SYCAMORE – Dictionaries will be dusted off as the 13th annual DeKalb County Community Spelling Bee is set to take place today.

The event, which serves as DeKalb/Sycamore Altrusa International’s largest annual fundraiser, will begin at 7 p.m. at St. Mary’s Church Activity Center in Sycamore and raises money to fight illiteracy and provide schools and local programs with reading supplies.

Last year’s event raised more than $10,000, said organizer Karen Hagen, and was divided among Altrusa, the Daily Chronicle’s Newspapers in Education program and the DeKalb County Community Foundation.