Rotary Club of Ocean Springs Delivers Dictionaries & Comics to Thirds Graders at Oak Park Elementary

By: Joyce Shaw e-mail communication
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Donor: Rotary Club of Ocean Springs

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Elsberry third grade receives dictionaries

By: - The Lincoln County Journal
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Donor: Troy Optimist Club

A dictionary can be a very interesting book. Especially, the `Gazetteer` given to every third grader at the Elsberry Schools. Jim Duncan, representing the Troy Optimist Club, was on hand to distribute the books to the students on behalf of the club and Wal-Mart in Troy. Duncan talked to each class and pointed out that the book did not just contain a dictionary, but included weights and measures, the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, maps of the seven continents, information on the 50 states of America, biographies of all the U.S. Presidents, and facts about the planets and the solar system. Students were elated to have such ...

Knowledge Is Power

By: - The Quill
Friday, November 14, 2008
Donor: West Plains Elks Lodge #2418

Knowledge is power, and West Plains R-7 third graders now have access to more of it even while outside the classroom, thanks to a dictionary for each of them donated by West Plains Elks Lodge No. 2418. A donation of dictionaries has also been made to Richards School third graders by members of the West Plains Elks Lodge. Plans are for similar donations to other area schools.

Last year, more than 200,000 dictionaries were given out by Elks members nationwide.

The Elks received many letters of thanks from the students, including this one:

Dear Elks Representatives,
Thank you for the dictionaries. I youse my dict...

Trenton Elks donate dictionaries

By: Ronda Lickteig Republican-Times
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Donor: Trenton Elks Lodge #801

Third-grade students at Rissler Elementary School received student dictionaries this morning thanks to the Trenton Elks Lodge #801 and the Dictionary Project.  The project has a goal of presenting a personal dictionary to each third-grade student in the United States.  The Dictionary Project was founded in 1995 in hopes that children throughout America would discover the power of knowledge and words.

Optimists in the classroom

By: - Boone County Journal
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Donor: Ashland Optimist Club

Optimist Club members delivered dictionaries last week to all Southern Boone County third-grade students.  The program, in its third year in southern Boone, delivered 115 dictionaries this year.

Optimists put youth first

By: Hannah Myrick The Examiner
Friday, July 04, 2008
Donor: Sunset Optimist Club of Blue Springs

Blue Springs, MO —

Ralph How`s interest in fireworks began when he was just 10 years old.

`My mom had a fireworks stand,` said How, `And I was the official fireworks tester.`

Eighteen years ago, when How joined the Sunset Optimist Club of Blue Springs, he suggested a fireworks tent fundraiser. Ever since, the annual fireworks tent has been the club`s biggest fundraiser each year.

`(Without the fireworks), there`re a lot of programs that wouldn`t be able to happen,` said How. `There would be a big void.`

Inside the tent is a sign detailing what happens to the proceeds of the fireworks sale. Listed are...

AT&T TelecomPioneers donate dictionaries in the Poplar Bluff School District

Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Donor: AT&T TelecomPioneers

The AT&T TelecomPioneers chapter in Poplar Bluff donated dictionaries to third graders in the Poplar Bluff School District.

Kids excited about what? Dictionaries!

By: Ellen Wadsworth The New Grange
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Donor: Goshen Grange #121

PLATO, MISSOURI--The third-grade classes at the Plato Elementary School received a long-distance suprise on Monday, January 21, 2008, when Ellen Wadsworth, a Plato resident and member of the Goshen Grange #121, treated the classes to new dictionaries. The dictionaries were donated to Plato Elementary School as part of The Dictionary Project. Goshen Grange is a member of the Pennsylvania State Grange and is located in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

The Grange is a family fraternal organization, originally founded in 1867 to provide assistance to farmers living in rural areas all across the nation. Today the Grange works in all areas ...

