Rotary Donates Dictionaries to Students

Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Donor: Rotary Club of Tipton
Category: Article

The Rotary Club of Tipton presented individual dictionaries to 4th grade students at Tipton Elementary School Jan. 12. The donation was made possible through an organization known as `The Dictionary Project.` The project is a nonprofit organization striving to increase literacy among elementary students across the United States. The goal is to provide children with their own personal dictionary to use at school and at home for years to come. The Rotary Club of Tipton has participated in this project for the past 5 years and this year they gave 66 fourth graders their own dictionary.

Mike Droll and Rick Fleshin represented the Ro...

Happy third graders receive books from Rotary Club of Ottumwa

By: Nancy Harms letter
Monday, January 18, 2010
Donor: Rotary Club of Ottumwa

The Rotary Club of Ottumwa donated dictionaries to students in Ottumwa Community School District, Harmony Community School District, Moravia Community School District, and Ottumwa private schools.

Monticello Rotary Club presents Dictionaries

By: Ron Newland e-mail
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Donor: Monticello Rotary Club

Dictionaries were presented to all Monticello 3 rd grade students Friday, October 2.

Rotarian Keri Boffeli, Community Service Committee Chairperson, handed out the dictionaries at Sacred Heart and Carpenter schools.

Reports back from parents state that the students were very enthusiastic to look up words. One mom was said that her daughter kept asking her words all weekend so she could use the new dictionary. All in all, the project was a big hit and we look forward to continuing this next year.
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Rotary Club of Ackley shares photo of successful dictionary project

By: Jeff Frazier e-mail communication
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Donor: Rotary Club of Ackley

Thank you to The Dictionary Project.  Your very reasonably priced and excellent dictionaries leverage our small donation into a big benefit for our local 4th graders.  This is our second year in the program and we`re sure to continue, and likely expand the number of dictionaries we can distribute.  Pictured in back of the AGWSR (Ackley, Geneva, Wellsburg, Steamboat Rock) 4th grade class are past Club president Darren Janssen and Club treasurer Josh Meyer.

Quimby American Legion Auxiliary brings dictionaries to another group of River Valley third graders

By: Shirley Perrett e-mail communication
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Donor: American Legion Auxiliary #398

We would like to share two pictures of American Legion Auxiliary #398 of Quimby, IA, presenting dictionaries to 30 third graders at the River Valley Elementary School .  These students come from four different communities.  All third, fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students in our school have these dictionaries.

Parkersburg students enjoy their new dictionaries

By: Aplington-Parkersburg third grade teachers and students letter
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Donor: South Carolina Dictionary Project

Dear Mary French,

We would like to take this opportunity to thank you and The Dictionary Project for the generous gift of dictionaries you provided our third graders with. Several of our students lost everything in the EF5 tornado that struck Parkersburg, Iowa on May 25, 2008. Therefore, they were ecstatic when they received their very own dictionaries to begin rebuilding their book collections at their new houses.

Sixty-two students were able to have their own dictionary because of your gracious giving. Therefore, we have sent you their thank yous so you can personally see how much everyone appreciates this lifelong gift.Click to read full story ...

Happy students in Bonaparte, thanks to Rotary Club

By: Nancy Harms e-mail communication
Friday, May 01, 2009
Donor: Rotary Club of Ottumwa

These two pictures are from Bonaparte, Iowa. They LOVE their dictionaries. One teacher gave me a hug and said, `How did you know that I had asked the administration last fall for dictionaries?` Does that make me an angel in disguise? Nancy Harms, Ottumwa, Iowa



Dictionary Project note:

Nancy is a member of the Rotary Club of Ottumwa, which gives dictionaries to all of the elementary schools in Ottumwa, as well as in Bonaparte and Moravia.
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Carlisle Lions Club makes generous donation

By: - The Carlisle Citizen
Thursday, March 05, 2009
Donor: Carlisle Lions Club

The Carlisle Lions Club recently made a generous donation to Carlisle Elementary third grade students. The Lions purchased an individual dictionary for every third grade student in our district. These dictionaries will be used throughout the year for specific skills and projects and then sent home for the students to keep when the school year is over. This donation couldn`t have come at a better time as third grade teachers were covering dictionary skills and students were having to share and borrow dictionaries for individual use. Carlisle Elementary would like to give a big `Thank you` to the Lions Club for this kind donation.

--Th...

