Service to America
Lucy Zeimet, Chair
"We want a society
founded on service,” Eugenia Washington,
DAR Founder
It’s great to be a member of the Iowa Society of
the Daughters of the American Revolution!
President General Pamela Edwards Rouse Wright
and State Regent Edee Brunia are so passionate
about a society of service. The Wright
Administration has set a high and realistic goal
for the national society of logging 15 million
Service to America hours.
This year, Daughters are asked to support
Historic Preservation by cleaning headstones and
undertaking restoration and beautification
projects in local cemeteries. Log the number of
headstones and hours in the online tally.
State Regent Brunia has set the butterfly as
our symbol to glide our society into the future.
The Service to America is set to follow her
goal. People all over Iowa are working to
restore the monarch biome and we as daughters
can volunteer in this project.
- Record all your volunteer hours. The goal
for Iowa Daughters is to record at least
an average of one hour per week.
Recording should be an on-going process
(weekly, monthly or quarterly) and not a
frantic endeavor at the end of the year. We
want you to capture your voluminous volunteer
service. Please share photos and projects with
the state committee chair and on the Service
to America Facebook group.
National
Online Tally:
https://services.dar.org/members/validate/LOGON/?MyURL=http://services.dar.org/members/committees/ServicetoAmerica/default.cfm?
- Please reach out to those individuals who do
not regularly attend meetings. Encourage them
to record their hours. We know that they are
volunteering. Their online posting is an
active way for them to participate in their
chapter, state and national organizations.
- We understand that people are busy so
consider Service
in Seconds projects. Chapters are
encouraged to plan a meaningful service
project throughout year. Service in Seconds
demonstrates how Daughters can make big
impacts in their communities with just seconds
of work. Consider planning a Service in
Seconds project as a chapter program or as an
activity at a state meeting or conference.
- The Iowa Society DAR Service to America
Committee annually celebrates the Iowa Chapter
that has the highest average volunteer hours
per member as recorded via the national online
tally. (Access link provided above.) Please
refer to ISDAR Eugenia
Washington Traveling Tray section for
rules and chapter winners.
- Chapters should have a National Day of
Service project around October 11 to
commemorate the founding of our Society. This
annual commemoration may be the same project
every year or varied according to local needs
and interests. We'd love to see your photos.
Chapters are encouraged to submit their
project for the Service to America Award
for Outstanding National DAR Day of Service
Project. Plan now to submit your 2023
projects at the end of the year. See NSDAR
Service to America Committee website for
details.
The Wright Administration is continuing our
nationwide “Salute to Service” initiative is a
collaborative effort of four national committees –
DAR Project Patriot, DAR Service for Veterans,
National Defense and Service to America. We intend
to spotlight the service of active-duty military,
veterans, and first responders. The initiative
includes two unique avenues of participation:
“Snap-A-Salute” and a Chapter Challenge. See NSDAR
Service to America Committee website for details:
founded on service.
Remember Service to America activities when
reviewing the National Chapter Achievement Awards
Planning Guide and the Chapter Master Report.
Refer to the appropriate section on the NSDAR
website. Updates are posted.
RESOURCES:
See NSDAR Service to America Committee
webpages for current, up-to-date details.
Descriptive information is comprehensive and
available for education and programs. Take
advantage of your National Chairs’ efforts. You
do not need to “recreate the wheel.”
https://www.dar.org/members/committees/special-committees/service-america/purpose-committee
On the NSDAR Committee home page the following
have hyperlinks to these special areas.
- Committee Home (Overview) Mission
- Service to America Goal (Officer and
member focus)
- What Counts as “Service to America” (See
for FAQ)
- NSDAR Annual Service to America Project
- National DAR Day of Service (What, when,
how and more)
- Service in Seconds
- Salute to Service (Consider for a chapter
program – 4 committees in one)
- Service to America Committee Contests
- Reporting and Sharing
- Log Your Service to America Hours (Record!
Record! Record!)
- Service to America Online Tally
- Instructions for Using the Online Tally
ISDAR Fall Forum 24 Oct
2020 Power Point Presentation (available
for chapter presentation)
ISDAR Fall
Forum 15 Oct 2021 Handout (available as a
chapter resource)
ISDAR Fall Forum 2023, Service From Home
Handout
RECORD!
RECORD! RECORD!
Lucy Zeimet
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