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04/13/2017 12:01 AM

Rotary Club of Branford Participates in The Dictionary Project


Branford Rotary Literacy Chair Mary Donaruma asks students to find the longest word in the English language at Mary T. Murphy Elementary School in Branford. Photo courtesy of Alpha Coiro

More than three million children in the USA have received an age-appropriate dictionary from volunteers who have participated in The Dictionary Project. This year, all of the third graders in Branford will be again included in this countrywide count.

The Rotary Club of Branford has adopted The Dictionary Project as one of its initiatives for 2016-’17. More than 250 dictionaries were hand-delivered to students, teachers, and administrators at the Mary Tisko, Mary Murphy, and John Sliney elementary schools in Branford. A major focus of Rotary International is to eliminate illiteracy.

For more information, call Mary Donaruma at 203-415-6990 or David Kozma at 203-641-9485, or visit www.dictionaryproject.org.