Kate Johanns, National Chair, Public Relations and Media Committee

Over the past 12 months, our executive officers and national committee leaders have built a thriving, dynamic community with thousands of fascinating conversations about all things DAR. The Daughters Online Community (DOC) has turned out to be a different place than any of us could have imagined. It’s a little

Laura Druker, National Chair, Membership Committee

Membership retention is a year-round endeavor and is at the heart of the membership renewal season.  It is a shiny thread that needs to be woven throughout our DAR tapestry. We need to ensure that our Daughters feel valued, and the result will be the strengthening of our ties of

Mary Anthony Startz, National Chair, Specialty Research Committee

DAR recently announced that women aged 18 or older who can prove lineal descent from an ancestor who served with the Spanish military on the Island of Cuba between December 1776 and November 1783 are now eligible for membership. This important change opens the opportunity of membership to more

Denise Doring VanBuren, President General

The growth of our organization did not happen by accident or by luck. It resulted from a strategic approach executed by the forward-looking, visionary women who founded DAR in order to fulfill an important and enduring mission. In the earliest days of our National Society, leadership sought out prominent women

Yvonne Liser, National Chair, Membership Committee

A chapter recruitment strategy should be similar to a sales campaign with the goal of attracting women who will become long time members. One aspect of the campaign will be making the public aware of your chapter’s awesomeness. What is it about your chapter that attracts members and what makes

Allie Golon, National Chair, Lineage Research Committee and Kathryn Koos-Lee, National Chair, Volunteer Genealogists Committee

Chapter Registrars and other members who are completing lineage research and the application process for New Member Applications or Supplemental Applications now have a new free resource!

The Lineage Research Virtual Support Team (for New Member Applications only) and the Volunteer Genealogists Supplemental Application Virtual Support Team (for Supplementals only)

Yvonne Liser, National Chair, Membership Committee

What’s that bright light in the sky? It’s the DAR Membership Challenge signal!

Grab your capes, Daughters! The DAR Membership Committee is calling on all members to join in the 2020NE Challenge! 

During the 2020NE calendar year, we are challenging each member to bring ONE new member into a

Pat McFall, Registrar General

In years to come, you may remember the year 2020 for the coronavirus. I will remember it as the year that – no matter what the obstacles placed before them -- our hard-working chapter registrars and staff proved that “We Can Do It!”

It didn’t always appear that would

Denise Doring VanBuren, President General

Are you ready for a challenge? Our Membership Committee has issued one that is very important to the future of our Society – and I need your participation to ensure its success.

The We Can Do It! Challenge is a call for every DAR Chapter to submit at least two

Denise Doring VanBuren, President General

Isn’t it thrilling to know that you are “one in a million?” I am delighted by how many of you share my excitement for the upcoming DAR Million Members Celebration (as announced in an earlier blog on August 16).  Have you checked out some of the great video testimonials on