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Fundraising Committee
The fundraising committee currently works with Avon, Yankee Candle fundraising and Holiday card sales. We also participate in various opportunities throughout the year to raise money, such as American Flag sales around Memorial Day, 4th of July, and Labor Day.
Veterans Committee
Our Veterans Committee works year-round to support local and national veterans.
American Heritage Committee
Many of our members are very talented in various arts, such as knitting, sewing, photography, and gardening. We use these talents to help provide for the community and those in need.
Constitution Week
Constitution Week is celebrated every year during the week of September 17th-23rd. Our chapter provides posters and bookmarks to our local libraries for their Constitution Week displays. We've expanded our outreach to also provide bookmarks and posters to local public and private elementary school libraries. The bookmarks have either the words of the Pledge of Allegiance or the words of the Preamble to the Constitution. The purpose of Constitution Week is to celebrate the words of our founding fathers and to remember those values upon which our country was built.
Flag Day
In 2009, our chapter started an annual tradition and celebrated Flag Day by researching those Revolutionary Patriots that are buried in the Huntington Burial Grounds, located in Huntington Center on the St. Paul's Episcopal Church property. For the celebration, we placed flags at the headstones of the 40 patriots identified. The celebration was open to the public and was enjoyed by many.
Junior American Citizens (JAC)
The purpose of the Junior American Citizens Committee is to teach America's school children, the principles of our democratic government and an appreciation for our great country. Through these opportunities and recognition of the student’s work, we hope to encourage today's Junior American Citizens -- the future leaders of our country.
The JAC Committee offers contests in art, creative expression, and community service for preschoolers through grade 12.
Conservation Committee
Conservation is defined as an ethic of resource use, allocation and protection especially for the natural environment. The Conservation movement is to protect plants, animals, and their habitats. Our chapter is looking to expand to include this committee, and participate in its contests and/or presentation of the Conservation Medal to a local qualifying recipient.
Library Contributions
Our chapter makes numerous contributions to our local libraries. Our chapter also contributes to NSDAR. Following are the books donated to National by our chapter:
2009-2010 - American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765-1915
2010-2011 - Daily Lives of Civilians in Wartime Early America: From the Colonial Era to the Civil War |
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