St. Joseph/Chillicothe Pioneer Club

Thursday, September 20, 2007
Donor: St. Joseph/Chillicothe Pioneer Club

On September 10, 2007, 3 volunteers from the St. Joseph/Chillicothe Pioneer Club went to Edison Elementary School in St. Joseph to deliver dictionaries. Jeanne Weber, Dennis Weber and Joe Mitchell visited the two 3rd grade classes in the afternoon. The students` names were written on the label in the front of the book and after an introduction and explanation of the project, each of the students was given his/her dictionary. Forty-six students received books. They were very excited and appreciative.
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West Plains Elks Auxiliary

By: - West Plains Daily Quill
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Donor: West Plains Elks Lodge #2418 and Auxiliary

West Plains Elks Auxiliary Lodge No. 2418 has donated 67 dictionaries to Fair View`s third graders as part of a Dictionary Project.  Elks Auxiliary Secretary/Treasurer Mona Kosin said it was founded in 1995 by Mary French of Charleston, S.C., its purpose to distribute dictionaries to as many third graders as possible in the United States.  The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks became involved in 2004.  The Elks have since given 394,350 dictionaries in members` communities, with 216,430 dictionaries distributed in the 2006-2007 school year, Kosin added.

Our Story

By: Frank Scarpino
Monday, October 23, 2006
Donor: Osage Community Elks Lodge #2705

This is the material submitted to our local newspapers (5) that serve Lake of the Ozarks in central Missouri. After the pictures are a few examples of the wonderful thank you notes we received from two of the 3rd grade classes visited.

The Dictionary Project



The Dictionary Project was founded in 1995 by Mrs. Mary French of Charleston , S.C. The sole mission of this non-profit organization - which we, as Elks, share - is to distribute dictionaries to as many third-graders as possible in the 50 United States in our environs. In 1999, 10,295 dictionaries were distributed. Varying Service Clubs were...

RIF, Inc. of St. Louis donates 814 dictionaries to local students

By: Diana Haynes letter
Thursday, February 09, 2006
Donor: Reading Is Fundamental

We are pleased to be part of THE DICTIONARY PROJECT and appreciate the opportunity to give 814 STUDENT`S DICTIONARY [ISBN#09745292-8-1] AND 648 WEBSTER`S DICTIONARY FOR STUDENTS SPECIAL ENCYCLOPEDIC EDITION [ISBN#1892859-58-0] to third and fifth grade students in our book distributions to St. Louis Public School children. We appreciate the very reasonable prices you offer and the prompt delivery you provide. Thank you very much,



Sincerely,

Diane Haynes
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Third-Graders Receive Help From Dictionary Project

Saturday, January 01, 2005
Donor: The Dictionary Project Kansas City

There is a budget deficit in the State of Missouri . That is a fancy way of saying there is just not enough money to go around. And just like in your house and mine, when there isn`t enough money something has to be cut. Unfortunately for the children in Missouri , there will be more funding cuts for schools.

Maybe none of us have a few million dollars lying around to help out with the education of our youth but there is something phenomenal you can do with just $150.

A student writes her name inside her new dictionary. Third-graders at Scott Elementary School in Belton received dictionaries through...

College education students raise funds to deliver dictionaries to third grades
Columbia, Missouri
Wednesday, November 24, 2004
Donor: The Missouri State Teachers Association (S-MSTA)

What tools do elementary students need for learning? Some might say computers, or access to the Internet, but what about something as basic as a dictionary? Thanks to a group of dedicated students in the MU College of Education , every third grader in Columbia , Missouri now has a dictionary of their very own.

The Dictionary Project is a national nonprofit organization committed to giving every third grader in the U.S. a dictionary. To date, over 1.25 million students have received dictionaries through the project. The MU student chapter of the Missouri State Teachers Association (S-MSTA) decided to adopt the project...

Carthage Rotary gives students wordpower
Carthage, Missouri
By: Ron Graber, Staff The Carthage Press
Friday, April 02, 2004
Donor: The Carthage Rotary Club

Area third-graders now have a new resource close at hand, as the Carthage Rotary Club is distributing personal dictionaries to each student. `These books are yours,` Alex Boyer told third-graders at Eugene Field Elementary last week. `It will be a good reference for you to have all through your school years.`

The dictionaries are distributed through the Dictionary Project, a national movement to get the books to all of the nation`s third-graders. Boyer says 1,100 dictionaries will be given out in this area this year, with the Carthage Rotary handing out books to students in Carthage, at St. Ann`s, Sarcoxie, Diamond, Jasper, ...