{"id":98,"date":"2024-04-12T13:47:14","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T18:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mocorotary.org\/?page_id=98"},"modified":"2024-04-12T13:47:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T18:47:14","slug":"charitable-works","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mocorotary.org\/?page_id=98","title":{"rendered":"Charitable Works"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dictionaries for Third Grade Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Rotary Club of Monroe County delivers new dictionaries to all third graders in the county. Over the past few years, our club has delivered dictionaries to hundreds of children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Monroe County Rotary Club Donates Dictionaries To Local Third Grade Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Monroe County Rotary Club celebrated National Dictionary Day on October 16 by donating 262 new dictionaries to 3rd grade students in Monroe County. Club members brought the books to children at Valmeyer Elementary, Rogers Elementary, and St. Peter and Paul Catholic School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe students were so excited to receive these dictionaries,\u201d said club member Gail Troupe, who coordinated the effort. \u201cTheir older siblings, cousins, or friends have told them about the books, and they couldn\u2019t wait to receive their own.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These aren\u2019t typical dictionaries containing only definitions; these books have facts about the United States presidents, the solar system, and more. \u201cThe dictionaries allow the children to have access to the world while staying \u2018unplugged.\u2019 Our hope is that the students will use these books to not only understand language, but to learn about the world.\u201d added Troupe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the club\u2019s fourth year donating the dictionaries to local youth, a tradition they plan to continue each fall. In addition to this donation, the Monroe County Rotary Club collects money throughout the year to donate items to local veterans and is preparing a Caring Case program for local children in need due to hardship or foster care transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/mocorotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20171016-Dictionary_01.jpg\" alt=\"Rotary Dictionary Distribution Day photo\" class=\"wp-image-77\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mocorotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20171016-Dictionary_01.jpg 960w, https:\/\/mocorotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20171016-Dictionary_01-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mocorotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20171016-Dictionary_01-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/mocorotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20171016-Dictionary_02.jpg\" alt=\"Rotary Dictionary Distribution Day photo\" class=\"wp-image-78\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mocorotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20171016-Dictionary_02.jpg 960w, https:\/\/mocorotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20171016-Dictionary_02-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mocorotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20171016-Dictionary_02-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/mocorotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20171016-Dictionary_03.jpg\" alt=\"Rotary Dictionary Distribution Day photo\" class=\"wp-image-79\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mocorotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20171016-Dictionary_03.jpg 960w, https:\/\/mocorotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20171016-Dictionary_03-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mocorotary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20171016-Dictionary_03-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shorts for Veterans<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Jefferson Barracks Veteran&#8217;s Administration Hospital, in South County, Saint Louis, Missouri, has requested shorts and swimming suits for veterans going through physical therapy. Our club usually has two drives every year in front of Rural King and Walmart in Waterloo. Any monetary donations are used to purchase more items for the donation. In 2016, we donated hundreds of shorts for our local veterans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dictionaries for Third Grade Students The Rotary Club of Monroe County delivers new dictionaries to all third graders in the county. Over the past few years, our club has delivered dictionaries to hundreds of children. Monroe County Rotary Club Donates Dictionaries To Local Third Grade Students The Monroe County Rotary Club celebrated National Dictionary Day [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-98","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mocorotary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/98","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mocorotary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mocorotary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mocorotary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mocorotary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=98"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mocorotary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/98\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99,"href":"https:\/\/mocorotary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/98\/revisions\/99"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mocorotary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=98"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}