of our Club President, Debbie Warren, Teacher - Mrs. Caruso, Parent-Teacher Organization Member - Joanie Heissenbuttel, and Principal of Quest Elementary School - Hilah Mercer, with classroom members being presented a dictionary. Additionally the Rotary Club of Viera gave dictionaries to two other elementary schools in Viera (Manatee Elementary and Ralph Williams Elementary) for a total of 333. Thank you for allowing us to participate in this project. Click to read full story ... |  | | (left to right) Viera Rotary Club President, Debbie Warren; Teacher, Mrs. Caruso; Parent-Teacher Organization Member, Joanie Heissenbuttel; and Principal of Quest Ele... |
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Donor: Brooksville Rotary Club
The Brooksville Rotary Club donated student dictionaries to all of the third-grade students in three local elementary schools in Hernando County last year as part of a literacy project. It was so successful that the club decided to expand the program to include all of the third-grade students in the Hernando County School District. This year, the Brooksville Rotary Club partnered with the Spring Hill Rotary Club and the Spring Hill Central Rotary Club to provide dictionaries to more than 1,900 third-grade students and their teachers. The clubs applied for and received a matching District Simplified Grant for $1,700 to help purchase the boo... Click to read full story ... |  | | Pictured from left are a few of the Rotarians who participated in the project: Sue Wetherington, Dr. Richard Trump, Catie Blue, Ian Foster, Brande Sanders, Billy Heal... |
Monday, November 27, 2006
Donor: Henry County Retired Teachers` Association & Lions Clubs of Henry County
In this modern age of computers, with spell-checks and thesauruses, has the usefulness of the dictionary out-lived itself? Not so, say the Henry County Retired Teachers Association and the Lions Clubs of Napoleon, Holgate, and Deshler. Talking to many of the Baby Boomers, it was discovered that quite a few still own that dictionary that got them through High School and even college.
The Henry County Retired Teachers` Association, in coordination with the Lions Clubs of Henry County, is undergoing a project for the second consecutive year to provide the dictionaries to every third grade student in the county ... Click to read full story ... |  | |
By: Pamela Ridley Tallahassee Sunset Rotary Club
Monday, November 27, 2006
Donor: Tallahassee Sunset Rotary Club
On October 18 Tallahassee Sunset Rotary Club delivered over 100 dictionaries to all 3rd grade students at Pineview Elementay School in Tallahassee. Under the leadership of President, Charles ` Chas ` Shockley and Community Service Chair, Pam Ridley these kids were so delighted to have their very own dictionary.
Other members participating in this literacy project were Debbie Williams, Jaimi Wacksman, John Dickson, Steve Lohbeck and Patrick Hurley ... Click to read full story ... |  | | Jaimi Wacksman |
By: RYAN BOYD Sun Herald
Thursday, November 09, 2006
Donor: Englewood`s Noon Rotary Club
And Englewood`s Noon Rotary Club is making sure students in Englewood understand the meaning of the phrase.
On Wednesday, members of the service club passed out dictionaries to fourth-graders at Englewood Elementary School.
`(People) hear us talk about the importance of literacy,` said Michelle McCarthy, president of the Noon Rotary Club. `This is a good way for the Noon Rotary to do that. This is our local project to help the kids here in Englewood.`
Roughly six members of the Rotary Club handed out 85 dictionaries in four classrooms. The students were excited at the chance to expand their knowledge.
`With these dictiona... Click to read full story ...
Crestview club donates 700-plus dictionaries to third-grade students in North Okaloosa County
By: Jill Nolin Northwest Florida Daily News
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Donor: Rotary Club of Crestview
Free dictionary: n. A fun thing to get if you`re a third-grader in North Okaloosa County eager to learn new words.
Ecstasy: n. Looking up a word in that new, free dictionary.
Or so it seemed Monday morning when Crestview Rotarians delivered more than 700 dictionaries to third-graders in the north end.
Shoulders hunched and eyebrows furrowed, Northwood third-grader Amber zipped her fingers up and down the columns of words as she raced to find `literacy.`
It`s the kind of enthusiasm the Crestview Rotary Club hopes she and other third-graders will have when working toward their own literacy.
