Rotary Delivers Dictionaries/Gazetteers to Third Graders

The annual Rotary Dictionary Project began last week with the delivery of free dictionary/gazetteers to all third graders in the Madison Public Schools as well as to St. Vincent Martyr School.

The books are supplied through the Rotary Club of Madison’s ongoing Literacy Program. The goal of the project is to assist students in completing their school year as good writers, active readers and creative thinkers by expanding their vocabulary and building their reading skills.

Rosemarie McCauley, Madison Rotarian Chair of the project, began with the Kinds Road School, assisted by fellow Rotarian Bob Pearlman.

This program has been expanded to include participation in a worldwide dictionary distribution project titled "Children of the World Dictionary Project," where Rotary Clubs from District 7470 provide the books to countries such as Sierra Leone, Kenya, Haiti, Peru, the Dominican Republic and many others. For many of these children, the dictionaries are their only personal books and become a treasured possession.

For further information, visit www.madisonrotarynj.org.