Hiawatha-CREW Kiwanis Club overcomes obstacles to complete dictionary donation

By: Byron Tabor e-mail communication
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
Donor: Hiawatha-CREW Kiwanis Club

Hi Mary,

Here is the promised list of schools we have covered this year. As this goes out the last few schools should be receiving their dictionaries.

All these schools are in the Cedar Rapids metro area and surrounding communities with the exception of Penn Elementary in North Liberty.

I have also attached some pictures from Viola Gibson Elementary School. It is so much fun handing these out. We struggled to pay for them because last summer`s flood really changed the fundraising landscape. Last-minute soy candle sales before Christmas put us over the top. Next year, barring any natural disaster...

American Legion Auxiliary gives dictionaries to River Valley Elementary School

By: Shirley Perrett e-mail communication
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
Donor: Quimby American Legion Auxiliary

Attached is a picture of the River Valley 5th & 6th Grade. Our American Legion Auxiliary presented the 5th & 6th graders these dictionaries on October 13th. All 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th grade children in River Valley Elementary School have their own dictionaries. We also gave a dictionary to 4 teachers; all were pleased. River Valley has children attending from 4 communities: Cushing, Correctionville, Washta and Quimby.
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Killduff Grange gives dictionaries to area third graders

By: Maida Dunwoody Diamond Trail News
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Donor: Killduff Richland Grange

On December 2nd, Zetta Rae Stork, Lelah Main and Alice Schwartz from the Killduff Richland Grange presented ditionaries to the students at Lynnville-Sully and Sully Christian schools. This is the fourth year the Grange has done this as a project called Words for Thirds, giving each third grader from both schools a dictionary.

After their names were written in their dictionaries, the boys and girls were asked to look up the word `grange` to find its meaning. They found in this instance that it is an organization founded in 1867 by farmers for the mutual benefit of the community.

A dictionary is a necessary learning tool for pe...

Kiwanis presents dictionaries to third graders

By: - Sioux Center newspaper
Friday, November 21, 2008
Donor: Sioux Center Kiwanis Club

Each year, the Sioux Center Kiwanis Club gives third-grade students at Sioux Center schools dictionaries to use for their studies in school.  In October, the Kiwanis Club presented the dictionaries to this year`s third-grade students.

Chariton third graders receive dictionaries from Rotary Club

By: Corliss Klaassen email communication
Friday, November 07, 2008
Donor: Rotary Club of Chariton

Rotary Club members distribute dictionaries to 3rd graders at Van Allen School in Chariton, Iowa.

Definition of giving: Kiwanis hand out dictionaries

By: Magdalene Biesanz Le Mars Daily Sentinel
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Donor: Le Mars Kiwanis Club

Every third grader in the county can tell you what `philanthropy` means.
All they have to do is flip open their new dictionaries to find it.
The Le Mars Kiwanis Club handed out dictionaries to all third graders at Plymouth County schools this year. In all, more than 400 students received a dictionary. The Kiwanis Club handed them out at Le Mars Community, Gehlen Catholic, Remsen Union, Remsen St. Mary`s, Kingsley-Pierson, Hinton and Akron-Westfield.

The Le Mars Kiwanis Club first implemented the Dictionary Project last year. The Kiwanis handed out the reference books to all Le Mars Community and Gehlen Catholic School third...

Having words

By: Mira Cash-Davis MPNews.net
Friday, October 17, 2008
Donor: Mt. Pleasant Noon Rotary & Mt. Pleasant Evening Rotary

Greater Des Moines Kiwanis visit Urbandale Schools

By: Paul Greenwalt
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Donor: Greater Des Moines Kiwanis Foundation

Thought you might enjoy these photos from the Urbandale schools in Des Moines, Iowa.  Can`t stop giving away those dictionaries.  They love them.      

Greater Des Moines Kiwanis visit Ruby Van Meter School

Friday, May 23, 2008
Donor: Greater Des Moines Kiwanis Foundation

Dear Mr. Greenwalt,

We want to thank you and Bob Easler for delivering the dictionaries to our school for students. It is a very generous gift. Since these are third grade level dictionaries, they are perfect for our students. We are planning on giving each graduate a copy. We will also be giving each student who moves up to our high school program a copy. We are sure that they will be put to good use by the students and their families.

Thank you again for your gift and for thinking of Ruby Van Meter School. We hope you have a wonderful summer.

Sincerely,

Jim Gonwa, Ed.D., Principal
Dagny Fidler, Ph.D...

