The Rotary Club of Douglas is spearheading a new literacy campaign by presenting Dictionaries 4 Life to local schoolchildren.

Thousands of good words were ?uploaded' to forty-nine school leavers at Scooil yn Jubilee recently when they were presented with the Usborne 288-page English Illustrated Dictionary, produced especially for Rotary. Plates inside the book record the event.

Chairman of Douglas Rotary Club, Kevin Kneen, said the dictionaries would be a useful part of the children's toolkit as they move up to secondary school. ?It demonstrates a real commitment on behalf of the Club to supporting children in the local community,' he said.

Douglas Rotary Club has forged a special link with Scooil yn Jubilee, where ?reading buddies' have been helping children for several months. The Club is now looking forward to developing the link further in the future.

Photo - Imogen Pierce, Breeshey Farren and Emily Kinley show off their Dictionaries with President of Douglas Rotary Club, Kevin Kneen, and Chairman of Douglas Rotary Youth Committee, David Gawne.