Photo courtesy of Botetourt DAR
Friday, October 11, marked the 134th anniversary of the founding of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) and the Botetourt County Chapter celebrated the milestone by giving back to the local community.
At their monthly meeting on October 19, members brought donations of food items and supplies, which they delivered to the Botetourt Food Pantry. To date in October, this Food Pantry has already served 125 families/450 people. The Food Pantry is open on Saturdays from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. in the lower level of the St. Mark’s Ministry Center at the corner of Roanoke and Herndon Streets in Fincastle.
The annual National DAR Day of Service was begun in 2014 to coincide with the date of the organization’s founding, October 11, 1890, and in those 10 years alone DAR members nationwide have logged almost 60 million hours of service.
DAR is one of the largest and most well-established patriotic women’s service organizations with approximately 190,000 members in nearly 3,000 chapters across the country and several foreign countries. “Daughters have always had a heart for community volunteerism. When we designated October 11 to focus on gratitude for the date of our founding by giving back in local communities across America, we could not have dreamed of the impact we would make in just 10 short years,” said DAR President General Pamela Wright. “As part of our organization’s mission to preserve and promote historic preservation, education, and patriotism, DAR is honored to help make a difference in local communities.”
For additional information about DAR and its relevant mission, visit www.dar.org.
~ Botetourt DAR
