Today's DAR
DAR Genealogy was excited to hit the road again and travel to St. Charles, MO for the NGS Family History Conference. When we arrived the shuttle bus dropped us at the lower level of the St. Charles Convention Center. After a few moments of confusion, we got our bearings and were on our way to setting up the booth. The two tables seemed larger than average, but once all the material was laid out, all was good. The DARopoly board game, that continues to be a crowd pleaser as our daily raffle prize, took center stage in the display. Our newest give-a-way, now set out with the DAR pens, is hard candies with the blue DAR logo on each tiny packet. We were then all set up and ready to share DAR’s resources with the conference attendees.
Cindy Suich, MO State Regent, set a very high bar for organization of the local DAR member volunteers at the booth. Marilynn Henry (Chapter Regent & District 8 Leader) was there every moment to coordinate all the ladies. In addition to these two, a special shout out goes to Judy Belford (State Chair, Genealogical Records), Joan Koechig (District 2 Leader), and Carol Howard (Chapter Registrar & State Chair, President General’s Project). We could not have done it without the expertise and hard work of these women. Nicki Lagoudakis and I – the two genealogists from Headquarters – were so impressed not only with the DAR work these women do, but also with all the other community service organizations in which they are involved.
