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Local Non-Profits Ring in the New Year With Donations from Signal Hill
Due to its fundraising efforts throughout 2024, the chapter was able to help local charities ring in the new year by donating over $21,000.
Barrington, IL-based Signal Hill Chapter, NSDAR, completed another unprecedented year by fulfilling its mission to support local non-profits through monetary donations. Due to its fund-raising efforts throughout 2024, the chapter was able to help local charities ring in the new year by donating over $21,000 to various organizations, specifically in the areas of historic preservation, education, patriotism, conservation and Native Americans, including:
Encore Music Academy of Crystal Lake, IL; Elgin Community College Foundation; Elgin History Museum; Elgin Parks and Recreation Foundation; College of Lake County Foundation; Lake County Forest Preserve Greenbelt Farm; Barrington Area Library; Citizens for Conservation; Wreaths Across America; O’Hare USO; Lake County Honor Flight; BraveHearts; Catlow 1927 Foundation; Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, in addition to several other organizations.
The Signal Hill Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) was chartered fifty years ago in Barrington, IL in 1972. NSDAR is a volunteer women’s service organization headquartered in Washington, DC.
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DAR members promote historic preservation, education and patriotism via commemorative events, scholarships and educational initiatives, citizenship programs, service to veterans, meaningful community service, and more.
Since the national organization was founded in 1890, over one million women have joined NSDAR. Membership is open to any woman aged eighteen and over who can prove lineal descent from a Patriot of the American Revolution. For more information about the Barrington, IL-based chapter, visit signalhilldar.com.
