BEDFORD – A total of 372 3rd-grade students in the five Bedford North Lawrence Elementary Schools, St Vincent de Paul School, Lawrence County Independent Schools, Springville Community Academy, Stone City Christian Academy, JC’s Christian Academy, and Lawrence County Home Schools have now received new dictionaries from the Bedford Lions Club with partial assistance from a Smithville Charitable Foundation grant.
showing off their new dictionaries after receiving them from Lion Heather Wessel
This is the 18th consecutive year the Lions have participated in this Dictionary Project while presenting a total of 7,287 dictionaries to the students according to Lion Heather Wessel, chairman of the local program.
The Lions Club hopes that through this project the dictionaries provided can be used as each pupil’s personal reference book. Inside the cover of each book is a Lion label and each pupil can write in his or her name. The dictionaries are used to assist students in improving their reading ability and comprehension.
Lion Wessel stated, “It is a chance for them to expand their vocabulary and to have their very own dictionary.”
