Chapter Activities and Projects

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The Los Altos Chapter, NSDAR, founded in February 1950, promotes friendship and service.   Our members provide hundreds of hours of community service in the larger Los Altos area (including Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Los Altos Hills).

The chapter's activities promote education, historic preservation, conservation, and patriotism, including:  

  • annual scholarship for a Foothill College student to continue their education at a four-year institution
  • annual American History essay contest for students in grades 5 through 8
  • local historic preservation projects such as our recent project, Early Settlers of Old Los Altos/Mountain View  (Copies may be downloaded, or printed copies may be viewed at the Santa Clara County Historical & Genealogical Society, the Santa Clara County Library District (housed at the Los Altos branch), the Family History Library in Los Altos, and other selected locations.) 
  • The chapter documented 100 chapter patriots and put their Revolutionary War Details, Rank, Patriot Number Service, Birth/Death dates and locations, Family Information, and more.  
  • projects providing comfort and support to veterans at the Palo Alto VA Hospital
  • card-writing to veterans and active duty military
  • hands-on genealogy workshops for the community (in the Los Altos Recreation Catalog)
  • tree-planting and conservation projects
  • annual Day of Service each October with a project in our community

 

Recently the Los Altos Chapter hosted a commemoration of the 1775 Battle of Lexington (MA), in partnership with the Gaspar de Portola Chapter.  Click to enjoy the video recording!

The Los Altos Chapter presents several awards each year, including:

  • Community Service Award
  • Woman in American History Award honoring a woman from our community who has contributed to American History, past and present. 
  • Women in the Arts Recognition Award
  • Good Citizen Award, recognizing seniors at local high schools (who are then eligible to enter the Good Citizen Scholarship Contest)

 

To learn more about DAR, see https://www.dar.org/national-society/become-member or email our chapter.