Rotarians give dictionaries to Montana's third grades students

One Montana Rotary goal is to place a dictionary in the hand of every third grade student in Montana. This was the ninth consecutive year that District 5390 sponsored that very project.

Members of the Rotary Clubs of Glendive, Malta and Miles City participated in the distribution of dictionaries, by giving a dictionary to every third grade student throughout the counties of eastern Montana. "A Student's Dictionary" is a dictionary and partial encyclopedia including the biographies of United States Presidents and information about the countries of the world.

This opportunity is one way the Rotary Club shares their commitment to education, by giving a timeless reference tool to enhance student learning.

Montana Rotary Clubs are located in communities from Libby in the northwest to Billings and Glendive in the southeast, and from Hamilton in the southwest to Malta in the northeast. The dictionaries were distributed to students residing in areas without Rotary Clubs, primarily northeastern and southeastern Montana by the efforts of the Malta, Miles City and Glendive clubs.

The idea for the statewide distribution of dictionaries grew from a successful program initiated by the Livingston and Missoula Rotary Clubs.