Genesee Chapter
 

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Activities

Community is important to Genesee members. We work to be sure the public is aware of the three objects of the Daughters of the American Revolution:  


Promotion of Education

  • Donate to all DAR Schools, state scholarship fund, and Junior programs

  • Support the Labels for Education program

  • Participate in the DAR Good Citizenship program in local schools

  • Members volunteer at the Flint Public Library, Flint Genealogy Society, and Genesee County Court House for assistance with genealogy research
     

Patriot Endeavor

  • Annual Flag Retirement Ceremony
  • Lap blankets and personal products donated to veterans at Saginaw Veteran's Hospital

  • Annually participate in the Swartz Creek's Home Town Days Parade

  • Special luncheon programs annually with SAR and other patriotic lineage organizations

  • Collaborate with local Girl Scouts to make holiday cards for veterans

  • Members volunteer for Board of Elections

  • Annual Constitution Week display at the Flint Public Library, obtain Constitution Week proclamations, and luncheons to celebrate Constitution Week and Flag Day

  • Members hand out materials at Naturalization ceremonies and our chapter chairman attends quarterly meetings with the NIS

     

Historic Preservation

  • Rededication of Revolutionary War Patriot's Graves

  • Genealogy workshop with the Flint Historical Society is planned

  • Donate books to the DAR Library, Michigan State Library, Flint Public Library, and the Genesee District Library

  • Participate in Revolutionary War Reenactments in Flint, MI

 

Photos of Some Activities
 

Swartz Creek's Home Town Days Parade Revolutionary Patriot Gravesite Marker Redeication
   
  Parade

 

 

Interested in DAR membership? Please contact us:

Registrar:Peggy Hale
 
Membership: Dawn Bastian