Celebrate Daughters
(Formerly, Women's Issues)
Marla Suter, Chairman
Celebrate
Daughters National Theme 2025-2028:
“Illuminating the
Legacy of DAR Women”
The Celebrate Daughters Committee is a
redesign of the Women’s Issues Committee
established in 2001 to reflect the needs of
the women in DAR today. The Storage
Administration is focusing on redesigning this
committee to “Illuminate the Legacy” of our
membership past, present, and future.
The committee will be comprised of three main
pillars.
- Professional Development.
Historically the committee has only
scratched the surface of our members and
their professional backgrounds. We will work
to create resources for professional
networking and mentorship programs to enrich
networking opportunities between members
across the country and world. This will
provide an incredible depth of relationship
building engagement and resources within our
own membership.
- Health and Wellness. Ensure that
we are providing our members with continual
resources to better their physical and
mental health. Healthy initiatives are a
vital part of making sure that our
membership is supported on their personal
health journey.
- Celebrate Members. Each one of
our members brings talents, passion and life
experiences to DAR. We want to highlight and
recognize these women across the country and
world for their many contributions to our
organization, communities and beyond. This
pillar of our committee provides an
opportunity for our members to connect with
each other, creating a member’s community
that highlights our common interests,
professional and personal experiences and
captures the essence of today’s DAR.
Each chapter should include a “celebration
minute” at each chapter business meeting
focusing on one of the three pillars of
supporting Professional Development, Health and
Wellness, and Celebrate Members.
Celebrate Daughters Committee Monthly
Themes
- January: National Mentoring Month–
Reach out to your chapter and connect
members for networking opportunities.
- February: National Heart and Stroke
Month– Create programs on women’s heart
health and stroke awareness.
- March: Women’s History Month –
Celebrate Women in History as a chapter
program or purposeful minute.
- April: Move More Month– Increase
physical activity and awareness.
- May: Mental Health Awareness Month
– Engaging all members outside of DAR
meetings to raise awareness that there are
many ways to be interact as a DAR member.
- June: Flag Day Celebrations –
Chapters supporting a common bond supporting
stars and stripes forever.
- July: Celebrate the Women of DAR –
Highlight Outstanding members in your
chapter on the DOC.
- August: National Wellness Month–
Share stress relieving ideas with chapter
members.
- September: National Family Month –
Highlight Celebrate Daughters members who
balance career, family and volunteering –
Celebrate National Daughters Day is
September 25.
- October: Strength of Women Month–
Focus on health, career, and the
unpredictability of life. Celebrate
Daughters illuminate and overcome all of
these obstacles and build strength together.
- November: Career Development Month
– Share inspiring experiences to connect
members across generations.
- December: National Giving Month –
Give back to DAR through Development
initiatives on DAR Giving Tuesday.
For more information, follow the Celebrate
Daughters Committee on the DOC or visit the
Celebrate Daughters Committee Webpage: https://www.dar.org/members/committees/special-committees/celebrate-daughters/celebrate-daughters-committee
Marla Suter
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