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WHAT WE DO AND WHY WE DO IT
Our Exchange Club, The Exchange Club
of Fort Bend, performs services under four
categories:
•The Prevention of Child Abuse
•Community Service
•Service to Youth
•The Promotion of Americanism
You may ask the question as to each of
our activities, “Why do you serve?”.
Here’s why.
Service Category & Activity Why We Serve
1. “The Shaken Baby Syndrome” is an
educational program in which we go
into high schools and teach young
adults about the injuries which can
result from shaking a baby.
To ensure that an unknown number
of infants can develop into healthy
adults.
2. We make monetary donations to the
ESCAPE Family Resource Center.
To counsel parents so they can
avoid abusing their children.
3. We donate teddy bears to a family court.
On child adoption day, they are given to
the adopted children.
To give youngsters one more
happy memory and cuddly symbol
of the day they began their new life.
4. We celebrate April as National Child
Abuse Prevention Month, by placing
blue ribbon clad stakes on the
courthouse lawn.
To remind citizens of their
responsibility to fight the war
against child abuse.
THE PREVENTION OF CHILD ABUSE
Service Category & Activity Why We Serve
1. We bring cake and ice cream to a
Seniors Assisted Living Center and
hold monthly birthday parties.
To let those who raised and
mentored our generation know that
they are not forgotten.
2. We join other clubs in holding an annual
dinner to honor Fort Bend County police
officers.
To show our appreciation to those
who each day jeopardize their lives
and safety to safeguard ours.
3. Santa’s Exchange: We join with other
clubs to provide Christmas gifts to
underprivileged children.
To bring a smile to a child’s face on
Christmas morning.
4. We help to host a Christmas party for
residents of the Richmond State
Supported Living Center.
To bring Christmas cheer to our
brothers and sisters with
developmental disabilities.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Service Category & Activity Why We Serve
1. We recognize extraordinary
scholastic and extracurricular
achievement in high school youth
with Youth of the Month Awards.
To reward and encourage the best
of our youth so that they can serve
others.
2. We recognize good deeds and
character in our middle school youth
with Young Citizenship Awards.
To teach our youth that it is more
important to be a good person than
it is to be a smart person.
3. We recognize a high school senior who
has overcome severe adversity with our
Accepting the Challenge of Excellence
Award (A.C.E.).
To reward the courage of a
triumphant young adult.
SERVICE TO YOUTH
Service Category & Activity Why We Serve
1. We give children small American flags
to wave at local parades.
To instill pride for our country in
children.
2. We celebrate Veterans Day by
assembling with veterans for a
“One Nation Under God” breakfast.
To honor those who were willing to
make the supreme sacrifice.
3. We display in community buildings,
replicas of 28 great writings which
shaped our society, known as
“The Freedom Shrine”.
To perpetuate the awareness that
the United States of America is the
greatest country on earth.
AMERICANISM
WHAT WE DO AND WHY WE DO IT
In summary, to answer the question, “What is Exchange,” we Exchangites will tell you that it is America’s Service Club. As to why we serve, we Exchangites will tell you that it is because we are called to serve.