Iowa Society

Daughters of the American Revolution

DAR Project Patriot Committee

The DAR Project Patriot Committee is the official DAR committee that supports America’s active military personnel in current conflicts abroad. At the national level, DAR support is focused on two groups: women serving in the military and the wounded military personnel at these locations – the Chaplain’s Closet at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, the Warrior Transition Brigade at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, and the Wounded Warrior and Family Support Center in San Antonio, Texas. We provide phone cards which are given to chaplains for distribution so the wounded and service personnel may call home and provide basic clothing items for distribution. We also provide comfort items for women which are difficult to find overseas. In addition, we provide support to deploying and returning service members and their families.

Monetary donations from chapters and individuals to the DAR Project Patriot Committee are to be sent to the NSDAR Office of Development on Form DEV-1003 and designated for DAR Project Patriot. These donations enable this committee to provide requested items in bulk. A minimum donation of $100 will qualify one to purchase the DAR Project Patriot Pin to wear on the official ribbon.

I would encourage all who are interested to promote the national project and support our service personnel through this project. The national website committee information lists specific items that Project Patriot seeks if your chapter is looking for ideas, but monetary donations work well, too. During the past two years members and chapters contributed well over $150,000 to the project.

Chapter members are focusing on the dedicated men and women serving in all branches of the armed forces. Activities in which you may participate, in addition to the national projects, include mailing care packages to troops, mailing coupons to overseas bases for use by military families, and donating food/comfort items to local USO centers, among others.

Visit the DAR Project Patriot Committee webpage for more information.

Ann Hutchcroft Weber