May 2022
Please join us for our next chapter meeting!
From The Regent
It is hard to believe an entire year has gone by since Gina turned over the Regent’s position to me. It has flown by in the blink of an eye. There has been so much to learn concerning the way a DAR Chapter functions and all the many emails and surveys and reports that State and National require. It has been eye opening! I want to give each of you my deepest heartfelt thanks for your hard work and dedication in helping Wilmington Ladies Tea Walk have a successful year.
WLTW has instituted quite a few new programs and projects that have gained the attention of State and National. The list of our awards received from State at the conference was impressive. Our Historian, Sherri Cane, will scan and save those to our website and the originals will be distributed to the ladies who headed up those projects.
Thanks to each of you for your hard work… You all are the best of the best!
In DAR Sisterhood,
Ann
Chapter Highlights & Recent Events Gallery
Welcome Back!
New Meeting Venue, New Campaigns, New Members
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Cultivating Stewardship in the Next Generation/ Conservation
Community Classroom Participation/ Conservation
Creative Membership Engagement- Wine and Design Night
Tri-Level Chapter Achievement
Supporting our DAR Project Patriot state projects
Creating Chapter Projects supporting DAR Project Patriot
Tri color ribbon Chapter Yearbook
“Love You Forever”, Chapter Yearbook
Wilmington Ladies Tea Walk Chapter “ 100% participation in the President General’s project “Rise and Shine for America”
Daughters of the American Revolution “First place winner in North Carolina Wilmington Ladies Tea Walk “Chapter book donations to the DAR library” /80 books purchased
Certificate of Award- VIS committee presented to Sherri Colvin Cane, Wilmington Ladies Tea Walk Chapter “Outstanding work on a computer”
Wilmington Ladies Tea Walk Chapter “A perfect score of 100 for our chapter yearbook”
Our Tea Cup Auction Basket was very popular with items that included a beautiful teapot, assorted teas, a Downtown Abbey Tea Cookbook, and a custom tea towel all displayed in a beautiful white wicker basket.
Please save the date for next year! The 123rd NCSDAR State Conference will be held April 27-30, 2023 at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel, Durham, NC
Use arrows to navigate. Click on image to enlarge. All photos courtesy WLTWDAR Archives and the NCSDAR Facebook page.
It’s Official!
Our Organizing Regent, Sandy McKeithan, has been working diligently to ensure we received official Lantern chapter status. It has now been approved and we are all eligible to purchase this new pin.
This is a wonderful way to kick off our 15th Year Celebration!
Chapters designation recognizes any chapters that have transferred an organizing regent or five or more members to organize a new chapter; or, transferred five or more members to revitalize a chapter in order to spread the light of DAR. The chapter that received the members will also receive the same designation. This designation will be retroactively
available to any chapter that can produce evidence or documentation of the relationship.
Any member of a chapter that has received the Lantern Chapter designation is eligible to purchase and wear this gold plated pin on her official ribbon.
Upcoming Chapter Events & News
May Chapter Luncheon
Wearing big beautiful hats is a DAR tradition!
Please join Wilmington Ladies Tea Walk Chapter, NSDAR, for our annual May Luncheon. This May we are doing something different, with a more casual feel, to celebrate a very productive, patriotic, fun, year of DAR sisterhood. Wear your favorite hat or fascinator for this open- air event at Far From France Restaurant.
We still have room for three more. Contact Ann Moore at [email protected] if you would like to join us.
When: Saturday May 7, 2022
12 noon
Program: “A Year in Reflection”
Where: Far From France
The Pointe at Barclay,
1474 Barclay Pointe Blvd
Suite 204
Wilmington, NC 28412
Cost: $30
How to get there:
Show your DAR spirit!
Please continue collecting your items for our first ever yard sale.
It’s going to be a huge fund-raising event and we need your donated items to make the sale a success! Please no linens or clothes.
Yard Sale
When: Saturday June 4, 8am – 2 pm
Where: Ann Moore’s Residence
623 Colonial Drive
Wilmington NC 28403
Donation drop-off by appointment
Please contact Ann Moore by email [email protected] or give her a call (910) 233-3780 to schedule a drop-off time.
Committee & Officer Reports
American Indian Committee
What a great opportunity to help an American Indian child attend summer camp. Please share with your chapter and spread the news to support a child.
The Youth Camp Program is sponsored by Indian Youth of America, Inc., Sioux City, Iowa. Each summer Indian youth come together to take part in the summer camps in Arizona and South Dakota. A variety of activities are provided such as sports, field trips, cultural education, leadership, and healthy living. Thousands of Indian children age 10-14 have had the opportunity to spend the summer in a positive environment.
Scholarships are needed to provide this experience to all children who wish to attend.
Please visit http://indianyouthofamerica.org for more information.
Send donations to:
Indian Youth of America
PO Box 2786
Sioux City, IA 51106
Conservation Committee
Jennifer Sturm
Conservation committee and our C.A.R. President visited Bradley Creek Elementary School last month. The 1st grade students learned about pollinators and did butterfly kits. The butterflies all hatched and a release party was held last Friday following the planting of a tree for Arbor Day. Please remember to leave those dandelions alone for the pollinators coming out looking for food…just a few extra days between mowing your lawn can make a huge environmental impact and help increase pollinator numbers.
Continuing DAR Education
Keep up to date with your officer and committee roles and goals! Below are some of the classes, workshops, and webinars to assist in learning more about our DAR organizations and positions.
DAR Lecture Series
DAR Library Protocol
The Protocol Committee was confirmed as a special committee in 1971 and became an administrative committee in 1977.
The committee serves to give members guidance in the ceremonial forms and courtesies that are established as the proper and correct etiquette for recognizing and honoring those in positions of leadership, remembering always that the fundamental principles of protocol are dictated by ethics, courtesy, good manners, and common sense.
Protocol Moment
Tips on DAR Etiquette & Protocol
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Events Calendar
May
- May 5 – National Day of Prayer
May 7 – May Luncheon 12pm – Far From France Restaurant
- May 8 – 1945- V-E Day, Victory in Europe
- May 8 – Mother’s Day
- May 16 – On this date: 1771 — Anniversary of Battle of Alamance, Alamance Co, NC
May 20 – On this date: 1775 — Anniversary of Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence
May 21 – Armed Forces Day
May 30 – Memorial Day
Chapter Reminders for May
- Please remember to record your Service to America volunteer hours earned.
Logging your hours makes you eligible for a D.A.R. Service to America Pin.
Happy Birthdays, Joys, and Concerns
Happy Birthdays
May 3 • Megan Robertson
May 8 • Christine Sprow
May 28 • Gail Pike
Congratulations to:
Cole Moore, son of Ann Moore, Regent. Cole has been accepted into High Point University for his Junior year!
The Spilt Tea is a bi-monthly newsletter of the
Wilmington Ladies Tea Walk Chapter, NSDAR
All photots courtesy of Wilmington Ladies Tea Walk Chapter, NSDAR,
photo archives unless noted otherwise.
