Chapter Activities and Projects

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Chapter Activities

Veteran Service: We support the Modesto Veterans Center, an arm of the US Department of Veterans Affairs, by providing items for their Thanksgiving baskets.

Conservation: We support the reforestation of the Stanislaus National Forest through donating to the Penny Pines Reforestation Project.  We participate in the Modesto Arbor Day tree planting, conserve water and energy, recycle, and plant butterfly and bee gardens.

National Defense: We award ROTC Medals and scholarships. We award DAR Youth Citizenship medals to eighth-graders. 

DAR Good Citizens Committee: We sponsor twenty-four high schools and award scholarships.

Genealogical Records: We collect and prepare unpublished genealogical records such as family, church, and court records.

DAR School Committee: We collect box tops for education.

Scholarship Boutique Fundraisers

Commemorative Events: We support and celebrate exceptional events in American history such as Constitution Week, Veterans Day, Independence Day, the 150th Anniversary of Memorial Day, the 100th Anniversary of Women's Suffrage, the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War, the 75th Anniversary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor, the 100th Anniversary of the end of World War I, the 100th Anniversary of the American's Creed, and the 75th Anniversary of D-Day.

 

National Society Daughters of the American Revolution

California State Society Daughters of the American Revolution