Submitted by Juanita Karr, Celebrate Daughters Committee, Nevada Chair karrj1940@gmail.com
Written by Elizabeth Ciarrocchi | National Chair
Celebrate Daughters
A Special Place for Daughters
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 highlight Professional Development, Health and Wellness, and Celebrate our Members. Today’s DAR is historic preservation, DAR is education, DAR is patriotism, DAR is friendship and DAR is family. Celebrate, connecting, engaging and recognizing the women in DAR is the mission of this committee. DAR was founded by dedicated women and each of us have a responsibility to work together to continue the legacy of DAR.
This committee calls every member to action
Celebrate our Daughters while Illuminating the Legacy of DAR!
Committee Pillars
The committee will be comprised of three main pillars that will allow us to focus on member interactions with one another in our organization. There are Professional Development, Health and Wellness, and Celebrate our Membership.
The first pillar is 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.
The second pillar of the committee will concentrate on Women’s Health and Wellness to 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.
The third pillar will Celebrate our 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 provide an opportunity for our members to connect with each other creating a member’s community that highlight our common interests, professional and personal experiences and captures the essence of today’s DAR.
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
2025-2028- Celebrate Daughters National Theme– “Illuminating the Legacy of DAR Women”: Each year of the Storage Administration, this committee will provide resources and opportunities for members across the world to engage and support one another within our organization. Please see the information provided and be sure to reference the Celebrate Daughters Committee web pages and Daughters Online Community (DOC) for additional suggestions regarding programs, updates and communications.
Programs and Projects: The National Information Packet (NIP) is an excellent resource, however it does not provide enough space for all of the incredible program ideas that the Celebrate Daughters committee is able to provide; ideas for programs, projects, networking and service! Please share your chapter ideas; sharing is vital to our organization’s growth.
Program Suggestions: Program ideas are vast. Utilizing the information provided by the committee allows chapters to embrace, highlight and tailor ideas for programs to fit specific chapter needs.
Service Projects: Continue to collaborate and serve your communities as Celebrate Daughters making sure to log your hours for the National Service Hours tally. The committee acknowledges that there are infinite ways for our members to serve and support our communities. Be sure to share the chapter’s work on the DOC, these are fabulous resources for members and chapters across the world.
Celebrate Daughters: Celebrate and recognizing the extraordinary women in our membership is an important part of the legacy that DAR’s foundation and values represent.
Celebration Minute: Each chapter should include a “celebration minute” at each chapter business meeting. These celebration minutes should focus on the three pillars of supporting Professional Development, Health and Wellness, and Celebrate Members. Please feel free to share these minutes with our following on the Daughters Online Community as well as the committee communications vice chair so we can capture these minutes and use them for chapters across the world.