Sept 2012 Cobblers were baked, spaghetti was cooked, Mystery bags were filled. The yearly spaghetti dinner to fund our dictionary project was underway. There were 88 dinners served at the church and 203 take-out dinners were purchased. Over 1600 dictionaries purchased with funds from this event.

Oct. 2012 Altrusa International, partnering with the Bella Vista Library, celebrated "Make a Difference Day" initiating two programs to enhance youth literacy. Altrusa will provide a dictionary to any child who is new to the library and signs up for a library card. The dictionaries will also be used as an incentive for the summer reading program.