Our Service

DAR members volunteer annually in community service.
Estero Island Chapter, NSDAR, members contribute thousands of hours each year, focused on patriotism, historic preservation and education.

With a large variety of backgrounds, experiences and passions, our impact can be felt in many areas.
Like to paint or wield a hammer? Join our Women Build Team to help rehab a Habitat for Humanity House. Do you crochet or knit? You could make critter nests for CROW or caps for newborns. Talk with us about the many opportunities to serve.

Wreathes Across America - Bonita Springs Cementery

Sending Christmas Greetings to Sailors Overseas

Red Scarf Challenge - Part of Operation Gratitude

Presenting a Quilt of Valor to a Veteran

PATRIOTISM

Patriotic projects include sending care packages to currently deployed military, 100 boxes in the last year!; honoring Vietnam veterans as a 50^th Anniversary Commemorative Partner; greeting Honor Flights; celebrating Veterans Day with residents at Douglas T. Jacobson State Veterans Hospital; participating in Naturalization Ceremonies; holding a wreath-laying ceremony at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Memorial Day and participating in Wreaths Across America ceremonies as a sponsorship group.

HISTORIC PRESERVATION

Historic preservation began with the inception of our National Society when efforts were made to collect and preserve artifacts related to the founding of our nation. DAR chapters and states have sought to educate the public and preserve our nation’s history by placing markers and monuments to commemorate important chapters of American history around the world. DAR Historic Preservation Grants provide financial support for local community projects that preserve historic resources, sites and other history-related projects.

Constitution Week - Harlem Heights Community Charter School

Fall Festival - Buckingham Exceptional School

Field Trip to Educational Concerns for Haiti Organization (ECHO)

Research Warriors - Learning About Our Patriots

JROTC Awards presented to Lieutenant Colonel William Zacovic, Retired,Lee County JROTC Operations who will deliver them to the cadets.

Project Access for Lee County students in need.

We send seeds to Hindman Settlement School in North Carolina to help address food insufficiency issues. Hindman Settlement School is a DAR supported school.

Research Warriors Recognized at Continental Congress

Patches for Snowball Express for Gold Star Children

EDUCATION

Educational activities include promoting literacy, the U.S. Constitution and the flag, awarding medals to outstanding students in Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corp (JROTC) programs and for DAR Good Citizens Award and Scholarship Contest, awarding DAR scholarships to local college students, supporting DAR schools, local community classroom projects, local teacher classroom grants, offering free workshops on genealogy to the public, and a variety of community classroom projects.