Governor honors Larry Hutchinson for Dictionary Project work

Friday, May 23, 2008
Donor: Larry Hutchinson

The office of Governor Chester Culver of Iowa has officially recognized Mr. Larry Hutchinson for his dedicated work on behalf of the Dictionary Project in Iowa.

The certificate reads:

Certificate of Recognition



Chester J. Culver

Governor of the State of Iowa

Hereby officially recognizes



Larry Hutchinson

Outstanding Iowan



Larry and his late wife, Nancy, had a dream of providing dictionaries to elementary students and were inspired by the work of the Dictionary Project. After Nancy`s death, Larry and his childre...

Kiwanis in Iowa expand project

Monday, April 21, 2008
Donor: Kiwanis Division 9, Iowa

Many Kiwanis Clubs in Iowa have gotten involved in the project this year thanks to the efforts of Larry Hutchinson and Kiwanis Division 9 Lt. Governor Byron Tabor.

Pocahontas Rotary Club provides dictionaries to local schools

By: - Record-Democrat
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Donor: Rotary Club of Pocahontas

The Pocahontas Rotary Club was pleased to provide dictionaries to third-grade children in Pocahontas County at Pocahontas Catholic School, Pocahontas Area Community School District, and Laurens-Marathon Community School District. Fifty-one dictionaries were delivered to students and their teachers by Rotary President Calista Hammes.

This resource book, A Student`s Dictionary , is truly a resource of information for the students. The appendix contains historical facts about each United States president; an atlas of maps and facts regarding each state, country, and continent; civics lessons (i.e. the United States Constitution, the ...

Rockwell City Rotary donates dictionaries

Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Donor: Rockwell City Rotary Club

On Wednesday, March 26 th the Rockwell City Rotary Club presented each 3 rd grader at the Rockwell City Lytton Elementary School with their own personal dictionary, compliments of the Rotary Club. This is the first year that the Rotary Club has participated in the Dictionary Project program.
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Polk City Dictionary Project

By: Mary Treanor Kiwanis Newsletter
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Donor: Kiwanis Club of Polk City

The Dictionary Project is designed to aid third-grade teachers in their goal to see all their students leave at the end of the year as good writers, active readers and creative thinkers. Our purpose is to provide third-grade students in the community with their own personal dictionary. The dictionary is for the child to keep, so he can take it with him into the fourth grade and use it throughout his school career.

A dictionary is perhaps the first and most powerful reference tool a child should own. Its usefulness goes beyond the spellings, pronunciations and definitions it lists. It is a companion for solving problems that arise...

Richland Grange visits two schools

By: Lelah Main
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Donor: Richland Grange #2155

Richland Grange #2155 distributed 35 dictionaries to third-grade students in the Lynnville Sully schools and 8 dictionaries to the third graders in the Sully Christian School.

In addition, a dictionary was given to a fourth grader who lost his when a tornado destroyed his home.

The students were eager to use their dictionaries on January 25, 2008. 

This is the third year the Grange has given out the dictionaries.  The first year was through the Iowa State Grange.

Findley School Dictionary Project

By: Bob Easler
Saturday, March 01, 2008
Donor: Golden K Kiwanis Club of Des Moines and Sam`s Club

The Golden K Kiwanis Club of Des Moines partnered with Sam`s Club to donate dictionaries to all of the third graders at Findley School.  The Kiwanians making the presentation included Paul Greenwalt, Lt. Governor of the Nebraska-Iowa Kiwanis District Division 16.

Polk City Kiwanis distribute dictionaries

By: - Des Moines Register
Thursday, February 07, 2008
Donor: Kiwanis Club of Polk City

The Kiwanis Club of Polk City distributed dictionaries to the third-grade classes at Central Elementary School on Jan. 24. 

Dictionaries from club benefit grade schoolers

By: submitted The Bull`s Eye
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
Donor: Kiwanis Club of Polk City

The Kiwanis Club of Polk City distributed dictionaries to the third grade classes at West Elementary on Jan. 23 and Central Elementary on Jan. 24. The Dictionary Project is designed to aid third-grade teachers in their goal to see all their students leave at the end of the year as good writers, active readers, and creative thinkers.

Our purpose is to provide third-grade students in the community with their own personal dictionaries. The dictionaries are for the children to keep so they can take them into the fourth grade and use them throughout their school careers. The Dictionary Project is another effort of the Polk City Kiwanis...

American Legion Auxiliary Unit 249 passes out 144 dictionaries to local third-graders, fourth graders and fifth graders at Collins-Maxwell Elementary School.

