NY State Projects are based on the "spokes" of the national Circle of Love program. Some are new, some are not! We are one in Unity & Charity and the State Board hopes that these projects will help to bind us even more closely together.
 

 FAMILY - The Thank You Project

A statewide military appreciation project. Introduced in 2019 and outlined again in the June 2020 issue of The Rising Dawn. The purpose of the project is to collect thank you cards that will be mailed to service personnel in all branches of the armed forces throughout the year. The Thank You Project allows us each to not only show our gratitude to our service people, especially those deployed, but afford us an inexpensive and meaningful way to involve many facets of our community in the effort. Organizing and collecting thank you cards for active military personnel doesn’t have to be a costly endeavor, but can mean so much to the men and women who receive the notes and help spread knowledge of CDA in your community. Please keep track of how many cards your court creates/collects and details of any card writing event or publicity so that you can report it next year.
Ongoing.
 

QUALITY OF LIFE - The Ladies of Martha & Mary

The Ladies of Martha & Mary are a local court committee that sees to the needs of elderly, shut-in or recently hospitalized members by putting together a care package of sorts and presenting it to the member in need. Magazines, puzzle books, restaurant or grocery store gift cards, home baked treats, lap blankets, prayer cards...any little thing can be donated or purchased, arranged into a basket and delivered to the home or hospital room of the member just to let them know we care. Keeping a list of members that you have visited and presented baskets to will help you to fill out your Circle of Love form next year.
Ongoing.
 

SPIRITUAL ENHANCEMENT - Live Stream Prayers

Born of the need to spiritually connect while we were social distanced during the Coronavirus pandemic, rosaries, chaplets, and prayer services livestreamed on Facebook are an important and much appreciated way to get through the days of quarantine. These prayer sessions, led by officers and members from around the state can be viewed on the Catholic Daughters NY State page Monday through Friday at 8pm.
Past National Regent Helene Shepard posts a theme of the day on the page each morning and gets us all thinking and praying in unity. A schedule of weekly prayers is published on the page a few days before.
Additionally, the self-named Prayer Warriors set an alarm for 3pm daily to remind them to stop and remember the Divine Mercy of Jesus by either reciting the chaplet or just to say “Jesus, I trust in You” three times. 
Ongoing
 

EDUCATION - The Marie C. Curry Seminarian & Scholarship Fund

Our perennial Education Project continues. Courts are assessed on a yearly basis. These funds are necessary to make our donations to the seminaries in each diocese and to provide prize money for our multiple Education Contests
Ongoing