Upcoming Calendar!

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Please mark your calendar for the following upcoming events. If you are interested in hosting a Chapter meeting it would be greatly appreciated. We have some fundraising ideas but we need to organize as a chapter to discuss.

It’s Dues TimE! Dues should be paid by February 10 in order to be an active member of the Pimm’s & Poppies Chapter.

Breakdown: National: $22; State: $10; Chapter: $10 = $42; If you are a new member please add extra $10 for your DBE pin.


February 2026

Saturday 21st — Visit to Senior Care Facility, Little Sisters of the Poor Washington DC, Jeanne Jugan Residence, 4200 Harewood Road, NE, Washington, DC 20017. 2.00pm for a 2.30pm start.

This is the organization that we voted to donate proceeds to from the sale of Victoria Home. We will meet the residents and bring an English Afternoon Tea of scones, sandwiches and tea to share with them.

March 2026

Saturday 7th — Meals on Wheels, Alexandria

Sunday March 15: St. Patrick’s Day Bingo

April 2026

Sunday 26th—St. George’s Day Elephant & Castle Pub, 1601 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington D.C.

May 2026

TBD: Chapter Trivia Fundraiser

May 3-5, 2026: DBE National Conference (Branson, MO)

Registration Details To Follow

June

Mid June: End of School Year BBQ

Book Club

Return of DBE Book Club (2pm to 4pm) TBA

SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE

  • DBE will award four $500 scholarships annually. Recipients can be from any of the four DBE geographic Districts (Eastern, Western, Midwest, and Southern)

WHO MAY APPLY

  • Female students, 18 years of age or older, who are residents of the USA with Commonwealth of Nations ancestry.
  • Applicants must be a student at an accredited two or four-year college or university.
  • Applicants must have a college 3.0 GPA or better (students in the second semester of the Freshman year are eligible to apply.)
  • Applicants cannot be a State, Chapter, or Member-at-Large member of DBE.

HOW TO APPLY

  • Download your application here.

https://www.dbenational.org/scholarship


Galentine’s Wines of the Commonwealth Tasting Evening

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Having had a wine tasting event fall through, Kearsley pivoted and asked the guests to bring a wine from a Commonwealth nation to share. We each sampled the wine, with the lady who provided it giving some tasting notes. South Africa featured prominently, with other wines from New Zealand and Australia. There was even a bottle of bubbly from England.

Kelly brought a short quiz about Commonwealth wines and we all learned that Cyprus and Malta have great, but lesser known wines. We all brought some “nice”‘ nibbles and Kearsley insisted they were beautifully presented in her gorgeous apartment. A great time was had and we recommend this event as a great mixer to get to know new and potential members.