Foresthill Lions Present Dictionaries to Students

The Foresthill Lions Club, in the spirit of supporting our local schools and youth, present new dictionaries to each 5th grader at Foresthill Middle School at the beginning of each school year.

Shannon Jacinto, principal at the Middle School, thanked the Lions Club for donating the books and said:

“I am stunned.  The dictionaries are beautiful hard cover editions. The students were in awe when they thought that they were receiving one copy for their classroom.  Finally, when they comprehended that they were each being given a copy and it was “theirs”, it  really sent a huge wave of amazement through each of the two - 5^th grade classrooms.   I am always grateful for the amazing generosity of the Lion’s Club men and women.  The kids will take this dictionary to college, their first home, and to their job.”

Lion Gerry Winkler, who spearheaded the idea, said:

  “We wanted to do something for the kids, and figured this would be both educational, and appropriate given the current fiscal situation.  We know that all of the schools and some parents are struggling to give the kids everything they need to succeed in class and so we are just glad to be able to help out”.

Lions Scott Nelson and Ken Walker accompanied Lion Winkler to the school to make the presentation to the students.