Columbia Grange donates dictionaries to third-graders
BY MAEGAN MURRAY | HERMISTON
The Hermiston Columbia Grange hopes to encourage better readers and writers in Hermiston by donating dictionaries to every third-grade student in Hermiston and Umatilla.
Members from the club visited all elementary schools in the two cities this week to donate dictionaries, hoping it will encourage children to develop an interest in reading and help improve their writing. Armed with boxes of dictionaries stacking 12-feet high, members from the club handed out 600 dictionaries to all the third-graders in the area as part of their “Word for Thirds” program.