By: Janice Whaley American Legion Auxiliary Unit 249
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Donor: American Legion Auxiliary Unit 249

Friday, September 7, 2007

Donor: American Legion Auxiliary Unit 249 – Maxwell , IA



Ila Barrett, past president, Jan Whaley, president and Anna Tyler, historian, of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 249 in Maxwell, Iowa handed out dictionaries to third-graders, fourth graders and fifth graders at Collins-Maxwell Elementary School in Collins, IA. In all, the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 249 passed out 144 dictionaries to students and teachers at Collins-Maxwell Elementary. The idea was presented to the members at our American Legion Auxiliary Unit 249 meeting in July. This is the first ...

Creston Elks distribute dictionaries around Iowa

Saturday, December 15, 2007
Donor: Creston Elks Lodge #605

The Creston Elks gave dictionaries to third graders in many schools in their area.

Third graders use dictionaries

Sunday, October 14, 2007
Donor: Dubuque Elks Lodge #297

The Dubuque Elks Lodge #297 donated dictionaries for every third grader in the Western Dubuque School District.

Project provides definition of success

By: Madelin Fuerste, TH staff writer Telegraph Herald
Friday, October 12, 2007
Donor: Dubuque Elks Lodge #297

When Tony Canganelli learned his teacher would be handing out free dictionaries, he kept a keen eye trained on the box of books until he got his hands on his very own. `I was really excited about it,` he said.

Canganelli kept after his third-grade teacher Jeremy Hoffman, and wouldn`t let him forget to hand out the dictionaries.

Hoffman, who teaches at Table Mound Elementary, said the dictionaries donated by the Elks Lodge 297 of Dubuque immediately created excitement in his classroom. `Tony [Canganelli] wouldn`t stop asking about them,` said Hoffman. `He asked me about the dictionaries, which were in boxes, every day until...

Dictionaries delivered to Collins-Maxwell Elementary

By: - The Tri-County Times
Thursday, October 04, 2007
Donor: Maxwell American Legion Auxiliary

The Maxwell American Legion Auxiliary Unit 249 presented dictionaries to all third, fourth, and fifth grade classes at Collins-Maxwell Elementary School on Friday, Sept. 7. Presenting the dictionaries were Ila Barrett, past president; Jan Whaley, president; and Anna Tyler.

The goal of this program is to assist students with writing, reading, and creative thinking skills by providing the students with their own personal dictionaries. The dictionaries are a gift to each student to use at school and at home for years to come.

The Auxiliary said, `The students were very receptive and seemed to have a lot of knowledge about the ...

Diagonal Third Grade Receive Dictionaries from Creston Elks Lodge #605

By: - The Diagonal Progress
Thursday, October 04, 2007
Donor: Creston Elks Lodge #605

Each third grade student in the Diagonal School received a dictionary and bookmark from the Creston Elks Lodge #605. The dictionaries are a gift to each student to use at school and at home for years to come.

The goal of the Elks Dictionary Project is to assist all students in completing the school year as good writers, active readers and creative thinkers by providing students with their own personal dictionaries. The Elks program believes that reading is the most important skill of all. It is the starting point for all the economic and social opportunities this world has to offer to an individual.

The students also recei...

Quimby American Legion Auxiliary donates dictionaries

Monday, September 24, 2007
Donor: American Legion Auxiliary, Quimby

Many American Legion Unit Auxiliaries in the upper Midwest have supported education in their communities by donating dictionaries to children.

American Legion Auxiliary Unit 249 passes out 144 dictionaries to local students at Collins-Maxwell Elementary School

By: - press release
Friday, September 07, 2007
Donor: Maxwell American Legion Auxiliary Unit 249

Ila Barrett, past president, Jan Whaley, president and Anna Tyler, historian, of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 249 in Maxwell, Iowa handed out dictionaries to third-, fourth-, and fifth-graders at Collins-Maxwell Elementary School in Collins. In all, the American Legion Auxiliary passed out 144 dictionaries to students and teachers at the school.

The idea was presented to the members at our American Legion Auxiliary Unit 249 meeting in July. This is the first year for the project in Collins-Maxwell, but they plan to continue it every year. Whaley commented that Barrett was the one who really got the project rolling. `A lot o...

Davenport Elks donate over 1650 dictionaries

By: Earl Oelerich
Monday, December 11, 2006
Donor: Davenport Elks Lodge #298

The accompanying pictures are of our visit to Adams School in Davenport, IA, where we gave out over 100 dictionaries.  We gave out over 1300 dictionaries to public and parochial schools in Davenport.  In Benttendorf we gave out over 350 dictionaries to public and parochial schools, and they put us on their website.