`I want you ... Click to read full story ... |  | | Walker Elementary School third-grader Tyrell reads along as a classmate reads the definition of the word `literacy` Monday morning. photo by Jill Nolin, Daily News |
By: Bill Zobus The Pompano Beach-Lighthouse Rotalite Newsletter
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Donor: The Pompano Beach-Lighthouse Rotalite
Six brave Rotarians entered the world of the little people last Tuesday about 9:30 A.M. armed with only dictionaries and a camera. John McPhail, Bob Simon, Jack Rosen, John Diehl and Robert McCausland visited the five rooms of third classes at the Charles Drew Elementary School . 120 dictionaries were presented the exuberant students. Bill Zobus documented the event with his camera, but at times he was not sure if he would survive once the camera was seen. A motion was made to sponsor the boys and girls club of Pompano Beach . Reports were heard form McPhail on the Nautical flee market, Entertainment coupon book by Larry Mellgren.... Click to read full story ...
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Thursday, October 19, 2006
Donor: Kiwanis Club of Flagler Sunrise
PAHOKEE - Kiwanis Club of Flagler Sunrise (KFS) of West Palm Beach donated 98 dictionaries on Monday, Oct. 16, to third grade students in five classes at Pahokee Ele mentary School .
KFS Board member Gary R. Nikolits, CFA, made the presenta tion to school Principal Vivian M. Green, Ed. S.
`We are happy to be here today to present your students with their very own dictionary,` said Mr. Nikolits. `Our school is very thank ful to Kiwanis Flagler Sunrise for this generous donation to our stu dents,` said Mrs. Green.
... Click to read full story ... | | Palm Beach County Property Appraiser, Gary R. Nikolits, CFA, made a presentation to Pahokee Elementary School Principal Vivian M. Green, Ed.S., and Syrenthia Boldin, ... |
By: ANDREW MEACHAM, HELEN ANNE TRAVIS, and SAUNDRA AMRHEIN
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Donor: Rotary Club of Tampa East
Neighborhood briefs
By ANDREW MEACHAM, HELEN ANNE TRAVIS, and SAUNDRA AMRHEIN
Published September 29, 2006
SUN CITY CENTER
The International Forum of Sun City Center will hold a panel discussion on Italy from 9:30 a.m. to noon Oct. 13. The program will be in the Florida Room of the Atrium Building off N Pebble Beach Boulevard.
The speakers include a former U.S. Army officer who was also a NATO logistics officer based in Verona; a former State Department officer who served in Venice, Rome and Milan; a former instructor at the University of Florence who now coordinates Italian studies at the Univ... Click to read full story ...
By: By MARGIE KACOHA Palm Beach Daily News
Friday, September 22, 2006
Donor: Kiwanis Club of Flagler Sunrise
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Justin, 8, a third-grader at Palm Beach Public School, speaks with Roger Harris of the Kiwanis Club. `My parents say that when you get home you have to read first. So this is a dream come true for me to have a dictionary I can take home to look up words,` Justin said
Rafael now holds the world of words in his hand. The 9-year-old Palm Beach Public School pupil was one of 120 children to receive a free dictionary Thursday.
It was a gift from the Kiwanis Club of Flagler Sunrise with additional support from... Click to read full story ...
Rotary group gives dictionaries to third-graders
By: Carrie Ann Perez South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Sunday, March 05, 2006
Donor: Rotary District 6930
Thousands of third-graders from Boca Raton to the Glades have Rotary International to thank the next time they need to spell a word or look up a definition.
Rotary`s District 6930 launched a literacy project this fall to distribute dictionaries to third-graders from Boca Raton to the south, up to Titusville in Brevard County to the north, said Betsy Owen, of Delray Beach, a retired teacher and the assistant district governor and chairwoman of the project.
`Vocabulary is an essential part of the learning process,` she said. `All of the major tests, PSAT, SAT, ACT, FCAT, have a language component. Rotary District 6930 wants to hel... Click to read full story ...
By: Budd Costner The Sun Herald
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Donor: Rotary District 6960, FL
Robyn Faucy, with Big Brothers and Big Sisters of the Suncoast, spoke to Rotarians on Feb. 7 at the regular Tuesday luncheon. Robyn enthusiastically explained the mission of Big Brothers and Big Sisters, by telling how their mentoring program succeeds in providing encouragement and confidence to children having problems in school.
These children are identified by teachers and counselors, then matched with mentors having expertise in the areas identified as lacking. Some of these mentor matches involve social skills, tutoring, art work, gym and other sports, reading together, talk sessions and others.
