Lake Tahoe Chapter of DAR celebrates its organization

Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) members from all over California came together on Sunday, May 5, 2019 at the Lake Tahoe Golf Course to celebrate the new DAR Chapter in South Lake Tahoe.

The chapter was officially organized by the National Society on February 5 of this year, and was welcomed to the city with a proclamation at the South Lake Tahoe City Council's April 16 meeting, Sunday's event was the formal recognition of the chapter's status as the newest in California. City Council member Tamara Wallace attended the event and read the proclamation to the attendees.

DAR is a nonprofit, non-political women's charitable service organization with 501(c)(3) status. It serves both the country and its local communities in the areas of historic preservation, educational support, and patriotic endeavor. Any woman, age 18 and over, is eligible for membership by proving with documentation her bloodline descent from someone who participated in the cause of American Independence.

The Lake Tahoe Chapter is focusing its attention on Lake Tahoe Community College with donations to its food pantry and support for veterans attending the college. Members are creating hand-made wheelchair and walker bags for the Mather VA Medical Center in Sacramento. Penny Pines is one of the chapter's conservation projects, with an acre in the Lake Tahoe Basin already funded for reforestation.

The chapter has also organized a committee with representation from the California Tahoe Conservancy, City of South Lake Tahoe Planning Department, Kiwanis Club of Tahoe Sierra and the Lake Tahoe Historical Society. The purpose of this committee is to see the Al Tahoe Pioneer Cemetery restored and preserved.

Women interested in becoming members of the Lake Tahoe Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) can contact Regent Sally Holcombe: sallyholcombe@mac.com. Application assistance is provided.

- Sally J. Holcombe, Regent, Lake Tahoe Chapter, NSDAR