I am also state chairman of the Youth Activities in the state of Iowa for the Iowa Elks.  At our fall convention it was reported to me that over 8000 dictionaries were handed out.

Kiwanis club donates dictionares to students

Monday, November 20, 2006
Donor: Sioux Center Kiwanis Club

The Sioux Center Kiwanis Club made its annual donations of dictionaries to third-grade students in Sioux Center during October. Students receive the dictionaries and are shown how to use them. Top photo: Kiwanis members visited Kinsey Elementary for the donations at the third grade. Right photo: The Kiwanis Club members also met with a group of homeschooled students and parents and donated the dictionaries to those third graders, too. Bottom photo: Dictionaries were also presented to third grade students at Sioux Center Christian School.

ED-Com third graders recieve dictionaries

By: Charlene Barnhart
Monday, November 20, 2006
Donor: Pleasant Point Grange, Colesburg Masonic Lodge, and the Community Savings Bank

The Pleasant Point Grange of Strawberry Point, the Colesburg Masonic Lodge, and the Community Savings Bank were sponsors in donating dictionaries to every third grade student at Ed-Co Elementary on Tuesday morning, Oct. 24.

The Pleasant Point Grange was the promoter of this project, which is in its fourth year. This is not only a project for the state of Iowa, but a national project, with over 50% of the students in Iowa having been given their dictionary already. There were 43 students at EdCo, plus two teachers, Diane Meyer and Aggie Putz, who recieved a dictionary.

Presenting the dictionaries were Vance and Ardclfe...

Richland Grange delivers dictionaries to local third graders
Students receive helpful material
By: Sheryl Carter Diamond Trail News
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Donor: Richland Grange #2155

Three members of the Richland Grange, Zetta Rae Stock of Killduff, and Alice Schwartz and Lelah Main, both of Newton, passed out personal dictionaries for all the students in the third grade classes at Lynnville-­ Sully and Sully Christian Schools last Thursday, Nov. 9.



Lelah, who is the Master of the Grange, said that the Richland Grange, which meets in the white square schoolhouse just at the north edge of Killduff, has been doing the giveaway for the past two years. `This was a state-wide project. The Grange is involved in community service projects. Our goal was to giv...

Rotary Club completes sucessful second year of project

By: Gary Carlson
Monday, November 06, 2006
Donor: Rotary Club of Muscatine

This is the second year The Rotary Club of Muscatine donated dictionaries to all fourth grade students in the Muscatine School District . The Rotary Club has adopted this program as part of their literacy initiative. Pictured are some of the fourth grade class with their teacher from Colorado and members of the Muscatine Rotary.
T he goal of this program is to assist students with writing, reading, and creative thinking skills by providing the students with their own personal dictionaries. The dictionaries are a gift to each student to use at school and at home for years to...

Mary French`s Dictionary Program

By: Brian Goughnour
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Donor: Keokuk Elks Lodge #106

Mary,

In response to your thank you letter for our participation in the Dictionary Project, this is our second year of participation. My name is Brian Goughnour, and along with Denny Davis we form the committee to raise the funds and distribute the dictionaries to the surrounding schools.

The Keokuk Elks Lodge #106 of Keokuk, Iowa distributes approximately 700 dictionaries to the elementary schools that reside in our local lodge jurisdiction. Schools that receive dictionaries from the Keokuk Lodge include:

Keokuk Community Schools of Keokuk, IA, Keokuk Catholic Schools of Keokuk, IA, Keokuk Private Elementary Sch...

Elks give power of words to third graders

By: Bettendorf News The Quad-City Times
Monday, October 09, 2006
Donor: Davenport Elks Club

Davenport Elk Club volunteers are helping The Dictionary Project to provide dictionaries to area elementary students. This year these Elks are handing out dictionaries, one to each third-grade student in Bettendorf and Davenport.

The local effort is part of the national Dictionary Project. The goal of this program is to assist all students in completing the school year as good writers, active readers and creative thinkers by providing students with their own personal dictionary. For more information about the project visit www.dictionaryproject.org.

Mason City Elks donate dictionaries

Saturday, September 30, 2006
Donor: Mason City Elks Lodge #375

The Mason City Elks presented dictionaries to children in several Mason City schools in September of 2006.

