Mission
of Exchange
The Exchange Club of Utah Valley is a group of men and women working to make
America a better place to live through one national project – Prevention
of Child Abuse, and other local community projects.
The
first local Exchange Club was formed in Detroit, Michigan in 1911. Charles
A. Berkey is the man who is credited with the founding of this great organization.
The second was the Exchange Club of Toledo, Ohio formed in 1913. Subsequently,
two others were organized in Grand Rapids, Michigan and Cleveland, Ohio. These
four clubs were the first to be chartered by The National Exchange Club after
it was organized as a nonprofit, educational organization in 1917. Since then
hundreds of clubs have been chartered in the United States and Puerto Rico.
The National Exchange Club headquarters is located in Toledo, Ohio. Our chief
objective is to help Exchange Clubs realize their full potential of community
service. `
Clubs
sponsor a wide range of activities to improve our communities, help the
disadvantaged and encourage good American citizenship. The principal areas
of Exchange's National Program of Service are Youth, Americanism and Community
Service, with Child Abuse Prevention emphasized as the national project.
Members also initiate activities to meet unique local needs. This may be
anything from raising funds for the homeless to building and staffing a
sheltered workshop for the disabled.
