DAR earns $1000.00 contribution from Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
The Hendrick Hudson Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution having received more than $3000 in donations from recent "Replace the Roof"' fund raising events secured a $1000 contribution throuth Thrivent Financial for Lutheran. and the "Care Abounds in the Community" program. $ 1.00 for every $3.00 collected. This funding towards replacing the back section of the roof on the DAR chapter house., the historic Robert Jenkins home at 113 Warren Street Hudson was made possible by volunteers from the Southeastern NY chapter of Thrivent Financial's local chapte, serving Columbia, Green and parts of Dutchess Counties..
Thrivent Ffnancial for Lutherans is a Fortune 500 services membership, not for profit organization helping members achieve their financial goals and give back to their communities through programs like the "Care Abounds" programs.
Thrivent Financial members and other interested volunteers can join in service to use the financial resources of Thrivent Financial to support projects and fund raising activities benefiting individuals, families and qualified non profit organizations..
In 1896, the Hendrick Hudson Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution was organized in Hudson to encourage education, preserve history and promote patriotism. The home of Robert Jenkins,one of Hudson's first proprietors, was built in 1811 It stayed with the Jenkins family until 1900 when a granddaughter Mrs. Frances Chester White Hartly gifted Robert Jenkins home to the Hendric k Hudson Chapter of the DAR with the stipulation they maintain a library and museum. Until 1959 when Hudson opened the Hudson Area Library, the Library at the Robert Jenkins/DAR Chapter house was the only public Library in the city of Hudson. This Library remaining at the historic Jenkins homestead is one of the largest collections of Columbia County genealogical records. The Robert Jenkins house is magnificent with its wide sweeping staircase and DAR insignia depicted in a stain glass mural. The house displays some period furnishings . artifacts and collections of the civil War, items connected to the history of Hudson and its whaling industry, paintings by artists of the Hudson River School and a large collection of genealogical records and books.
The DAR Chapter House at 113 Warren Street, Hudson is open for tours or research Saturdays 1-5 pm from July 11 to the Arts Walk in early October and the Chapter House will be open September 13 Sunday !-5pm or by appointment.
Call 518-828-9764 for information
