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Photo taken of Francis Chan, Executive Director, and Aimee Buenviaje, Board Intern, at the Board Match, January 11, 2011.
Third Annual Bay Area Crossword Puzzle Tournament - Sept 11, 2010
Third Annual Bay Area Crossword Puzzle Tournament Results Here are the results of the Crossword Puzzle Tournament held on Sept 11, 2010. 1st place - Eric Maddy 2nd place - Joshua Kosman 3rd place - Reed Galbraith
More results: http://www.bayareacrosswords.org/results2010.htm
Alum Rock Dictionary Day -October 16, 2009
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Second Annual Bay Area Crossword Puzzle Tournament - Sept 12, 2009
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Sept 12, 2009 : The second Annual Crossword Puzzle Tournament was a success! Over 60 crossword puzzle enthusiasts participated. We were able to raise money to help kids get dictionaries! Can't wait till next year!
California Dictionary Project at Franklin-McKinley Dictionary Day - April 10, 2008
Scenes from the Los Arboles Dictionary Day
April 10, 2008: California Dictionary Project at Franklin-McKinley Dictionary Day.
November 14, 2008
San Francisco Chronicle - There Is Such A Thing As A Free Dictionary
October 13, 2008
California Dictionary Project Kicks Off Its 7th Year With a 5,200-Dictionary Donation on National Dictionary Day
July 17, 2008
Flyer - First Annual Bay Area Crossword Puzzle Tournament
March 3, 2008
Simonds Elementary School - Dictionary Day at Simonds Elementary School
February 25, 2008
Press Release - How Do You Spell Grateful? San Jose Unified School District Dictionary Day
February 14, 2008
Campbell Unified School District - Schools Celebrate Love of Literacy to Promote College-Going Culture
December 1, 2007
Video - California
Dictionary Project at the Briarwood Elementary School, Celebrating Santa Clara Unified School District's National Dictionary Day
October
16, 2007
Press Release - California
Dictionary Project Celebrates National Dictionary Day in Santa Clara
April
13, 2007
Rose Garden Resident
- Word Search - Dictionary Project Comes to Trace
April
12, 2007
Alamaden Resident - Dictionary
Day Brings More Than Books
KCBS
News Report - Clip 1
News Coverage - MP3 Audio
Clip - San Jose Unified School District Dictionary Day
KCBS
News Report - Clip 2
News Coverage - MP3 Audio
Clip - San Jose Unified School District Dictionary Day
April
3, 2007
San Jose Mercury News - Volunteers
Give Dictionaries to San Jose Third-Graders
April
1, 2007
Press Release - Smiles will
Abound as 100 Volunteers Distribute 3500 Dictionaries to San Jose Unified
3rd Grade Students
February
27, 2007
Silicon Valley Community Newspapers
- The Campbell Reporter - From A to Z, dictionary is window to words for students at Rosemary and Castlemont
February
09, 2007
Press Release - How Do You
Spell Chocolate? South Bay Third Graders to Receive Their Own Dictionary
This Valentine's Day
January 16, 2007
Press Release - HEROES Partners With the California Dictionary Project to Distribute Dictionaries to Oakland 3rd Graders
November 11, 2006
Harding Elementary School in El Cerrito Receives CDP Dictionaries
November 6, 2006
Press Release -
California Dictionary Project Announces Donations of Nearly 8,000 Dictionaries to Bay Area Third Graders
June
15, 2006
Chronicle of Philanthropy - Words of Inspiration
March
23, 2006
Rose Garden Resident - Books From Dictionary Project Make Third-Graders
at Trace School Happy
March
9, 2006
Press Release - California Dictionary Project delivers 4000 dictionaries for Oakland 3rd graders
January
19, 2006
Oakland Tribune - For Kids, Dictionaries Spell Power
January 18, 2006
Press Release - California Dictionary Project Returns to Oakland to Hand Out 4,000 Dictionaries to Public School Third Graders
December 15, 2004
Press Release - California Dictionary Project Donates Dictionaries 4300 Dictionaries to Every Third Grader in San Jose's Public Schools.
November 18, 2004
Press Release - California Dictionary Project Returns
To Oakland To Hand Out 4,600 Dictionaries To Public School Third Graders
November 17, 2004
Press Release - California Dictionary Project Donates 5,000 Dictionaries to Every Third Grader in San Francisco's Public Schools.
April 5, 2004
Press Release - Dictionary Project Donates Dictionaries to Every Third Grade Student in the San Jose Unified School District.
March 12, 2004
Press Release - California Dictionary Project Donates 4,900 Dictionaries to Public School Third Graders in San Francisco
November
14, 2003
Press Release - California Dictionary Project Returns To Oakland To
Hand Out 5,000 Dictionaries To Public School Third Graders
NBC
11 News Report
News Coverage - CDP kicks off school year by delivering 5000 dictionaries to Oakland Schools
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November
13, 2003
East Bay Business Times - Project Distributes Dictionaries to School Kids
May
9, 2003
SF Chronicle - SF Third Graders
Get Dictionaries
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