What is Exchange?
Exchange is known to millions as
America's Service Club, and with good reason. From our organization's
earliest days, Exchange Clubs have been unselfishly serving their
communities and improving the quality of life. The diverse array of
Exchange- sponsored programs and projects has made a considerable
impact on America thus enhancing the lives of countless men, women and
children across the nation. What do Exchange Clubs do?
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. Why join Exchange?
To help us build a better America,
and in so doing, bring out the best in yourself. Exchange helps members
to develop leadership, networking, and organizational skills that
contribute to success in business, family and personal endeavors. More
importantly, Exchange provides members with the opportunity to share
their time and talents to help others whether by reaching out to an
abused child who needs love and affection... helping to organize a
community crime prevention program ...or wielding rakes in a clean-up
project. Through these and many other positive, public-spirited
projects, Exchangites are making a real difference in cities and towns
across America.
Covenant of Service
(Adopted as
the philosophy which characterizes an Exchangite)
Accepting the divine privilege of single and collective responsibility
as life’s noblest gift, I covenant with my fellow Exchangites:
To consecrate my best energies to the uplifting of Social, Religious,
Political and Business ideals;
To discharge the debt I owe to those of high and low estate who have
served and sacrificed that the heritage of American citizenship might be
mine;
To honor and respect law, to serve my fellowmen, and to uphold the
ideals and institutions of my Country;
To implant the life-giving, society-building spirit of Service and
Comradeship in my social and business relationships;
To serve in Unity with those seeking better conditions, better
understandings, and greater opportunities for all. | 
