Greetings!

Are you an avid coke drinker? Or do you prefer an occasional soda during the summer? While doing research for Joylynn’s project with the Kate Duncan Smith DAR school, I came across another opportunity for school donations, especially for DAR schools. Coca-Cola actually participates in a give back program as well!

https://us.coca-cola.com/give/

This one can be done on the phone or on your computer while at home! You do have to sign up for it, but then you select a school of your choice (you do have to play around a bit with this), then the code found inside your coke bottle.

Products that are eligible include: Dasani, Barq’s Root Beer, Pibb Extra, Coca-Cola, Fanta, Powerade, Diet Coke, Fresca, Seagrams, Coca-Cola Life, Fuze, Sprite, Coke Zero, Mello Yello, Tab, and Minute Maid. Basically, if it’s a Coca-Cola product, try submitting the code.

While the Kate Duncan Smith school is not eligible, the Tamassee School (Tamassee SC), Hillside school (Marlborough MA), and Crossnore School and Children’s Home (Crossnore NC) are eligible. What another great way to aid our DAR schools!

There is also a donation opportunity with Tyson Chicken as well. https://www.fundraising-ideas.org/diy/tyson/

Tyson Project A+ fundraising is open only to accredited schools (preschool through grade 12) in the United States, including public, parochial and military schools (both the continental U.S. and overseas).

To participate in the Tyson Project A+ Label Collection Program, you must first register your school. Complete and mail the official Registration Form found on Tyson’s web page. Your school will be sent a Welcome Packet when the registration process has been completed. Please allow 4 weeks for confirmation.

In your grocer’s freezers section, look for Tyson Products that display the Project A+ logo. The label you save is easily identified by looking for the simple 1, 2, 3 program steps. Each label is worth 24¢ cash!

Once you have collected 250 labels, complete and mail in an official Project A+ Label Redemption Form with your labels. (You must complete this form for each label submission you send.) Project A+ labels may be collected and submitted year-round. Please allow 4 to 6 weeks for your check to arrive. The minimum number of labels that may be redeemed at one time is 250 ($60 worth). The maximum number of labels that may be submitted within a calendar year (January–December) is 50,000 ($12,000 worth).

Fundraising checks will be issued only to schools officially registered in the Tyson Project A+ Program. Checks will be made payable to the name of the school — for the organization specified on the Label Redemption Form. Please allow 4 to 6 weeks for your check to arrive. With each check, you will also receive a statement that shows how much money your school has earned during the calendar year. A no-brainer fundraising idea.

As many of you have read or heard, Joylynn is working diligently to promote the boxtops4education drive. If you are already clipping and donating these to a school of your choice, THANK YOU! The school you have picked greatly appreciates your efforts to help them and we do not want to take away from that. If you are not, then this is a great time to start, and you have DAR schools that are eligible! The one that Joylynn is working on specifically is the Kate Duncan Smith DAR school ( https://kdsdar.org/). While you can currently mail your eligible box tops to them (check the expiration dates!) the boxtops program is making a shift THIS SUMMER to the digital work.

Here is an example of the old labels that will be transitioning to the new labels.

What this means for you is that all you need is your receipt! You will have to download an app which is available for iphones and androids.

Once you have downloaded the app, you can select your school of choice, then scan your receipt. The app will automatically add the boxtops to your school account and then you are done! one of the neat features is that you can see the amount donated to the school in real time!

While it’s understood that sometimes the apps can be hard to navigate, or not enough space on your phone, you can save your receipt and bring it to a meeting. One of the members of your chapter should have the app and can help you either navigate it or scan with their phone.

Please use this link to aid you in finding eligible items when you are working on your grocery list. https://www.boxtops4education.com/earn/participating-products

Happy clipping and happy clicking!

This year was a big year as the Dillon Administration came to an end. There are a few changes that come with each new administration. Most noted are the new national officers that have been sworn in.

The President General’s new theme is Rise and Shine for America, with her goals being to raise visibility of chapters in communities, increase membership by 10%, and work hard to demonstrate our diversity and inclusiveness by improving our public image.

The new Junior Member theme is “Juniors light up our life” withe new pins being a trio of fireflies. The sales from these pins goes to support the educational progress of local school through the Helen Pouch Grant Scholarship. (Please see you state Jr Chairman for more information).

The new pin that will be sold to support the continued education and funds of the DAR schools is a trio of fish with the theme “Hooked on DAR schools!” Please look for these pins at your state and district meetings.

We would also like to congratulate the Arkansas Daughters who are currently serving in National committees, and ones who were newly nominated to National committees. If you know any of these ladies (we all know at least one of them!) please congratulate them for their dedication and hard work to achieve these positions.

Gretchen Magee — DAR Genealogical Records Committee Division Vice Chair South Central

Teri Bethge — DAR Scholarships Committee, Chair – Richard and Elizabeth Dean Scholarship

Barbara Lewis — DAR Leadership Training Committee, Division Vice Chair South Central

Allison Holland — DAR Museum Outreach Committee, Division Vice Chair South Central

***ReBecca Van Patten Smith — Overseas Units, National Vice Chair – Contests

In addition, Gretchen Magee, Arkansas’ Vice Regent, was elected by acclimation as President of the State Vice Regents Club for the next year.

Congrats ladies!