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| Murray Rotarian Ron Jensen |
Murray Rotary has been giving dictionaries, with almanacs included in the dictionary, to 3rd graders since 2004! It began at the Utah Rotary District Conference in Moab in 2003 where our District was invited to participate. Murray Rotarians took the information back to our club and started with just seven schools in Murray District in 2004, which was the first year for our District. Murray Rotary gave dictionaries to 29 schools this fall and will give more later if asked. The total number of dictionaries distributed this year was 1,890 books!
Among the seven schools in Murray District, 420 dictionaries were given to the 3rd graders. Two schools that are in the Granite District are now in Murray (Woodstock and Twin Peaks) and are not included in the 420 dictionaries. Dictionaries were given to ten schools in the Granite District, five in Emory County and seven Private or Charter schools. Moab Rotary covers one other school in Emery County which is Green River Elementary.
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| Murray Rotarian Keith Hardy (center) |
Murray Rotarian Ron Jensen has spearheaded this project for the past nine years. The schools and students look forward to this every year. It is very rewarding to see the excitement in the 3rd graders when they are given the dictionary. Murray Rotarians explain how to use the dictionary and almanac. The students are fascinated by looking up many things in the book.
Murray Rotary has given dictionaries to a school in New Mexico and Nevada but those schools are now done by other Rotary Clubs.
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