Volunteer mentoring session tak... Click to read full story ...
Friday, November 25, 2005
Donor: Marco Island Rotary Club
Students can find planets in the solar system, look at a map of the world, read biographies of United States Presidents, check out the Constitution and Declaration of Independence and even learn sign language and Braille.
`I`m thrilled that the Rotary Club donates dictionaries to our third graders and additionally, Spanish/English dictionaries to help our speakers of Spanish,` said Tommie Barfield principal Jory Westberry. `Our students are very excited about looking up definitions and perfecting their spelling at this age, so it`s not only useful now, but is a long-lasting gift.`
This is the fourth year the Marco Island Rotar... Click to read full story ...
By: Sue Keller
Thursday, November 24, 2005
Donor: Marco Island Rotary Club
Receiving a dictionary to call their own provides more than just a book full of words with definitions to the third graders at Tommie Barfield Elementary School.
Students can find planets in the solar system, look at a map of the world, read biographies of United States Presidents, check out the Constitution and Declaration of Independence and even learn sign language and Braille.
`I`m thrilled that the Rotary Club donates dictionaries to our third graders and additionally, Spanish/English dictionaries to help our speakers of Spanish,` said Tommie Barfield principal Jory Westbeny. `Our students are very excited about loo... Click to read full story ... |  | | English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) teacher Shelley Grossman and her students showing off their new English/Spanish dictionaries. Pictured are, from left, ... |
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Monday, November 14, 2005
Donor: Panhandle Federated Republican Women`s Club
The women of the Panhandle Federated Republican Women`s club were met with much appreciation when they donated dictionaries to local third-graders at Hutchinson Beach Elementary School in Panama City, FL. Click to read full story ... | | Ida Costa, member of the Panhandle Federated Republican Women, delivered dictionaries to some 3rd graders at Millville Elementary School. |
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Donor: Frostproof Rotary Club
Several members of the Frostproof Rotary Club presented over 150 dictionaries to the fifth grade students and teachers at Ben Hill Griffin, Jr. Elementary School on Friday, Oct. 21.
The Rotary Club of Frostproof is scheduled to deliver dictionaries to Dale R. Fair Babson Park Elementary later this week.
Bea Reifeis, President of the Frostproof Rotary Club, explained, `As a part of a district-wide project, we are happy to present each fifth grade student in a public school in Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough, and Polk Counties with their own dictionary to enhance their education. Rotary District 6890 will be awarding over 22,000 d... Click to read full story ...
Friday, October 07, 2005
Donor: Pioneers
Third graders at Williston Elementary School received a special gift Friday from the Williston Pioneer Sun News to help them expand their vocabulary.
`The idea is to encourage reading and reading comprehension through learning the meaning of different words,` said Kathy Richardson , editor and general manager of the newspaper and organizer of the dictionary giveaway program.
She said the literacy campaign is not only national but international in scope through the Dictionary Project. The text selected, Webster`s Classic Reference Library Encyclopedic Edition, is specially printed for youth and sho... Click to read full story ...
Friday, September 30, 2005
Donor: Lee County Rotary Club
This is the ideal picture. Kids enjoying books, reading on their own.
But outside of school, it is simply not the case for everyone.
`A lot of the boys and girls have no access to books at home,` said Gini Molhem, principal of Allen Park Elementary.
School books are school property, and often they are left at school.
Now, with the help of the Lee County Rotary Club, the school district is trying to make books more accessible.
`Citizens giving kids things that will help them in the future,` said Dr. James Browder, Lee County Scho... Click to read full story ...
Monday, September 26, 2005
Donor: West Palm Beach Kiwanis Club
The students gathered in the school cafeteria for the presentation by Kiwanis president` Theresa LePore.
Principal Andrea B. Peppers, assistant principal Esther Garcia and fifth-grade teachers Dolores Washington and Brandy Metcalf welcomed LePore and dictionary project donors.
