Chapter Activities and Projects

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Education

 

 

 Patriotism

 

 


 Historic Preservation

 

  • Donates funds to the American Indian Financial Assistance program to be used as a grant to a Community College student.
  • Supports Chemawa Indian School in Salem, Oregon, with clothing, school supplies, and craft supplies.
  • Presents certificates and monetary awards to chapter winners of the American History essay contest.
  • Presents certificates and monetary awards to chapter winners of the DAR Good Citizen essay contest.
  •  Outstanding American History Teacher awards
  •  Provides reading tutors to   local elementary schools through the Community Classroom Committee. 
    
  • Participates Wear Red on Friday; to honor service members who are deployed.
  • Sends boxes filled with items most needed and requested by our servicemen and women serving in our country all over the world.
  • Participates in patriotic parades for Veterans Day and Independence Day.
  • Purchases wreaths through Wreaths Across America and assists Sacramento Valley National Cemetery (SVNC) in placing and removing the wreaths in December each year.
  • Places flags at veterans graves on Memorial Day
  • Participates at the Unaccompanied Veterans Ceremony at the SVNC given quarterly.  

 

 

 

  
  • Maintains the gravesite of Alexander Hamilton's son, William Stephen Hamilton, at the Old City Cemetery.
  • Sends donations to DAR Library in Washington, D.C., one of the largest and most important genealogy libraries in the world. 
  • Conducts genealogy workshops through the FamilySearch Library.
  • Supports through donations to the Fresno Heritage Library.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Independence Day Parade

 

 

 

 

 

All photos courtesy of chapter members

       

National Society Daughters of the American Revolution

California Society Daughters of the American Revolution