Meetings



	The Eleanor Wilson Chapter enjoys getting involved. Over the years our efforts have supported veterans, soldiers, education, history, and the environment. If you would like to join us or have an idea for a fun project that you would like to champion, please drop us an e-mail at:

		DAR PROJECT PATRIOT - Over the last several years the chapter has had several projects in support of our troops serving in Afghanistan and Iraq. These projects have included throwing a baby shower for the families of injured soldiers staying at the Fisher Houses while going through physical therapy at Walter Reed Medical Center, a Car Show and Watermelon Social for the soldiers at Walter Reed, sending DVDs, magazines, and goody bags to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center; and of course cards, books, magazines, and other items to our troops in harm's way.
		*VETERANS* - Once a year the Eleanor Wilson Chapter sponsors "BINGO with the Vets." We provide goody bags, prizes, refreshments and play BINGO with the hospitalized veterans at the Washington DC VA Medical Center. Throughout the year chapter members collect books, magazines, puzzle books, calendars, and other items of interest and comfort that are distributed by our State DAR Service for Veterans Committee to veterans in Washington, DC.
		*LITERACY* – The chapter donates historic and patriotic books for children of all ages to be distributed by a local charity for children who do not have books of their own. Some members actively promote literacy by reading to children after school.
		*SCHOOLS* – In support of the DAR Schools across the country members collect Campbell Soup labels.
		*CONSERVATION* – The Eleanor Wilson Chapter celebrating Earth Day by participating in an Anacostia River clean-up project in conjunction with the Anacostia Watershed Society.
		*HISTORY* – The Eleanor Wilson Chapter marked the graves of a Revolutionary War Patriot Lt. Col. Samuel Hanson, Jr. and his wife Mary Key Hanson at Congressional Cemetery, one of the oldest cemeteries in Washington, DC.

		*SUPPORTING OUR PROJECTS* – Our chapter projects are supported by the generous donation of time and money by chapter members. We also earn funds wrapping books for tips at local bookstores during the Christmas season.