Ellwood City Youth Wins State DAR Service Award

Hayden Slade, a rising senior at Lincoln High School in Ellwood City, is the first place winner of the Pennsylvania State Society Daughters of the American Revolution’s (PSSDAR’s) Outstanding Youth Volunteer Award for his service to veterans and our troops. Hayden is sponsored by the Pymatuning Chapter in Sharon, where his grandmother Theresa Harkless Woods is a member. His State level submission also went on to win the Eastern Division of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR).

Hayden’s volunteer work includes collecting and organizing board games to give to veterans and deployed troops through the 501(c)(3) charity Games to Give, which he co-founded in 2018 with his friend, Grady Smith. Hayden also applied for and received a grant to purchase reading glasses for the Veterans Administration Hospital in Butler. He volunteers with the Yellow Ribbon Girls organization and has been involved with veterans’ causes through Boy Scout Troop 806, both of Ellwood City.

Hayden was awarded his Eagle Scout rank earlier this year. He is a new member of the Elizabeth McKinney Society Children of the American Revolution (CAR) out of Butler, PA.

Hayden received his PSSDAR award on June 4, 2022 at the Pymatuning Chapter’s 100th Year Anniversary luncheon, which was held in the Old South Armory at Tara – A Country Inn, Clark. He is the son of Doug and Jennifer Slade of Perry Township.