Are you a British ex-pat? Of British heritage? An Anglophile? Married to a Brit? Would you like to join a group of fun, charitable women? The Northern Virginia Pimm's and Poppies Chapter of the Daughters of the British Empire is the place for you. Please contact us at DBEinVA@gmail.com , if you would like to join. This is a very exciting chapter as we are new and shaping it to fit our needs. We have toured the British Embassy, been to a fundraiser at the home of the Defense Attaché to the British Embassy, joined the British Officers Club of Washington, DC for dinners celebrating the Queen and been out for a fabulous fish and chips dinner in DC. Our meetings are once a month and we meet in member's homes with a potluck of food and drink. We have had a fascinator contest, a handbag contest, a hat contest, and a tea cup contest. Our first fundraiser, last December, was the Little Theater of Alexandria's production of "A Christmas Carol" benefiting both a K-9 organization that provides service dogs to veterans and our own Victoria Homes. We had a lovely tea/baby shower at Society Fair for Kate Middleton and William, with the gifts going to a local charitable organization for children and a Royal Wedding watch party at Murphy's, with the proceeds going to one of Meghan and Harry's charities. Our next fundraiser will be another Little Theater production, Dracula, in October
Membership in the DBE, is extended to women who are residing in the USA who are of British or British Commonwealth heritage by birth, naturalization or ancestry, and to women who are the wives or partners of persons of British or Commonwealth heritage by birth, naturalization, or ancestry. And British isn't just Britain, it is the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales), the Isle of Man, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu.
WHAT IS THE DBE? For one hundred years, The Daughters of the British Empire (DBE) in the U.S.A. has been a common bond for women of British heritage living in America. Members, joining together in fellowship, contribute significantly to the good of their local communities and support the four retirement homes for men and women established by the DBE. The DBE is a charitable, non-profit, non-political, non-sectarian, voluntary American society of women of British or Commonwealth birth or ancestry. Its members are professionals, businesswomen and homemakers with common interests and heritage, who meet regularly for business and social events with the common cause of philanthropy. The society was founded in the United States on March 15, 1909, as the Imperial Order, Daughters of the Empire in the U.S.A., and became the National Society, Daughters of the British Empire in the U.S.A. in 1920. The National Society is incorporated in the state of Delaware. The Society is affiliated with the Imperial Order, Daughters of the Empire in Canada (I.O.D.E.); the Victoria League, London England; and the General Federation of Women's Clubs in the United States.
WHAT DOES IT DO? The DBE helps to support four District Homes and local charities with regular contributions made possible by fundraising events, such as teas, fashion shows, auctions, international festivals, bazaars, etc. held by Chapters and/or States.
DUES $13 Registration Fee + $45 Annual Fee The Society provides a large network of members across the United States, which can ease the transition for National and International relocations for members and potential members through our common background and understanding. It is the source of close and long-term friendships.
