ORGANIZED: January 24, 1895, New York
OBJECT: "To bring together women of similar background of New England ancestry to engage in charitable, educational and patriotic work and thus perpetuate the lofty ideals and examples of their forefathers"
ELIGIBILITY: Any woman 18 or older descended from one or more ancestors born in New England prior to the signing of the Constitution of the United States in 1789. Junior membership is available to girls 6 to 17 years old.
MEETINGS: Board of Management meetings every October and May, and the Annual Congress is held in May. Founder's Day is also celebrated the third week of January.
PUBLICATIONS: The National Society of New England Women Yearbook, and the quarterly The Clipper, both which update members on Society activities.
DUES: Vary according to which Colony of the Society you join.
CHARITABLE PROJECTS: Supports the Kurn Hattin Homes residential school for underprivileged children at Westminster, Vermont; and the Clarke School for the Deaf at Northampton, Massachusetts; supports numerous student loans at Pacific University (Forest Grove, Oregon); Middlebury College (Vermont); Mount Holyoke College (South Hadley, Massachusetts); Baldwin Wallace College (Berea, Ohio); and Austin College (Sherman, Texas). Also supports a number of veterans charities and services.
khs65@inlink.com (Ms. Leslie Vander Meulen, 22 Cloverleaf Lane, Manchester MO 63011-4001)