Millen 2021-22

Dictionaries for JCES 3rd Graders 2021-22 School Year

The Club purchased 216 dictionaries and distributed them to the 3rd graders at the Jenkins County School System for the 2021-22 School year. We were actually able to provide the school with enough dictionaries for the 2021-22 and 2022-23 school years.

The 3rd grade students (864) and their families benefited from this project by increasing vocabulary with the use of these dictionaries provided by the club.

Rotarians (18) participated in loading and unloading the dictionaries for delivery to the school and by printing and placing labels inside the front cover.

Millen 2020-21

Basic Education & Literacy Efforts:

To assist with Rotary International‘s area of focus, Basic Education and Literacy, the Rotary Club of Millen donated 75 dictionaries to Jenkins County Elementary School for the third grade students. Due to COVID-19, we may not have been able to personally deliver these to the students during class, like we have in the past, but we still want to encourage the students to read and learn. This year inside every dictionary cover is a special quote for the students reminding them that they can overcome and achieve any obstacle that comes their way.

“Always be persistent with your goals, keep a strong determination throughout your life, and be confident in yourself, for with this mentality you can accomplish anything!“ -Shana Brinson, Rotary Club of Millen President 2020-21.

Since our club was unable to enter the school this year to read to the students due to COVID-19, We started a reading project for National Read a Book Day and titled it,  “Come Read With Rotary“. This project stretched from  September 10th to October 2nd. Our club‘s Rotarians recorded themselves reading books of their choice and those videos were then shared on our club Facebook page  daily, as well as shared with the local Elementary School teachers.

We plan on doing this again in January For National Reading Day and in March for National Read Across America.

Millen 2019-20

Rotary Club of Millen runs book drive