Clockwise, starting with left picture: Naturalization ceremonies, donation to help a school recover from a natural disaster, filling gift bags for veterans at the VA Hospital for Christmas, placing flags at Vista Verde Cemetery in Rio Rancho to remember each person who died on 9-11, and assembling packs for veterans participating in a rehabilitation program.
PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES
PATRIOTISM
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The chapter prepares gift bags of toiletries, clothing, books, gift cards, and other donated items for distribution to veterans at Christmas.
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Chapter members gather quarterly to assemble pack for DOM-STAR (a 30-90 day rehabilitation program.
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We send care packages to the USS New Mexico and the USS Santa Fe
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Members volunteer time to veterans.
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We participate in naturalization ceremonies.
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Our chapter awards Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) and Junior ROTC (JROTC) medals.
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Members mail books to deployed military.
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We promote the care and respect of the American flag and provide Braille flags to the Veterans Administration.
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Co-host a community bell ringing event held at Expo NM on July 4th.
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We place flags at Vista Verde Cemetery to remember each person who died on 9-11.
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We award certificates and medals to DAR Good Citizens.
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We lay wreaths at Santa Fe National Cemetery in December with Wreaths Across America.
HISTORICAL PRESERVATION
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Members participate in online record transcription projects.
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We preserve records, artifacts, and documents for the DAR Library.
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Our chapter sponsors American History essay contests in local schools.
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Our chapter worked with the Albuquerque Museum on an exhibit featuring Spain's involvement in the Revolutionary War.
EDUCATION
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Members promote literacy through reading or tutoring children who need help with reading.
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Members donate school supplies and seeds and make monetary donations as needed by the DAR Schools.
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Members donate books to foster children.
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Our chapter fulfilled eight school librarians' wish lists for books related to American history, totaling $5,000 in books.
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Members scan receipts for Box Tops for Education and save pop tabs to support DAR schools.
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Members donate school supply items and give monetary donations as needed to DAR schools.
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Members benefit from programs presented on American history, conservation, and women's issues.
COMMUNITY
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Donations of food and cards for Blue Star Mothers to include in packages for troops.
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Our chapter sponsors a class at Estancia Valley Classical Academy.
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We distribute 8,000 pocket Constitutions to all 8th-grade students in Albuquerque and Rio Rancho and to local Scout troops to promote Constitution Week in the community.
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Purses filled with toiletries and small gifts were given to several local homes for battered women.
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Sponsor an eagle at the Albuquerque zoo.
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