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The Dictionary Project - Puerto Rico
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Dictionaries Donated
This School Year
Last School Year
Total: 900
Total: 20,100
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"Project Smile" is a Slam Dunk Success

By: - Ad-Hoc News
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Donor: Federal Street Press

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Wide-eyed youngsters hung out with their basketball heroes in San Juan, Puerto Rico, over the weekend when Legends Rick Barry and David Thompson of the National Basketball Retired Players Association (NBRPA) shared stories and playing tips with hearing impaired and underprivileged boys and girls.

The ` Project Smile ` program, held in conjunction with the NBA and ABA annual reunion, has a simple goal -- delivering smiles, boosting spirits and providing hope to people worldwide. Children attending the event received a new hearing aid from the Starkey Hearing Foundation and a copy of Webs...

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Club Rotario de Mayaguez continues dictionary deliveries in Puerto Rico and beyond

Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Donor: Club Rotario de Mayaguez

For the fifth year, the Rotary Club in Mayaguez has donated more than 20,000 Spanish/English dictionaries to the children of Puerto Rico.  Their project is supported by a grant from Rotary International.  This year, a Club member also distributed 60 dictionaries in his hometown in Ecuador.

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Entrega de los diccionarios del Club Rotario Mayaguez al Club Rotario Bahia de Caraquez. (Delivery of dictionaries from the Rotary Club of Mayaguez to the Rotary Clu...


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