Third Graders Receive Dictionaries from Rainier Lions

The Rainier Lions made its’ annual visit to Rainier area third graders delivering dictionaries this week  .  Last week they visited  Eagle View School  third grade and Phoenix Rising School combined third and forth graders.

This is a ongoing  program adopted by most Lions clubs from coast to coast. They are not only dictionaries ,  more like miniature encyclopedia  filled with information about our country, world and universe.  It includes the longest word in the English language - with 1,907 letters, biographies of our presidents, math tables, countries of the world, braille & sign language alphabets and The Declaration of Independence and more.....

Pictured are Lions Linda Lazelle, Bud Green, George Johnson, Art Runyon and Terri  Rendahl  and the classes of Rainier third graders who received their dictionaries this week.

The third grade teachers are Mrs. Swanson and Mrs. Cinkovich.

Rainier Lions in back left to right:  

Teri Rendahl, Art Runyan, George Johnson, Bud Green 

& Linda Lazelle

Dictionary Day in Rainier - Thank You from The Phoenix Rising School

George, 

Thank you so much for visiting our school and brightening our day with the delivery of dictionaries to the 3rd and 4th grade students!  I went into the classroom after you left and every student had a huge smile on their face, they were so excited about the gift you had brought each of them.  

We are so impressed with your organization.  The staff at Phoenix Rising thanks you and appreciates the great work that you and the Rainier Lions Club are doing to serve our local community!

Sincerely,

Jessica 

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Jessica CaldwellSchool Administrator

THE PHOENIX RISING SCHOOL
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UPDATE October 1, 2014:  

Thanks again George, I just wanted to tell you that my son is in the third grade class, he is calling his dictionary his "precious" and slept with it last night tucked under his arm.

We appreciate you!

Jessica

Thank you so much George!  It was so nice meeting you on Tuesday.  I hope Jessica shared with you that her son was so excited about his dictionary that he actually slept with it that evening.  The kids are sharing all sorts of interesting facts that they are reading in their dictionaries.

Many thanks,

Megan (Moskwa)

Thank You Cards From: Eagle View Christian School

The third grade students from Eagle View Christian School had their "THANK YOU" cards for the Rainier Lions Club all ready when we arrived to deliver their dictionaries.

All of the children signed both cards.  To respect their privacy, the children's signatures were not scanned for public display on our blog. 

After KL George Johnson gave his presentation and the children thumbed through their dictionaries, we were presented with 2 thank you's from the third grade class.  Both thank you cards were hand made.  

In closing, one of the students said a prayer for the Rainier Lions Club (& us).  This was touching and means a lot to George and me.  

A special THANK YOU goes out to all of the children, staff and parents of the Eagle View Christian School for granting us permission to present dictionaries to the third grade students.

George and I treasure the memories  we share with you.  Going to your school is a wonderful  experience.  

On card was very large.  I scanned an image of the inside thank you, so you can read it here:

Above is a picture of the inside of the large Thank You card.  

This is the outside of the smaller card (shown with the back of part of the larger card.)

 This is the inside picture in the smaller thank you card.  (resting on the back of the larger card.)

Dictionaries Delivered to Third Graders in Rainier

Hi Gang ,

Linda and I went to Rainier Elementary & Eagle View Christian School and passed out our dictionaries to 79 third graders. I know that some of you were unable to attend because of life issues.

I have to tell you that you missed one of life’s absolute fine moments. The reaction in the students eyes was worth more than any amount of money. It was a moment akin to Haley’s comment, an event that only happens once or twice in a lifetime.

The dictionaries are one of the fun things we do with the money we work so hard earn with our fundraisers. Events like giving out the dictionaries are the precious rewards of being a member of the Rainier Lions Club.  Most of us have too few of these kinds of rewards in life.

Helping with the sight and hearing van is another rewarding experience, but that may not happen this year because of a scheduling problem.

We need to be about making a difference in our community. I do believe that there are people in town ready to help us make our town a better place to live.  Please come out and help lead them.

Thanks,

George

       Thank you for inviting us to your school!

Pictures of Rainier Elementary School 

Third Grade Students 

Receiving Their Dictionaries:

Third grade teachers.

Third grade teachers.

Sixty-nine third grade students right after they receive their dictionaries.

Students engrossed in their new dictionaries.

Still looking up facts in their dictionaries, as King Lion George makes presentation.

Students looking up facts.

Still looking.............

Engrossed..........

Comparing facts.

Asking questions of the staff in sign language.

King Lion George with staff member

King Lion George with staff member

King Lion George

Students comparing facts with other students.

Happy, smiling student.

Kids talking about the things they find in their new dictionary.

Happy, smiling third grade girl.

Mrs. Cinkovitch taking picture of the third grade classes in the library.

King Lion George with teacher, staff and students.

Pictures of Eagle View Christian School 

Third Grade Students 

Receiving Their Dictionaries:

Principle Barbie B. sits behind the 10 third graders who just received their dictionaries.

Students looking at their dictionaries.

Students engrossed in their new book.

Still reading.......

Students talking about the things they find just before presentation closes.  They thank us an and say a prayer before we conclude.  Very nice indeed!

King Lion George asked the students:  There's a million, a billion and then a trillion.  What comes after a trillion?   The students answer, "a quadrillion."  We were very impressed.  We didn't know that answer until we found it in the dictionary before the presentation.  Even third graders are smarter then we are!

GO KIDS!!!

Thank you for inviting us to your school!