Dictionary Donation Program

Posted by Sandy Warren on Jan 30, 2017

Members of Ventura South Go Back to School

For Annual Dictionary Donation Program

For the eighth consecutive year, members of Ventura Rotary South visited third-grade classrooms in the Ventura Unified School District to distribute dictionaries and instruct the students on their use. Pictured above is Club member Sal Saldana in a classroom at Portola Elementary School. Other schools visited include Junipero Serra and Will Rogers Elementary.

According to Marilyn Scott, Community Service Chair and coordinator of the program for our Club, we distributed 315 dictionaries in this year's event. "The books cost just $2.50 each," said Marilyn, "so this is a very affordable effort that the students will be able to easily use through the 6th grade and beyond." She also noted that a quantity of English-Spanish dictionaries was distributed to those students needing them. All books included a label stating the dictionaries were donated by Ventura South, along with a Rotary wheel sticker for each child.

Those who participated in the preparation and the classroom distribution included Al Antelman, Bob Braitman, Mary Braitman, Rosanna Colin, Matt Jones, NK Khumalo, Hugette Peters-Khumalo, John Mattina, Kendall Mattina, Sal Saldana, Marilyn Scott, Don Scott, Melody Thurman, and Sandy Warren.