CASA of San Luis Obispo County advocates for the best interests of abused and neglected children within the court system. CASA recruits, trains, and supervises volunteers who advocate for this vulnerable population with the goal of ensuring that each and every child grows up in a safe, nurturing, and permanent home.
The project was led by the California State Society DAR Community Classroom Chairs. Recognizing a need to support the children that CASA serves, volunteers from all seven DAR chapters in District VII from the CSSDAR participated in the initiative.
The group, organized by Regent Leslie Lechner, assembled and donated 61 HeART kits; 41 for the elementary school program, 15 for the middle school program, and 5 for the high schoolers. The special bag kits each had age-appropriate drawing pads, construction paper, watercolor paint sets, stencils, rulers, scissors, paintbrushes, chalk, play-doh, crayons, sharpeners, glue sticks, stickers, and extras. In addition, The chapter a
–The local La Cuesta Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution recently announced it is supporting Wreaths across America as a DAR Service for Veterans project. The chapter is officially enrolled in Wreaths across America sponsoring Arroyo Grande Cemetery.
The goal is to place a holiday wreath on every veteran’s grave throughout the country on Dec. 19 to, “remember the fallen, honor those who serve, and teach our children the value of freedom.”
Members laid the wreaths, speaking the names of the veterans as they honored their service. This will be an ongoing service project.