Third graders get dictionaries from Kiwanis Club

2010-03-11 / Front Page


Eight members of the Kiwanis Club of Washington distributed dictionaries to all 140 third graders in Washington Wilkes Primary School last Friday. The club has continued this project for four years, donating $3 to The Dictionary Project in Charleston for each dictionary given, 792 dictionaries in all. This project was started in 1995 after a similar effort in Savannah in 1992. Nationwide, sponsors include a wide variety of organizations including Kiwanis, Rotary, Lions, and Elks clubs. More than eight million dictionaries have been distributed this way. Eight members of the Kiwanis Club of Washington distributed dictionaries to all 140 third graders in Washington Wilkes Primary School last Friday. The club has continued this project for four years, donating $3 to The Dictionary Project in Charleston for each dictionary given, 792 dictionaries in all. This project was started in 1995 after a similar effort in Savannah in 1992. Nationwide, sponsors include a wide variety of organizations including Kiwanis, Rotary, Lions, and Elks clubs. More than eight million dictionaries have been distributed this way.

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