`We are happy to be here today to present you with your very own dictionaries,` LePore told the gathering of 42 students. `Our school is so appreciative of this generous donation from Kiwanis Flagler Sunrise,:` Peppers said. `The dictionaries will be put to good use; we can assure you.`
Kiwanis Flagler Sunrise raised $2,000 in July to purch... Click to read full story ... |  | | From left: (in back) Kiwanis board member Amy Tolderlund, first vice president Eddie Stephens,, Pleasant City Elementary School principal Andrea B. Peppers, Kiwanis p... |
Local clubs donate more than 2,000 dictionaries to area schools so that youngsters can find the words to help them succeed
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
Donor: Area Rotary Clubs
It wasn`t enough for students at the West Jupiter Tutorial Center to make ice cream.
They also had to learn the definition of the ingredients.
The words we remember are the ones we`ve got the definitions for,` said Edna Runner, director of the West Jupiter Tutorial Center. `We`re playing games and we`re learning and it`s a lot of fun.`
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By: L.J. Margolis
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Donor: Kiwanis
As a kid, I`d ask my mother what a word meant or how to spell it. Her succinct response was: `Look it up.` Inevitably, my dictionary search would lead me to the discovery of more new words. I grew to love the dictionary. One of my favorite high school graduation gifts, second only to the cedar chest from my parents, was a thick dictionary.
On Aug. 15, 550 fifth-graders at seven elementary schools in Canal Point, Pahokee, Belle Glade and South Bay received a dictionary of his or her own, thanks to the Flagler Sunrise chapter of Kiwanis International. Kiwanis Flagler Sunrise is a group of business people who meet weekly in West Palm Beach... Click to read full story ...
By: Tiffany St. Martin Linda Keutmann
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Donor: Marco Island Rotary Club.
It`s difficult to decide who`s more welcoming at Northeast Mortgage — Linda Keutmann or her 5-year-old Yorkshire terrier, Brittany.
Brittany lounges on a pillow on her owner`s desk while Keutmann works. When the front door opens, she takes off, her wagging tail an invitation for visitors to rub her stomach.
Keutmann, the president of the corporation, welcomes guests with a more traditional greeting: a firm handshake and a smile.
`People don`t come to see me,` she says. `They come to see her.`
And Brittany — er, Keutmann — gets a lot of visitors, whether ... Click to read full story ...
By: From staff and wire reports TCPalm
Saturday, March 26, 2005
Donor: Stuart Sunrise Rotary Club
The Stuart Sunrise Rotary Club`s second Golf Ball `Drop` event was March 18 at Monarch Country Club in Palm City and raised $24,000.
The event consisted of chipping and putting contests, silent and live auctions and food and drinks. A helicopter dropping hundreds of golf balls to determine first-, second- and third-prize winners doubled the amount of money raised.
The rotary event raised funds for scholarships granted to local high school seniors as well as projects such a the `Dictionary Project` which gives every third-grade student in Martin County Public Schools their own dictionary.
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Deland, Florida
Thursday, March 17, 2005
Donor: -
`I am a third grade teacher at the St. Barnabas Episcopal Schoo. We are very proud of our history of excellence at this chool and are constantly looking for ways to improve the education of our studnets in order that they may be successful in every avenue of their futures.
Although we have a few dictionaries in our classroom, it was difficult when we wanted to work on dictionary skill,s as the children had to share. I wanted to get a dictionary for each child; however, the cost of that many was prohibitive for me. When I saw the article about you in an education journal, I was very excited and I immediately got in touch with you. I w... Click to read full story ...
Former students donate books to third-graders
By: Monica Bryant Steven Rogers
Tuesday, February 08, 2005
Donor: Steven G. Rogers Law Firm and Ausley Construction Inc.
by MONICA BRYANT
staff writer
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When Steve Rogers heard about a dictionary project while listening to the radio a few months ago, it sounded like a good idea. When he looked to see where the national program was being done in Florida , he found it was being done practically everywhere but in Marion County.
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Wednesday, December 01, 2004
Donor: Rotary Club of Fort Lauderdale Beach
The Rotary Club of Fort Lauderdale Beach recently donated dictionaries to several third grade classes at both Oriole and Lloyd Estates Elementary Schools in Broward County , Florida . This donation was part of Rotary’s ongoing community service efforts in our local area with the theme of providing literacy here and worldwide.
The Rotary Club of Fort Lauderdale Beach provided third grade students the opportunity to become better readers, writers and creative thinkers. Each student received their own dictionary that helps with classroom work and homework assignments.
