P-251

MRC CO Dictionary Project

Description

Financing

Documents

Photos

History Logs

Project Description

Country: USA

Location: McCook, NE

Total Budget: $1,750

Area of Focus: Basic education and literacy

Activity Type: Education: Literacy

Summary: McCook Rotary Club distributes to all Red Willow CO third graders their own person dictionary.


For the past two years the McCook Rotary Club has presented each third grader in Red Willow County with their own personal large volume dictionary. It is the clubs desire to continue presenting dictionaries to this crop of new third graders.

Students in the county only have temporary use of dictionaries at schools and libraries and maybe at home. The standard Dictionaries are also written on an adult level making many of the defined words in those dictionaries above this grade level of understanding. By presenting each third grader with his or her own personal dictionary we have observed pride of ownership and many thank you letters from those student showing how they use them.

In September the club will contact the different third grade classroom in the county to obtain the number of dictionaries needed (Last year there were 160 third graders). Once the club has a firm number of dictionaries required it places an order for the $10.00/books.

The dictionaries are handed out by volunteer rotarian's in December. Each dictionary also contains a copy of the Rotary purpose and the four way test.

Project Contact Person

District: 5630

Rotary Club of: McCook

Primary Contact: Steve Batty

Email: sbatty@mccooknet.com

Project Status

Completed
This project is "Completed". This means the project has been implemented and the report was accepted by the district leadership. The project will stay listed on this website as a testimony of the achievements of the project partners.

Project listed for the 2013-14 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing

Existing Contributions Towards This Project

Date

Cash

DDF

Total

McCook (5630)

30-Apr-13

$1,125

$625

$1,750

Total

$1,125

$625

$1,750

Project Supporting Documents

Project Photos

McCook Rotary Club Dictionary Project

Cathy handing out dictionaries

History Log Entries

30-Apr-13

by Scott McLaughlin

Project published.

30-Apr-13

System Entry

Creation of project page.

22-May-13

by Scott McLaughlin

DDF amount allocated, cash contribution reduced, budget adjusted accordingly.

22-May-13

System Entry

Project sent for club signatures.

22-May-13

System Entry

Project signed by Alan Gunther.

10-Jun-13

System Entry

Project signed by Steve Batty.

11-Jun-13

System Entry

Project approved by the District Approval Committee.

14-Aug-13

by Scott McLaughlin

Signed receipt for $625 grant check received by club.

14-Aug-13

by Scott McLaughlin

Signed receipt for $625 grant check received by club.

18-Aug-13

by Steve Batty

The project will complete in late 2013.

23-Aug-13

System Entry

Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer.

24-Mar-14

by Steve Batty

The McCook Rotary Club 2013 Dictionary Project was completed in Dec. 2013. 156 dictionaries were given to the 3rd graders in Red Willow CO.

4-May-14

by Steve Batty

Final Dictionary Project Report completed and uploaded

6-May-14

System Entry

Project has been implemented and final report uploaded.

6-May-14

System Entry

Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.

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