September 12, 2003

THE DICTIONARY PROJECT & SHEPHERD LINCOLN MERCURY

On September 11^th, 2003 Shepherd Lincoln Mercury in Downtown Richmond provided dictionaries to all 3^rd grade students at Will Lee Elementary School in Richmond.  Earlier in the week dictionaries were also provided to St. Peter Lutheran School and St. Augustine School.  This is the second year that the local Lincoln Mercury dealership has participated in this national program.  The goal of this program is to aid third grade teachers in their goal to see all their students leave at the end of the year as good writers, active readers, and thinkers.  Teacher’s benefit by knowing that their students have consistent access to a tool for homework and in class exploration.  The project also allows children the opportunity to own their own dictionary.  Jim Shepherd, owner and president of Shepherd Lincoln Mercury said “This is a wonderful program for our children and their teachers.  It is especially heartwarming on a date that marks tragedy for our country to be able to give something back to our community and receive so many smiles and thank you's in return.”  We handed out over 200 dictionaries this week and we intend to do this every year for the 3^rd grade students in Richmond.”   The Dictionary Project is a national program that delivers over 500,000 dictionaries annually to children in 35 states.  To learn more about this program you can go to www.dictionaryproject.org.

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Jim Hanus
www.AllAboutRichmond.com
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