On July 23rd the Santa Clara Chapter hosted a summer BBQ titled “DAR 101” or “Everything You Wanted to Know About The DAR But Were Afraid to Ask”. Members and prospectives were invited to come learn more about their DAR chapter and their fellow members.

We started with a fun ice breaker – everyone who RSVP’d had to submit a “tidbit” about themselves that either nobody knew, or would surprise people. Each guest was handed a card with a tidbit, and had to talk to people to find out which guest “owned” that tidbit! We learned some very interesting things about our chapter members and soon-to-be members. We had a good laugh over some of them!

It was a potluck, and there was NO shortage of food! (In other words…nobody went home hungry!)

After lunch we addressed the “anonymous” questions that were submitted. Our panel of experts (long term members and past regents) did an amazing job of addressing issues and answering questions.

We ended with our Conservation Chair, Susan Klear explaining our State Regent’s Monarch Butterfly program. Each prospective member was given a milkweed plant of their own with a tag that read “Just as today’s chrysalis becomes tomorrow’s monarch, so the prospective becomes tomorrow’s DAR Daughter”.

Thank you to chapter member Suzi Logan for hosting.