Our Activities and Service
August 2022 Celebration of Lieutenant Colonel Barbara Nichols 100th Birthday. A DAR member, she is a distinguished Army Nurse of Three Wars – WWII, Korea & Vietnam. Mary Ball Chapter presented Barbara with the Women in American History Medal. Photo Eva Rivera
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Dec 2021: Supporting Stuff the Bus of the Bethel School District with gift cards, toys, and books.
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Oct 2021: We supported the annual Trunk or Treat event at Camp Murray for the Washington National Guard youth; the them was this year was fairy tales.
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Sep 2021: We gladly welcomed three new members in person for the first time in over 18 months.
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Nov 2021: Some of us joined other members from Washington state on a special visit to newly-renovated DAR Constitution Hall in Washington DC.
May 2021: Our member in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base organized an event to place flags on veterans graves in the cemetery for Memorial Day.
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Aug 2021: We gathered with active duty sailors, SAR members and the SAR/DAR Colorguard to commemorate the military service of Alfred Roach, sailor during the Spanish-American War; he is forgotten no more.
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Jul 2021: We celebrated and remembered five WSSDAR State Regents, who had been members of and leaders in our chapter, at the Tacoma Mausoleum
Jul 2020: Hiking the Sequalitchew trail in DuPont for the Firefly 5K.
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Jul 2021: We celebrated and remembered five WSSDAR State Regents, who had been members of and leaders in our chapter at the Tacoma Cemetery
Oct 2020: Cleaning and fixing the Bostwick plaque in Tacoma.
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Jun 2020: Covid did not stop us. We met via Zoom!
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Oct 2020: We bagged macaroni at the Nourish Northwest warehouse in Tacoma.
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Feb 2020: We thanked the local police for their service.
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Apr 2020: We made thousands of masks during covid and delivered some of them to first responders in West Pierce county
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Apr 2020: We made thousands of masks during covid and delivered some of them to first responders at the Orting Soldiers Home.
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Aug 2019: We provided a special lunch to the staff at Chemawa in OR.
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Sep 2019: We thanked a Vietnam veteran for his service with the official pin at the Puyallup Fair.
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Apr 2018: We donated needed items for a local women's shelter.
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Sep 2018: George Washington visited and spoke at the chapter meeting.
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Sep 2017: Mary Ball and Sons of the Revolution (SAR) members gathered at a local school to participate in a celebration of Constitution Week.
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Oct 2017: A Mary Ball member, in period costume, helped a Prospective Member with her application paperwork.
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Jul 2017: Washington State Daughters attended the Korean War Armistice Anniversary Wreathlaying Ceremony.
Mar 2017: We collected Easter Basket fixings for LASA in Lakewood.
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 Feb 2017: The "Mary Ball Players" performed a playette, written by our talented Regent, at our chapter meeting.
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Dec 2016: Mary Ball Chapter spearheaded the first Wreaths Across America ceremony and wreath laying at the Camp Lewis Cemetery on JBLM. And we raised funds to insure that every marker had a wreath.
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Sep 2015: Mary Ball Chapter members at the DAR Booth with the Wash State Regent and her husband at the Puyallup Fair.
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Oct 2015: Mary Ball Chapter at the Spanaway Historical Society for the DAR Day of Service.
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Sep 2015: The Washington State Regent addresses daughters, thanking them for the thousands of dollars in donations for the Eastern Washington fire victims.
