Each spring, our members lace up their shoes for more than just a race — they step forward in service. The NSDAR Junior Membership 5K has become a meaningful tradition that brings members together across states and chapters in support of the mission of the Helen Pouch Memorial Fund. Whether

Members are remembering the ladies thanks to the 2025 NSDAR Junior Membership 5k. Now in its sixth year, this virtual 5k is a crucial tool to engage members while supporting the Helen Pouch Memorial Fund (HPMF). This event is a great way to involve your family, friends, neighbors, coworkers, pets

Spring is here and Daughters around the world are lacing up their running shoes for the 2024 NSDAR Junior Membership 5k. Now in its 5th year, this virtual 5k is a crucial tool to engage members while supporting the Helen Pouch Memorial Fund (HPMF). Grab your chapter members, family, friends

For the past 59 years, the National Outstanding Junior Member Contest (or OJ Contest for short) has shown a sparkling and deserved spotlight on the fabulous work done by the Junior Members in NSDAR.  Recognition on the chapter, state, and/or national level is an honor not to be taken lightly. 

Meet Miss Angelica, the 2022 National Junior Doll, who honors the youngest woman to ever serve as hostess of the White House. While it is custom that the fundraising Junior Doll of the final year of a President General’s term in office honors that particular woman, I requested that we

Junior Members are known for the Junior Shoppe, a sales table of nationally approved DAR- and patriotic-themed products. Your state’s Juniors may also pass a kangaroo through the room at state meetings and ask you to stuff her pouch with loose change. More recently, you might have seen links

As of this writing, 1,480 Daughters, spouses, friends, family, neighbors and especially those amazing glowworms (our kids) have been lighting up the roadways and spreading SUNSHINE across America as they participate in the Inaugural Junior Membership Firefly 5K!    

While preparing for our historic Virtual Continental Congress, the Junior Membership Committee came up with a healthy, fun and

The Junior Membership Committee's Helen Pouch Memorial Fund celebrates 80 years of impact in 2018. Since its inception, the Helen Pouch Memorial Fund has primarily supported the DAR's objective of education through financial donations to our DAR Schools. 

Originally proposed by the Midwest Regional Assembly of Juniors in Chicago in

Junior Membership has come a long way since our beginning in 1937, when the primary goal was to establish a well-informed Junior Membership that remained active throughout all phases of their DAR affiliation. While this remains important, the way in which it is accomplished has evolved with the times.  For