DAR Honors Charles Brice

L to R: Charles Brice accepting The North Carolina Society Daughters of the American Revolution Second Place Community Service Award for Outstanding Service to Veterans from Nora Hickam, chair of Brunswick Town Chapter’s community service committee.

A special ceremony was held at the Brunswick Senior Center in Southport on August 25th at 10:00 a.m. to honor Charles Brice, a Southport resident who received The North Carolina Society Daughters of the American Revolution Second Place Community Service Award for Outstanding Service to Veterans.

Charles had previously won the chapter DAR Community Service Award, which was presented at a February DAR meeting this year. Nora Hickam, Community Service Chair for the Brunswick Town Chapter presented both awards to Charles Brice.
This year Charles was awarded the Patriot National Roll of Honor for selfless service to America’s hospitalized GIs and veterans. He was named to the Patriot National Roll of Honor by the State of North Carolina.

Charles has been crocheting afghans since 2004. He originally donated them to the soldiers in Afghanistan. Then, in 2009 Charles was asked by the Brunswick Town Chapter of the DAR to crochet afghans for a project called National Salute to Veteran Patients in Fayetteville, NC. Charles crochets every day and has made many afghans. Knitting and crocheting groups throughout the community and from out-of-state worked all year on this special project to ensure that there were enough red, white and blue afghans. The Daughters of the American Revolution Brunswick Town Chapter was one of the participants in this special project. Norma Fraser, Chief, Voluntary Service stated "I want to thank the members of the Brunswick Town Chapter of the DAR for their generosity and continued support of our Veterans."