Rotary Clubs distribute dictionaries to 3rd-graders

By Brett Peters, Dictionary Project Chair

The Van Buren Rotary Club distributed dictionaries to 3rd grade students at Cedarville, Mountainburg, Mulberry, and Van Buren this year. The Alma Rotary Club partnered with us this year to distribute dictionaries in Alma. The county wide project costs approximately $1,800 per year, and half of the annual cost is donated by Citizens Bank & Trust Company. A donation from Clovis and Pat Satterfield to the Alma Rotary Club helped cover the cost of the dictionaries for the Alma 3rd-graders.

This is the fifth year for the project by the Van Buren Rotary Club, and since its beginning, our club have distributed approximately 4,000 dictionaries to Crawford County Schools. Thanks to all the schools and teachers who participated in the project and the Rotarians who helped distribute the dictionaries in all the 3rd grade classrooms.

Updated: For more information about the District 6110 Literacy Project see: http://www.rotaryliteracy.com/
Pictures of the Mountainburg Elementary dictionary distribution are on the Mountainburg Dragons web page: http://www.mountainburg.org/
Short Video from the dictionary distribution at Alma Elementary School: http://almarotary.blogspot.com/2008/12/dictionary-distribution_26.html