Brunswick Town NSDAR Recognized at State Conference

More than thirty chapters and individual awards were presented to Brunswick Town

Chapter NSDAR at the North Carolina DAR conference in Durham in late April. The chapter, which was founded in 1976 has approximately 180 members and several applicants under review at the national headquarters.

The awards follow:

Chapter Awards

 Tri-color Ribbon Chapter Yearbook

 Community Classroom

 America 250! Quilt Block Project

 For Participation in the Genealogical Records Committee

 Outstanding Historic Preservation

 Promotion of Flag in Community Events

 Pollinator Gardens

 Treasurer’s Stellar Performance

 American Indians Committee

 Honorable Mention, PR and Media – Habitat for Humanity Community Service 2022

 Print Coverage 2022

 American Spirit Magazine Subscriptions, 2022

 CAA Tricolor Level

 Support of State Crossnore Book Project

 DAR Project Patriot

 Chapter Participation in Project Records Project

 Outstanding use of Media in Promoting the Message of DAR

 Bringing Constitution Week to Schools and Students

 Using Media to Promote Constitution Week

 Providing Programming for Constitution Week

 Promoting Constitution Week with Local Leaders

 Sharing Constitution Week with the Community

 Chapter Library of Research Books

 Chapter Book Club

 Programs on DAR Library

 Book Reviews in Chapter Newsletter

 DAR Library 125 th Anniversary

 DAR Museum Outreach

 America 250! For Grave Marking

Individuals

• Teresa McLamb, Phyllis Wilson, Caron Myers – Outstanding Work on the Computer,

2022

• Vicki Elam, Martha Morgan – Participation in the 7th year of the Patriot Records Project

• Vicki Elam, Martha Morgan Patriot records Project Challenge, 2022

• Harriette Bode, Emma Lou Hannan, Judy Holden, Jane Johnson, Keidra Koenig, 

Marilyn O’Brien, Mary Sands, Pat Steele, Marsha Stewart – Member of the Evergreen Readers

Book Club

• Carol Jutte – 1st Place submitting 234 GRC pages of Bible Transcription Records

• Carol Jutte – Outstanding Page support at the State Conference Memorial Service

• Judy Holden, Outstanding Service to NCSDAR State Chaplains Group and District VII

Daughters of the American Revolution is a service organization founded in 1890 for women who can prove direct, blood lineage from a Revolutionary War Patriot. The organization promotes patriotism, education, and historic preservation. DAR is a nonprofit, nonpolitical volunteer organization with more than 185,000 members in 3000 chapters across the world. There are more than 100 chapters in North Carolina. Members across the nation contributed more than 3.3 million service hours in 2021.

The Brunswick Town Chapter has several members who descend from Patriots who lived in Brunswick County while fighting for our country’s independence. The chapter’s membership descends more than 700 proven Patriots from the original 13 colonies. Chapter information is available on the Internet at the following URLs:https://www.ncdar.org/Brunswicktown_files/index.htmlhttp://darbrunswicktownchapter.blogspot.com http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brunswick-Town-Chapter-NSDAR/567707516627257  

Outstanding work on the computer L-R Caron Myers, Teresa McLamb, Phyllis Wilson

Evergreen book club L-R Pat Steele, Judy Holden, Mary Sands, Keidra Koenig, and Jane Johnson

1st Place submitting bible transcriptions; outstanding page L-R Chapter Regent Martha Koletar, awards recipient Carol Jutte