A gift of words
Late teacher`s family carries out her wish to give students dictionaries
By: Brien T. Boyce Daily Nonpareil
Thursday, April 13, 2006
Donor: The Hutchinson Family

Larry Hutchinson and his wife, Nancy, had discussed a project about handing out dictionaries to children, and Larry was re-inspired after he read an article about doing so.

Larry and Nancy had gotten as far as ordering the dictionaries, but Nancy died before the two of them could hand them out to the second-graders at her school, E.A. Kreft Primary.

Instead, Larry, along with the couple`s son, Tom, and daughter, Andrea, finished the task Wednesday morning.

`Mrs. Hutchinson loved helping students learn how to read, and helping students who already knew how to read becom...

Elks members present dictionaries to excited Davenport third-graders

By: Joanne Phillips Quad-City Times
Thursday, December 15, 2005
Donor: Davenport Elks and Does

`Hello, children,` Earl Oelerich greeted the excited third-graders of Monroe Elementary School who had gathered in the school`s library for a special announcement.

`Hello,` they echoed back, eyes glued to the man standing before them.

With excitement on his face, Oelerich told the students each one would be receiving a free dictionary from the Davenport Elks and Does organizations. Smiles spread over the crowd. When he announced that at the end of the year, they could take them home, one student cheered, `Yes!`

Over the past few weeks Oelerich, chairman of the Elks` state youth committee, and other members of t...

Learning to Spell

Monday, December 12, 2005
Donor: Storm Lake Elks Lodge #1636

The Storm Lake Elks Lodge #1636 donated over 230 dictionaries to local public and parochial third-graders. 

Dictionary Project

By: Chyral Hankins
Thursday, December 08, 2005
Donor: Sioux City Elks Lodge #112

Thank you for all your support in our community dictionary project. Please join with me to thank all that were there on Tuesday, October 11, and say how much we appreciate their support in packing and delivery. If you see someone please tell them how much their input meant to making all this happen. A total of 1,260 dictionaries were delivered.

A very special thank you should go to Sammy Darrough. Without him we would not have had the article in the Sioux City journal or the News 4 and News 9 at We Locigge. Please let him know how special his resources are to the Lodge on a daily basis and also his outcome in following through...

Boone Elks Lodge passes out 96 dictionaries to local third-graders

Friday, October 21, 2005
Donor: Boone Elks Lodge, IA

Scott Hull, loyal knight, left, and John Olsen, exalted ruler of the Elks club, hand out dictionaries to third-graders at Franklin Elementary. In all, the Elks passed out 96 dictionaries to students at Franklin. The idea was presented to them at their annual spring state association convention. Other Elks have tried it in the past. This is the first year for the project in Boone, but they plan to continue it every year. Olsen commented that Hull was the one who really got the project rolling. `A lot of the dictionaries were donated by Elk members,` Hull said. Third-graders at Franklin are studying citizenship, and Principal Dan Gould sa...

All the words in their hands.
Elks groups give dictionaries to third-graders
By: Jody Ferres Mr. Earl Oelerich
Wednesday, October 27, 2004
Donor: Davenport Elks Lodge #298

Jefferson-Edison Elemen­ tary School third-grader Isaiah likes to read. Some­ times he comes across words he just don`t know.

`There are big words in some of my books,` the 8-year-old said.

Isaiah and his third-grade classmates don`t have to worry anymore about not knowing what a word means. Thanks to the Davenport Elks and Does, every third-grade student in not only Jefferson-Edison Ele­ mentary, but all Title 1 build­ ings throughout the Davenport School District , received brand new dictionaries.
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The Elgin Echo
Elgin, Iowa - Photo: The Elgin Echo
Friday, October 01, 2004
Donor: Partners in Education (PIE)

Third grade is using the dictionaries for normal school activities such as spelling, pronunciation, definitions, and vocabulary.

Fourth-graders carry them in their backpacks. They have `word of the day` and year-long emphasis on building their vocabulary.

Third graders receive dictionaries from Kiwanis

Sunday, November 16, 2003
Donor: Sioux Center Kiwanis Club

Members of the Sioux Center Kiwanis Club presented third graders at Kinsey Elementary School and Sioux Center Christian School with dictionaries on Friday, November 16. The donations were part of a national effort—called The Dictionary Project and directed by Mary French—to provide every third grader in the country with a dictionary of his or her own. Local Kiwanis members who visited classes to distribute the books last Friday included Kevin Wolterstorff, Seth Vogel, Mark Rensink, David Glewwe, Shirely Born and Eric Rankin. Glewwe took time to explain to students how to handle the books carefully and how to use the dictionaries. ...