Caravel Chapter NSDAR

06/08/2026

Caravel Chapter has a block of seats for this event! Sunday, July 5, 2:00 PM matinee. Be sure to reach out before seats sell out!

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A year after triumphantly reopening, The Beach Theatre is hosting its first-ever live production.

05/17/2026

Caravel Chapter members, Kathryn Egolf, Regent Sara Powell, and Bunny Webb attended Tampa DAR Chapter’s May 16 America 250!, Party with the Founding Fathers, at the Columbia Restaurant in Tampa. Special appearances by Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Florida State Regent Kim Zeman were part of the party. Fun was had by all.

05/13/2026

May is Military Appreciation month. We are grateful for each and every one of them.

05/13/2026

We were honored to have Florida State Regent Kim Zeman as our guest of honor at our Saturday, May 9 chapter meeting, our final meeting of the year. This was a special event as Caravel inducted three new members and our State Regent conducted the induction. The Chapter also presented State Regent Zeman with a $500 check for her state project and some Florida preserves and travel stipend. Florida State Regent opened up the Regent Store before and after the meeting with the help of Kim's husband. State 2nd Vice Regent, Jennifer Marks, also attended providing helpful information of documentation needed for two new prospective members. We were also pleased to have Chapter Regent, Rebecca Bandy, and members of the Boca Ciega DAR Chapter attend. Additionally, we presented three $2000 scholarships to three local students. The chapter is very pleased to support DAR's third pillar of education. Special shout out to Caravel Chapter Regent, Sara Powell, completing her first year of her two-year term. We look forward to the second year.

05/13/2026

Congratulations to our two members who are celebrating graduation this month! SAIRA HADI with her Baccalaureate degree from USF and Kait Early with her Associates from St. Petersburg College. So proud!!

05/08/2026

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04/30/2026

04/30/2026

04/30/2026

An email we received from the USCG JROTC at Pinellas Park High School.

Good morning,

I’m excited to share some great news from PPHS. Our JROTC Raider Team traveled to Fort Knox, Kentucky, last week to compete in the Army JROTC National Raider Challenge in the All-Service Male Division. Our team of 13 cadets competed in six demanding events, including a mountain 5K, a 1-mile ruck and stretcher carry, two separate obstacle courses, and a one-rope bridge event. They not only won one event and placed third in another, but they also earned 1st place overall and captured the National Championship title.

This was the first time our program competed at this national event, and the first time any Coast Guard team has participated—and they brought home the overall trophy. That is an incredible accomplishment for a program in only its fifth year, especially for a team of Coast Guard cadets competing against veteran Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Navy teams.

Please pass along our sincere thanks to your chapter and members for their continued support over the years. We also look forward to seeing one of your representatives at our award ceremony on May 12 at 4:00 p.m. in the PPHS Auditorium. We hope to capture some great photos with our team, and the trophies.

This weekend, we will travel to Daytona Beach for another national competition, Drill and Fitness. We do not expect to win, but we will proudly represent our school and community. In addition, our cadets have logged more than 1,300 hours of community service this year, participated in 43 color guards, and we have 13 cadets enlisting in the military after graduation, with 15 more enrolling in college.

Thanks again for all your support.

Master Chief Mike Collis
Pinellas Park High School
Coast Guard JROTC
Senior Maritime Science Instructor