DAR Member sews and donates masks

DAR’s Col. Josiah Smith Chapter member Sewing Masks for Healthcare and Essential Workers

DAR Members Nationwide Respond to

COVID-19 Health Crisis by Giving Back to their Local Communities

Patchogue, New York– The Colonel Josiah Smith Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) is lending a helping hand to healthcare and other essential workers on the front lines of the pandemic, ensuring that residents and facilities have more protective wear resources to face the threat of the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. The DAR responded to the medical mask shortage by hand-sewing masks to donate to local essential workers in the most need.

As of April 16, the member Dale Jacobi has sewn and donated over 100 masks!

“I want to help any way I can.” Regent Joan Nathan states that “We know these are tough times for everyone and our members do whatever they can to spread a little sunshine and help take care of our community.”

Nationwide, DAR chapters from all 50 states have been participating in the organization’s Service to America From Home initiative with more than 100,000 masks already being donated and tens of thousands more produced every day to be distributed in local communities.

"I am exceptionally proud of what DAR members are accomplishing as part of a proud tradition of service that dates to our 1890 founding,” said Denise Doring VanBuren, DAR President General. “In difficult times like these, we know that it is not the emergency that defines us, but how we respond to it.”

For DAR membership inquiries and other questions about the Col. Josiah Smith Chapter contact Joan Nathan at darsamuelprice@gmail.com.

To learn more about DAR visit www.dar.org.

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The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution was founded in 1890 to preserve the memory and spirit of those who contributed to securing American independence. For more than 125 years, the DAR has strived to bring awareness to the honorable sacrifices and enduring legacy of all patriots who fought for America’s freedom. Through the DAR Genealogical Research System (www.dar.org/GRS), the public can access a free database of information amassed by the DAR about these patriots. DAR is a nonprofit, nonpolitical women’s service organization with more than 185,000 members in approximately 3,000 chapters worldwide. Any woman 18 years or older, regardless of race, religion, or ethnic background, who can prove lineal descent from a patriot of the American Revolution is eligible for membership. DAR members passionately carry out the timeless mission of promoting historic preservation, education and patriotism. To learn more about the work of today’s DAR, visit www.dar.org.