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Students in Lehigh, districtwide get new educational tool
By: By Roger Williams Special to the News Star
Friday, October 01, 2004
Donor: Rotary Club
Carolynn flipped open her brand-spanking-new dictionary to the word `calamity.` Ten seconds later she knew what it meant: a disastrous event.
`I like it,` she said, eyeballing the book.
The third-grader then smiled and glanced in the direction of some tall adults who had just walked out of Sunshine Elementary School in Lehigh Acres. There are no calamities here, her expression seemed to say.
The adults, representing the Rotary Club and Lee County schools, had come bearing gifts. Each third-grader, about 220 of them in Sunshine alone, was getting a dictionary, thanks to the Ro... Click to read full story ... |  | | Superintendent James Browder shows Sunshine Elementary School third-grader Holli, 8, some features of her new dictionary given to her by the Lehigh Acres Rotary Club ... |
Wednesday, September 22, 2004
Donor: Daybreak and Noon Rotary Clubs
It is amazing how sometimes a small act of kindness, a good deed by a single person, can grow and evolve and end up benefiting millions of people. In this case, over a million children throughout the United States have become beneficiaries of a program began in earnest several years ago. In 1997, Mary French began donating dictionaries to low income students in her hometown of Charleston, South Carolina. That first year she donated 150 dictionaries. Soon, Rotary clubs in her area became involved in Mary`s project and the program began to grow and spread like wildfire. In fact, last year, Rotary clubs nationwide donated ov... Click to read full story ... |  | | Rotarians speak about their efforts. |
Sunday, August 01, 2004
Donor: The Rotary Club of Lehigh Acres
The Rotary Club of Lehigh Acres has taken the lead in supplying all third-graders in Lee County with Wcbster`s Dictionaries. The club has adopted Sunshine Elementary, Lehigh Elementary, Mirror Lakes Elementary and Alva Elementary in the school district. Each dictionary will have a sticker inside the front cover identifying it as a gift of the Rotary Club of Lehigh Acres and offering the 4-way test as a time honored Rotary standard by which to guide behavior for individuals: Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build good will and friendships? Will it be beneficial to all concerned?
Currently Rotary Clubs in Lee,... Click to read full story ...
Sunday, August 01, 2004
Donor: The Rotary Club of Lehigh
The Rotary Club of Lehigh Acres has taken the lead in supplying all third-graders in Lee County with Wcbster`s Dictionaries. The club has adopted Sunshine Elementary, Lehigh Elementary, Mirror Lakes Elementary and Alva Elementary in the school district. Each dictionary will have a sticker inside the front cover identifying it as a gift of the Rotary Club of Lehigh Acres and offering the 4-way test as a time honored Rotary standard by which to guide behavior for individuals: Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build good will and friendships? Will it be beneficial to all concerned?
Currently Rotary Clubs in Lee,... Click to read full story ...
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Panama City, Florida
By: S. Brady Calhoun The News Herald Page 3B
Wednesday, January 07, 2004
Donor: Republican Women
Category: Photo: Tom Needham, The News Herald
Alexis`s favorite word is `cool` -- Slang: superb, first-rate.
Her least favorite word is `homework` -- School assignments to be done at home.
Alexis,10, and every other third-grader in Bay District Schools has received a new dictionary from the Panhandle Federation of Republican Women. At Patronis Elementary School Tuesday morning the group gave away hundreds of copies of `A Student`s Dictionary.` Teachers say the dictionaries, which include reference chapters on astronomy and history, plus copies of the U.S. Constitution, are `cool`. However, they will lead to more homework.
`This will be great for a child to have a... Click to read full story ... | | Patronis Elementary School students, from left, Casey, Ashkin, and Kristin pore over their new dictionaries |
TO IVEY LANE THIRD-GRADERS , AS PART OF THE DICTIONARY PROJECT
Tuesday, May 20, 2003
Donor: Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer
ORLANDO, FL (May 20, 2003) – Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. will distribute dictionaries to approximately 80 third-graders at Orlando`s Ivey Lane Elementary School as part of The Dictionary Project.
The goal of The Dictionary Project, a partnership between the City of Orlando and Baldwin Park , is to provide a dictionary to all third-graders in Orange County Public Schools within Orlando city limits.
`We are very excited about this opportunity to support our students` learning,` said Ivey Lane Principal Darryl Weathers.
The project originated in Charleston , South Carolina and was kicked o... Click to read full story ...
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