Veterans

Awesome websites! 

www.volunteer.gov/gov

www.va.gov/kids

www.fisherhouse.org

www.fisherhouse.org/programs/hero-miles

www.volunteer.gov/gov

www.armyfisherhouses.org

www.buglesacrossamerica.org 

www.ourmilitary.mil

www.whitehouse.gov/joinforces

www.opgratitude.com 

www.operationthankyou.org 

www.guidedogs.org 

www.pocketflagproject.com 

www.serve.gov 

www.uso.org

www.woundedwarriors.org

                                 www.wreathsacrossamerica.org                              


 

Mountain Schools and Indian Schools

 Check out the websites below and find out 
all the cool facts about the DAR Schools!

Also, remember to bring your Campbell soup labels, empty ink cartridges, Box Tops for Education, Betty Crocker points, etc. to the meetings. It you want you can mail them yourself to the Tamassee School which is the DAR School that Washington Elm Society supports! Please send a copy of the letter to me for my end of the year files so we can add your numbers into the count!

www.crossnoreschool.org

  www.berry.edu

www.hindmansettlement.org

www.kdsdar.com

www.tdarschool.org

www.hillsideschool.net

NSCAR and NJCAR Projects 2011-2012

''National President's Project"

NSCAR President                  NSCAR Senior President

Mary Lib Schmidt                 Mrs. Anne Taylor Schaeffer

FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION

           

The Fisher House program is a unique private-public partnership that supports America's military in their time of need. The program recognizes the special sacrifices of our men and women in uniform and the hardships of military service by meeting a humanitarian need beyond that normally provided by the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs.

Because members of the military and their families are stationed worldwide and must often travel great distances for specialized medical care, Fisher House Foundation donates "comfort homes," built on the grounds of major military and VA medical centers. These homes enable family members to be close to a loved one at the most stressful times - during the hospitalization for an unexpected illness, disease, or injury.

            There is at least one Fisher House at every major military medical center to assist families in need and to ensure that they are provided with the comforts of home in a supportive environment. Annually, the Fisher House program serves more than 11,000 families, and have made available nearly three million days of lodging to family members since the program originated in 1990. By law, there is no charge for any family to stay at a Fisher House operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs; and Fisher House Foundation uses donations to reimburse the individual Fisher Houses operated by the Army, Navy, and Air Force. No family pays to stay at any Fisher House! In addition to constructing new houses, Fisher House Foundation continues to support existing Fisher Houses and help individual military families in need. We are also proud to administer and sponsor Scholarships for Military Children, the Hero Miles program, and co-sponsor the Newman's Own Award. 
            Monies will be collected to help build another Fisher House.

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The closest Fisher House is in Albany, NY. For Kids Helping Kids his year donations, both monetary and items, have included Fisher House. I have been in contact with Mr. Jensen to see what is on their wish list. He stated baking items such as brownie mixes or others, Walmart gift cards, Price Chopper gift cards,  CDs and DVDs. For those of you that live out of state check out their website to see if there is a Fisher House near you that you could go visit or participate in their activities. Look in the Washington Elm Society newsletter TWIGs to get the address if you will be sending the items yourselves. Please bring items to the meetings so we can send them some packages to cheer them up!
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 STATE PRESIDENT'S PROJECT

NJCAR State President                                               NJCAR Sr State President

Jenna Horner                                                               Mrs. Amy Wittorff

^{Honoring New Jersey’s Real Daughters}     

^{The goal of this project is to raise funds for the purchase and installation of DAR insignia markers on the graves of New Jersey’s Real Daughters. There are 12 New Jersey Real Daughters as well as 5 Real Daughters who were members of DAR chapters from other states but are buried in New Jersey. Although some of these graves have already been marked with a Real Daughter plaque, some have not yet received this designation.  A Real Daughter is a woman who joined the DAR whose father was a Revolutionary Patriot. In the early years the Real Daughter Committee was marking the graves of any daughter of a Revolutionary Patriot.} 

^{The goal is to raise funds to place markers on the graves of NJ Real Daughters.} 

^{Jenna Horner will have the following for raffle gifts: a} signed lithograph by Linda Nelson Stocks "Celebrating the Fourth" depicting a country square decorated for the Fourth of July and also 4 baskets.

Washington Elm Society

Washington Elm Society, Children of the American Revolution

Ridgewood, NJ 07450

Sr.Society President, Mrs Emily Carlin    Please contact books1127@verizon.net

Children of the American Revolution is a patriotic organization for children, birth to age 22, who have direct lineage to a man or woman who served in some capacity in the American Revolution.

MISSION STATEMENT

The National Society of the Children of the American Revolution trains good citizens, develops leaders and promotes love of the United States of America and its heritage among young people.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

 THE AMERICAN CREED   by William Tyler Page

I believe in the United States of American as a government of the people, for the people, by the people, and for the people, whose just powers are derived from the consent of the government; a democracy in a republic; a sovereign nation of many sovereign states; a perfect union one and inseparable, established upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice, and humanity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes.

PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTION

We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution of the United States of America. 
 

 CAR CREED

I believe in the Children of the American Revolution as an organization for the training of young people in true patriotism and love of country, in order that they shall be better fitted for American citizenship.

As a descendant of the Founders of my Country, I believe that my birthright brings a responsibility to carry on their work, and that as the boys and girls of 1776 took an active part in the War for Independence, so the boys and girls of today have a definite work to do for their Country.

As a member of the Children of the American Revolution, I believe it is my duty to use my influence to create a deeper love of country, a loyal respect for its Constitution and reverence for its Flag among the young people with whom I come in contact.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO C.A.R.          by Jane Keegan

I pledge on my honor to remember C.A.R. exists for the members to do my job as an integral part of the team; to be kind and encouraging in all my dealings; to be a positive role model and mentor to all members and adults; to leave the organization better and stronger for my efforts.

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