KDS DAR School was well represented during the 123rd Continental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Washington, D.C. June 23-30. Executive Director Heather Green; KDS teacher Beth Cagle; KDS staff member April Pendergrass; Board Chairman Peggy Johnson; and student representatives Laura Grace Ayers and Kaleb Gowan enjoyed a busy week of meeting with Daughters from across the country and throughout the world to share with them the story of KDS, the "Gem of Gunter Mountain."
KDS received a nice surprise in the form of contributions from the Friends of DAR Schools Fund during the Friday evening DAR School Supper. National School Chairman Sally Bueno made the presentation following the KDS School report.
A highlight of Continental Congress each year is certainly the Junior Membership Luncheon. This year's event honored the 25th anniversary of the Friends of Junior Membership Endowment Fund. The sole fundraiser of the Junior Membership Committee of the DAR is to raise money for the Helen Pouch Memorial Fund through the sales of nationally approved Junior products at the state and national levels as well as the contributions of chapters for Achievement Award credit. Those funds are awarded to the DAR Schools annually for projects which directly benefit children.
Georgia C.A.R. members recently visited KDS to present the proceeds of the project of 2012-2014 State President Amberlee Allmond, "Calculating Amazing Results". Amberlee's hard work and diligence raised $6,177.56 to buy graphing calculators for the KDS High School math department.
Pictured here are members of the Georgia C.A.R. with KDS representatives who are thrilled to be receiving these funds.
If you have a "Did You Know?" article about KDS School, the Grant community, or the state of Alabama that you would like to share with readers of our monthly newsletter, submit it to Heather Green at hgreen@nehp.net. If you have pictures in a digital format that relate to the article, submit them along with the article. Many of our readers are new to the area and do not know the wonderful, rich history of KDS School and the Town of Grant. I am sure they will be enlightened with something that you know and take for granted that everyone else knows too.
