A typo in the recent President General’s Blog may cause some confusion for members interested in participating in the American Heritage Committee’s competitions. The 2020-2021 theme “Rise and Shine Your Light on Your Revolutionary War Patriot” for this year’s contests has NOT changed. Please inform your members of the aforementioned error and prevent anyone’s entry from being disqualified. Contest rules and entry information is available on the website: members.dar.org. California’s deadline for Fiber Arts entries and additional information may be found on our State members’ website under State Committees.

New promotional materials for this year’s contests are now available! Including them in your chapter newsletter or an e-mail would be a great way to encourage your members to participate. See links below to download a brochure or flyer:

 Tri-Fold Brochure    Letter-size Flyer    11×17″ Flyer

Did you know that the American Heritage Committee also offers a non-competitive Women in the Arts Recognition Award which individual chapters may present to DAR members or non-members for outstanding achievements in the non-performance arts? Please consider nominating a worthy woman! See the National member’s website for additional information or you can download from the link below:

Women in the Arts Recognition Award

Sample Letters of Recommendation are available as well as instructions are available from the following link:

WIARA Instructions and Sample Letters 

Thank you!

Deborah McMenamin
American Heritage State Chair
dkmcmenamin@gmail.com