North Ridgeville third-graders are not at a loss for words during the Fall when dictionaries are distributed to every student in the third-grade by members of the Rotary Club of North Ridgeville, as part of The Dictionary Project.  Our club will typically pass out more than 375 books at Wilcox and Liberty Elementary Schools, Lake Ridge Academy and St. Peter School.

Patricia Blakely and Warren Blakely distribute dictionaries.

Rotarians Dave Gillock and Chuck Sword answer questions about the dictionaries.

The project is spearheaded by North Ridgeville City Schools Superintendent and Rotarian Dr. Craig Phillips.  "Rotary felt that this was a great opportunity to give back to North Ridgeville by providing students with a tool to help them with lifelong reading.  Sponsoring this event is something that we truly see as an investment in the community," Phillips said.

Since its inception in 1992, The Dictionary Project has provided over 4.5 million dictionaries to students around the United States.  The goal is to help all students finish the school year as good writers, active readers and creative thinkers by providing students with their own personal dictionary.  The dictionaries are a gift to each student to use at school and at home for years to come.