Saturday, October 10, was designated as Make A Difference Day by Rotary International, and the Austintown club pitched in to make this a rousing success. Several projects were completed this day, followed by a picnic for members and guests from the Fitch Interact Club.The largest project of the week was the distribution of dictionaries to all third grade classes in local elementary schools. Teams from the Rotary Club of Austintown visited Lloyd, Lynn Kirk, Watson, Woodside, St.Joseph/Immaculate Heart, St. Christine, and Jackson Milton elementary buildings to present the books to each third grader as a literacy project that has been ongoing the past eight years. Over 500 students received this book that they will keep.The second project completed on Make A Difference Day was the Kirk Road cleanup, in coordination with the Green Team of Mahoning County. An army of 23, made up of Rotary and Fitch Interact members, converged on two miles of Kirk Road from Rt. 46 to Whispering Pines Dr., gleaning bags of litter in a semi-annual cleanup that spans nine years.The workers ended the morning with a picnic at the Pogany Pavilion of Austintown Township Park, which overlooks another Rotary project, the Celebration Grove, planted in 2005. It consists of 100 trees, with Red Maple, Flowering Pear, and River Birch offering a variety of colors and shapes in a planned pattern with benches. Rotary also donated a brick paved terrace in the grove in 2007.