The Exchange Club of Fort Bend performs community service under four categories: preventing child abuse, community service, serving youth, and promoting Americanism. Across these categories, the club organizes various activities like educating teens about shaken baby syndrome, honoring veterans, and recognizing youth achievements. For each activity, the club considers it important to serve and give back to the community in order to protect children, support seniors and veterans, encourage youth, and instill patriotism. In summary, as America's service club, Exchangites serve the community because they feel called to serve others.

1. 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.

2. THE PREVENTION OF CHILD ABUSE
Service Category & Activity Why We Serve
1. “The Shaken Baby Syndrome” is an To ensure that an unknown number
educational program in which we go of infants can develop into healthy
into high schools and teach young adults.
adults about the injuries which can
result from shaking a baby.
2. We make monetary donations to the To counsel parents so they can
ESCAPE Family Resource Center. avoid abusing their children.
3. We donate teddy bears to a family court. To give youngsters one more
On child adoption day, they are given to happy memory and cuddly symbol
the adopted children. of the day they began their new life.
4. We celebrate April as National Child To remind citizens of their
Abuse Prevention Month, by placing responsibility to fight the war
blue ribbon clad stakes on the against child abuse.
courthouse lawn.

3. COMMUNITY SERVICE
Service Category & Activity Why We Serve
1. We bring cake and ice cream to a To let those who raised and
Seniors Assisted Living Center and mentored our generation know that
hold monthly birthday parties. they are not forgotten.
2. We join other clubs in holding an annual To show our appreciation to those
dinner to honor Fort Bend County police who each day jeopardize their lives
officers. and safety to safeguard ours.
3. Santa’s Exchange: We join with other To bring a smile to a child’s face on
clubs to provide Christmas gifts to Christmas morning.
underprivileged children.
4. We help to host a Christmas party for To bring Christmas cheer to our
residents of the Richmond State brothers and sisters with
Supported Living Center. developmental disabilities.

4. SERVICE TO YOUTH
Service Category & Activity Why We Serve
1. We recognize extraordinary To reward and encourage the best
scholastic and extracurricular of our youth so that they can serve
achievement in high school youth others.
with Youth of the Month Awards.
2. We recognize good deeds and To teach our youth that it is more
character in our middle school youth important to be a good person than
with Young Citizenship Awards. it is to be a smart person.
3. We recognize a high school senior who To reward the courage of a
has overcome severe adversity with our triumphant young adult.
Accepting the Challenge of Excellence
Award (A.C.E.).

5. AMERICANISM
Service Category & Activity Why We Serve
1. We give children small American flags To instill pride for our country in
to wave at local parades. children.
2. We celebrate Veterans Day by To honor those who were willing to
assembling with veterans for a make the supreme sacrifice.
“One Nation Under God” breakfast.
3. We display in community buildings, To perpetuate the awareness that
replicas of 28 great writings which the United States of America is the
shaped our society, known as greatest country on earth.
“The Freedom Shrine”.

6. 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.