The Towamencin Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) recently shipped care packages to the USS Key West submarine, currently stationed in the Pacific Ocean.
Towamencin is one of 30 of Pennsylvania’s 95 chapters that participated in the State DAR Patriot Project called “Operation Big Mama,” and the packages are expected to be received by crew members sometime in October. Towamencin’s nine cartons were filled with food items, personal products, magazines and games, along with a note to the sailors thanking them for their courage and service.
Kathleen Zinskie, state chair of the Patriot Project, stated that the sailors are “far away from home and their days are monotonous and dangerous, 24/7 and no days off. Let’s brighten their days and let them know we care.”
About DAR
The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution is a non-political service organization that promotes historic preservation, education and patriotism, and is open to any woman 18 years or older who can prove lineal, bloodline descent from an ancestor who aided in achieving American independence.
For more information about DAR visit www.dar.org
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