Piety Hill Chapter NSDAR

Chapter Awards

Awarded by the
National Society of the
Daughters of the American Revolution

Piety Hill Chapter, NSDAR, received the following awards at the 134th Continental Congress, June 25 - 29, 2025, in Washington, D.C.:

  • Chapter Achievement Awards: Blue Ribbon
  • Jennifer Podsiadlik, Outstanding Service ECD Chapter Registrar: Lineage Research
  • East Central Division Literacy Funding - Literacy Promotion
  • Outstanding Financial Support for Literacy Promotion - East Central Division
  • Chapter Level Training Award, ECD, Twinkling Stars, DAR
  • Chapter Level Training Award, ECD, Shooting Stars, DAR Leadership Training
  • Outstanding Chapter Support, ECD - C.A.R.
  • Best Event 125th Anniversary of John Philip Sousa's "The Stars and Stripes Forever" -
    2nd National
  • Holly Heiss, Outstanding Use of Technology, ECD - VIS
  • Razzle Dazzle Award - DAR Good Citizens
  • Outstanding Participation Award - American Spirit Magazine
  • Outstanding Service Across Chapters - DAR Service for Veterans

Awarded by the
Michigan State DAR

Piety Hill Chapter, NSDAR, received the following awards for individual and chapter achievement, April 2025:

  • America 250!
    • 2024 Celebration Grant Awarded
    • Best America 250! Event 4th Place with Additional Chapters
    • Lisa Milton - Coordinating the Five Chapter Marker Dedication
    • Dedication of an America 250! Marker
    • Having a Newspaper/Radio/TV/Magazine Coverage
    • Promoting America 250! to the Public
    • Using an America 250! Banner
  • American Heritage - Active Promotion of American Heritage Committee Mission
  • American History - Chapter Award
    Outstanding Community Participation; Restoration of Oak Hill Cemetery
  • Americanism
    • Best Event - 3rd Place Veteran's Day Wreath-Laying Ceremony
    • Best Program - 1st Place Calling all Nurses/125th anniversary DAR Hospital Corps
  • Children of the American Revolution - Financial Support
  • Commemorative Events
    • 125th Anniversary of the DAR Hospital Corps
      Outstanding Commemorative Event 1st Place
    • 125th Anniversary of the Stars & Stripes Forever
      Outstanding Commemorative Event 1st Place
    • Most Number of Submitted Outstanding Commemorative Event Reports
      Tied for 2nd Place
  • Community Classroom
    • Jessica Garavaglia - Outstanding Support of Education
    • Martha Stahl - Outstanding Support of Education
    • Outstanding Support of Education
    • Overall Chapter Member Participation
  • Community Service Awards - Award Presented to John Maten
  • Conservation
    • For Recycling/Reusing American Flags Placed on Veteran's Graves
    • Planting pollinator and Never Forget Gardens
  • Constitution Week
    • Program on Founding Documents
    • Jane Quinn - Wide Variety of Activities and Displays
    • Kathy Dalton - Wide Variety of Activities and Displays
  • DAR Leadership Training - Jeanette Keatts - Triple Crown Distinction
  • DAR Magazine - Outstanding Participation Award - American Spirit Magazine
  • DAR Museum Outreach - Barbara Suhay - Outstanding Support of Local Community Artist
  • DAR Service for Veterans - Outstanding Chapter Activity
  • DAR/SAR/S.R. Relations - Outstanding DAR/SAR/S.R. Event
  • Fifty Year Club
    • Janice Taylor - 50 Years of Dedicated Service
    • Mary Yeomans - 50 Years of Dedicated Service
    • Caron Trese - 60 Years of Dedicated Service
  • The Flag of the U.S.A. - Conducting a Flag Retirement Ceremony
  • Historic Preservation - Commendation for Historic Preservation
  • Junior Membership
    • Added One or More Junior Members
    • Chapter Junior Membership Recruitment Activities
    • One or More Junior Members Serve as Chapter Chairs
    • Sponsored a Classroom Grant Application - McKenna Hoek, State Vice Chair
  • Lineage Research
    • Jennifer Podsiadlik - Outstanding Service
    • Kathy Stricher - Outstanding Service
    • Lisa Milton - Outstanding Service
  • Literacy Promotion
    • Book Donations
    • Outstanding Literacy Promotion
  • Master Reports - Chapter Master Report, Membership Under 151 & Up, 3rd Place
  • Membership - Best Retention Activity Chapters 151+
  • Michigan National Cemeteries, Great Lakes National Cemetery
    Deborah Harrington, Regent - Excellence in Service
  • National Defense - Participation
  • Patriot Records Project - Indexing Names for the Patriot Records Project
  • Service to America
    • Participated in a Service in Seconds Project
    • Participated in October DAR Day of Service
  • State Chaplain - Outstanding Chapter Activity
  • State Historian - Lisa Milton
    Leadership in Multi-Chapters Erecting America 250! Marker
  • State Librarian
    • Book Club Recognition
    • Book Donations to the DAR Library
    • Clay Dobrovolec - Outstanding Book Club Preparation
    • Outstanding Support of Friends of Seimes Technology Center
    • Programs Presented on the DAR Library
  • State Registrar
    • 100% New Member Applications without AIR or Pre Letters
    • Jennifer Podsiadlik - Special Registrar Award for Completing Registrar Training
  • Volunteer Genealogists
    • Dorinda McCourt - Completion of GEP 1
    • Jeanette Keatts - Completion of GEP 8 Supplemental Applications
  • Volunteer Information Specialists
    • Holly Heiss - Chapter Outstanding VIS Volunteer of the Year
    • Holly Heiss - Outstanding Use of Technology

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