Link to September 25 Watertown Daily News article, "Watertown Elks distribute free dictionaries to third-grade classes".

Excerpt: The local Dictionary Project is being funded through a donation from the Watertown Elks Lodge. The idea for The Dictionary Project began in 1992 when Annie Plummer of Savannah, Ga., gave 50 dictionaries to children who attended a school close to her home. Each year she continued to give this gift, raising money to help give more and more books so that in her lifetime she raised enough money to buy 17,000 dictionaries for children in Savannah.

The reference librarian in me asked, "What dictionary has been selected for distribution?" I don't know for a fact that it's the reputable Merriam-Webster's title (shown above), but a picture of its cover appears on The Dictionary Project's website.