Chapter Activities and Projects
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DAR promotes knowledge, loyalty, and love of country for American citizens, whether naturalized or citizens by birth. Daughters are encouraged to provide service within their communities to support the NSDAR motto: "God, Home, and Country."
Western Shores Chapter, NSDAR, activities include promoting and supporting historic preservation, education, and patriotism.
Historic Preservation includes:
- Genealogy records preservation
- Laying wreaths at Artesia Cemetery with Wreaths Across America in December
- Helping to restore marred gravestones
- Historical marker installations
- Honoring historic events with anniversary celebrations and ceremonies that celebrate the moments that shaped our nation (such as Constitution Week, or the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party)
- Financially supporting the California State Society Daughters of the American Revolution (CSSDAR) State Regent's Project
- Conservation - through the Penny Pines Plantation project, our chapter has contributed toward the cost of planting seedlings on one acre of National Forest land in California
- Donating to multiple projects at the state and national levels that focus on historical preservation and education
Education includes:
- Giving to Rising Tide, a literacy program for low-income children
- Supporting DAR schools
- Holding an Awards Reception in April which honors approximately 30 Youth Leaders and Outstanding Students in American History (an American History essay contest) See pictures below
- Youth Citizenship awards
- ROTC awards and other Cadet awards
Patriotism includes actively supporting our past, present, and future service members who protect our liberty and defend our nation by:
- Hosting an annual baby shower for veteran mothers at the Long Beach Veterans Administration (VA) Hospital, and by donating time and goods for an annual veterans bingo party
- Supporting the Long Beach Fisher House, which provides temporary lodging and support to military members, veterans, and their families, when receiving medical treatment through a southern California Navy or VA medical facility, by donating personal care items, cash, or other gifts
- Adopting a family for Christmas from the Veteran’s Hospital part of Operation Santa and Toys for Tots
- Collecting canned food for the Food Pantry at the Long Beach Veteran’s Hospital throughout the year
- Providing financial assistance to Project Patriot, a DAR national initiative to support active-duty military
- Learning about the history and proper use of the flag in order to keep our flag flying, to protect it continuously under all conditions, and to educate citizens regarding its correct usage
- Our quilting members give give quilts to soldiers through Quilts of Valor
- Providing custom-sewn Boat Rack Curtains for Navy bunks; these are interior liners to personalize navy bunks with character prints, to help block light, to give the area a touch of "home," and these interior curtains have pockets for phones, pens, and other paraphernalia
- Participating in Veterans Day memorial activities. We remember our ancestors who helped America achieve its freedom
- Honoring and serving our veterans, our troops, our flag, and our country!
Come to our monthly meetings and --
- Learn your national history!
- Stay informed about contemporary issues affecting our communities and our county
- Promote patriotism, education, and historic preservation in Southern California
- And best of all, be enriched by forming new friendships with other Daughters!
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
California State Society Daughters of the American Revolution