EHRC Dictionary Project

East Hartford Rotary Club and Pratt & Whitney Donate Dictionaries to East Hartford Schools

As in many years past, the Rotary Club of East Hartford is distributing dictionaries to all Third Graders and some new Fourth Graders in East Hartford's public elementary schools.   A favorite of our club, this project directly supports one of Rotary International's key areas of focus, literacy.

This year Mary Sullivan, Co-Chair of our Community Service Projects Commitee, identified 520 third grade students and worked with the school principals to arrange for Rotarian Bob Wood, a former EH teacher, and other Rotary club volunteers to pass the dictionaries out to the students.  The dictionaries were purchased with a donation from Pratt & Whitney, and volunteers from First New England Credit Union in EH added Rotary and Pratt & Whitney bookplates into the front covers so that every student could put their names on them.  Thanks to all who participated in this worthy project.

Rotarian Bob Wood Explains Benefits of Dictionaries to a Class at Goodwin Elementary

 Rotarian Bob Wood, Principal Dan Brodeur, Rotary President Sheryl O'Connor, Teacher Holly Lawrence and Rotarian Ceil Collins Join Ms. Lawrence's Third Graders Proudly Displaying Their Dictionairies