Now in its 6th year, the NSDAR Junior Membership 5k is one of the most important fundraising opportunities for the Helen Pouch Memorial Fund. Grab your chapter members, family, friends, neighbors, coworkers, pets (new this year!), etc. and make sure to register for this year's event! Regardless of if you are able to complete the virtual race, your registration and generous donations ensure the National Junior Membership Committee is able to execute projects including support of DAR Schools, the National Junior Committee Project, and the Classroom Grants Program. For NSDAR members, all donations made through this race portal will count towards NSDAR giving (including Heritage Club levels, 1890 Annual Giving Circle, etc.), please ensure you accurately list your National Number to ensure you get proper credit.

We appreciate your support of any of the Junior Membership 5k events! They are an excellent way to connect with others while supporting women in American History. In a now famous letter written by Abigail Adams, she urged her husband, John Adams, to remember the ladies. Each year of the Wright Administration, the virtual 5k will highlight the unique contributions of women to the American Revolution. This year, we're excited to bring to light the story of Leonor Delgado, a Spanish American Patriot who sold her cattle to help feed Bernardo de Galvez and his troops. We look forward to sharing more about Leonor's story as part of the event. To honor Leonor, this years race medal will feature a cow. The medals have been designed with the three year race theme in mind. When placing this year's fan-shaped medal with the last two years' medals will form a circle. CLICK HERE TO VIEW AN IMAGE OF THE MEDAL. [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yc5-Xtm_gw3JQgEvg4FxQ66BkhCPr7SZ/view?usp=sharing]



This year's event includes three separate races, please read carefully below to ensure you register for the correct event.

* The 2025 5k is the new race for this year honoring Leonor Delgado (more on Leonor below!). This is the race you want to register for if you've been asked by a friend or Junior Member to support this year's race, you've participated in past years and are trying to collect the third medal in the series, or if you've never participated before and just want to get involved this year.
If you are trying to collect all the medals in the Remember the Ladies series and missed past years, then you'll want to register for one of the Back In Time Races. This will be the last chance to go back and collect these medals, so don't miss out on your chance to complete the set!

* The 2023 race honored Polly Cooper and was a red medal.
* The 2024 race honored the Edenton Tea Party and was a white medal.

RACE MERCHANDISE

* Medals will only be sent to participants who select "yes" they would like a race medal during their registration. You can either pick up your medal at Continental Congress in June or it will be shipped to you.
* As part of registration, a medal holder (see here [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lp22uC0QA5xwmLLNqE6pFKS6QGhNkMr7/view?usp=sharing]) is available as an add on. The holder will allow you to display the three race medals together. Once in the holder, the medals can be used as a paperweight or displayed in a small easel (not included) on a desk or shelf. Medal holders are available as a preorder during registration and will be available at medal pickup/shipping.
* If you want to show your pride in Junior Membership, you can order a race shirt here. [https://www.customink.com/fundraising/juniormembership5k] We're also offering a pet bandana to make sure all our supporters can show their pride! Note: All Custom Ink items will ship in early May.

COMPLETING THE 5K

The virtual NSDAR Junior Membership 5k is easy to complete! You can complete the race on your own time in whatever method you find easiest for you (or not at all!) - weve seen walkers, runners, swimmers, bikers and more! However you complete it, make sure you come back here, and navigate to the "Results" tab (on the left) to log your official results. And! Don't forget to share you support of the Remember the Ladies 5k on social media using the hashtags #NSDARjuniormembership5k and #remembertheladies5k!

Still have questions? Check out our FAQs [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r5pnWTUJZK3TpiyhZE5i31YJJq2TNHv66eJDE61P5fk/edit?usp=sharing]!

We hope youll encourage your friends, family, chapter members, coworkers and more to participate with you! You do NOT have to be a member of DAR to participate and this virtual event is open to anyone who would like to support Junior Membership.

Thank you in advance for your participation and we look forward to another successful 5K this year!

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ABOUT THE HELEN POUCH MEMORIAL FUND

The Helen Pouch Memorial Fund (HPMF) was authorized in 1938, and finances projects chosen by the Junior Membership Committee with approval of the NSDAR Executive Committee. Projects include annual contributions to the DAR Schools, the National Junior Committee Project, and the Junior Membership Classroom Grants Program. We meet this commitment through contributions to the Fund from the sale of NSDAR-approved Junior Sales products, general donations to the fund and other fundraisers like this 5K.