Women’s
Issues National Theme 2022-2025: “Celebrating and Caring
for Women”
The Women’s Issues Committee is a special
place for daughters to educate and empower
themselves to serve the Society, their
chapter, and their communities. The committee
encourages chapters to use the resources on
the Women’s
Issues Committee website for information
on the topics of Career, Family, Physical
Health, Mental Health, Personal Finance,
Senior Advocacy, and Women Veterans.
Everyone is invited to participate in the Celebration
Essay Contest. Essays may be written
about any subject within the four national
categories: Physical Health, Mental Health,
Career, and Family. Participants are
encouraged to consider using this year’s
National Theme of Celebrating and
Caring for Women. You can also
include topics of Personal Finance and Senior
Advocacy within the annual National Theme.
Essay entries must follow the Essay
Contest Instructions found on the
national website. Entries will be judged on
the state, division, and national levels by at
least three non-DAR judges. To begin the
process, members must send their entries to
the state chairperson by January 15, 2025. The
contest package must be sent in a single email
with two attachments, the Essay Proper (cover
page and essay) and the Contest
Entry Form, to mlsuter@windstream.net.
Any submission failing to follow these
guidelines will be disqualified.
State Winners for 2023:
- Family Issues-- My Mother’s Strength, by
Mary Thunhorst, Spirit Lake Chapter
- Career Issues—Standing on the Shoulders of
Giants, by Karen Stinson, Camp Dodge
Chapter; Also named North Central Division
Winner and National Honorable Mention in the
Career Issues category
Chapters are encouraged to plan programs that
deal with issues women face and service projects
that benefit women in our communities. The
Women’s Issues Committee has put together a list
of Chapter
Program Ideas and ideas for Chapter
Service Projects. Participation in service
projects focusing on the theme Celebrating and
Caring for Women may receive credited hours
under Service to America.
Chapters are encouraged to include a Women's
Issues
Minute in its regular agenda. Ideas
around monthly themes are easy to download and
share from the committee website.
The
Caring Campaign provides tools to inform
and educate members and the community in the
areas of Personal Finance, Mental and Physical
Health, and Senior Advocacy. This includes
suggestions for both one-on-one support and
chapter programming. Throughout the year, the
committee will provide social media messages
around monthly themes
which can be shared with your chapter. Connection
Coach materials help support women with
careers using coaching and mentoring.
The Women’s Issues Committee has an award
program to fund grants made to 501(c)(3)
organizations helping indigent, homeless
women. Vivian’s
Outreach to Women (VOW) will help
organizations providing medical and
educational services, childcare, housing,
clothing, food, or other needs assisting women
veterans to become self-sufficient in their
communities.
This committee invites every member to Rejoice
in Our DAR Ties of Service and Friendship
in our communities and our society by Celebrating
and Caring for Women.
Note: Women’s
Issues Committee on the Daughters Online
Community
Marla Suter
