DICTIONARY DETECTIVE CHALLENGE

Submitted by: Tim LeClaire, Duluth Skyline Rotary Club

 

The Fargo Rotary Clubs have been providing dictionaries to 3rd grade students in the Fargo and West Fargo public and private school systems for over 20 years. This year we have delivered approximately 2,200 dictionaries to 3rd graders during the month of October.

In conjunction with the literacy project, we initiated a public relations campaign to enhance interest in the project and promote rotary to the students’ parents and teachers. We created a Dictionary Detective Challenge for 3rd graders to complete online and potentially win a free book from the West Fargo or Fargo Public Library. The Dictionary Detective Challenge card was included with each library book and has a QR code for students to take the challenge and for parents and teachers to learn more about Rotary. It links the parents and teachers to the FM Rotary Foundation website and the 5 FM area rotary club webpages. We also provided the public libraries funding for the purchase of prize books and purchased Rotary promotion labels for the prize books.