Dictionary project encourages readers

Sussex — Each year, the Wallkill Valley Rotary Club sponsors a program called the Gift of Knowledge in which members of the club hand out dictionaries to all the third-grade students in their service district. This year the Club gave out 454 dictionaries to the seven elementary schools. This project was initiated in 2001 and has been one of the club’s top projects since its inception. Not only does each student receive their own dictionary, but in turn, each student is encouraged, by this gift, to become more active readers and better writers. Among those who received the dictionaries were students at the Sussex Christian School. Alexis Horvath of Pinkel Funeral Home in Sussex coordinated the Dictionary Project for the club.