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Congratulations Exchange Club of Kern Valley, CA!
A new Excel Club has recently...
Congratulations Exchange Club of Kern Valley, CA!
A new Excel Club has recently POM’d thanks to the efforts of the Exchange Club of Kern Valley! The new club is at Kern Valley High School in Lake Isabella, CA and has 15 members. Club builders Faith Morrison and Pat Clark met with Executive VP Tracey Edwards and National President Sid Mobley at the recent California Nevada District Conference where they delivered the good news.
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Congratulations to the Exchange Club of Augusta, GA for awarding more than $120,...
Congratulations to the Exchange Club of Augusta, GA for awarding more than $120,000 to 27 local non profit organizations. Proceeds came from the 2011 Georgia-Carolina Fair and the Augusta Charity Classic Golf Tournament. The funds will be used for recreational activities for people with disabilities, a bowling program for kids, children's advocacy, health care services, community centers, homeless shelters and Christian Outreach. Great work!
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http://www.believeintheblue.org/believeintheblue/files/BIB.pdf
Make plans now f...
http://www.believeintheblue.org/believeintheblue/files/BIB.pdf
Make plans now for your club to participate in Exchange's Believe in the Blue Campaign. This annual observance of Child Abuse Prevention Month in April is an opportunity to spread information about positive parenting to people in your community. Read the attached flyer and order your kit today! We will begin shipping out kits in March.
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Let's help this XC Club find one more member!!
There is a new XC forming in Cha...
Let's help this XC Club find one more member!!
There is a new XC forming in Charles City, IA. They currently need just one more member to officially charter. Does anyone have any family or friends in Charles City, IA or near-by community that would be interested in joining this new Club? They recently conducted their Temporary Organization Meeting (TOM) and determined their officers, and even their club bulletin editor.
Club builders are Dale Lampman and Larry Shollenbarger. Contact your National Growth Team at 800.924.2643 or Growth@nationalexchangeclub.org for more information or to pass your referral.
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Freedom Shrine dedicated to fallen Navy SEAL from Stamford
By JEREMYSOULLIERE...
Freedom Shrine dedicated to fallen Navy SEAL from Stamford
By JEREMYSOULLIERE Times Editor
02/06/2012
STAMFORD -- The memory of Brian Bill, a 31-year-old NavySEAL who was killed during a helicopter attack last summer in Afghanistan, was preserved this past weekend at his Stamford alma mater.
Inside the front entrance of Trinity Catholic High School, the North Stamford Exchange Club has dedicated a Freedom Shrine in honor of the Stamford native, who was among 30 Americans who died when their Chinook helicopter was apparently downed by rocket-propelled grenades near Kabul last August.
The Freedom Shrine, unveiled on Saturday morning, is a collection of 28 historical U.S. documents photographically reproduced from the originals and permanently laminated to individual plaques.
A few months ago, when the North Stamford Exchange Club was approached with the idea of replacing Trinity's time-worn Freedom Shrine, only two historical documents remained in the shrine, according to Michael Tomasello, the club's treasurer who is also on the group's board of directors.
At the time, the local Exchange Club was discussing the possibility of honoring Bill in some way, he said.
"We had been thinking of doing something in honor of Brian Bill, and this would be a perfect fit," Tomasello said of establishing a new Freedom Shrine at Trinity.
The North Stamford Exchange Club member said Bill is representative of the messages of freedom instilled in the shrine's documents.
"If you read what these documents stood for, this is what this gentleman stood for," said Tomasello, who noted the Freedom Shrine program is exclusive to the National Exchange Club, a service organization with 700 clubs and more than 21,000 members throughout the United States and Puerto Rico.
Roughly 60 people attended the dedication ceremony on Saturday, which included speeches by Tomasello, Trinity Principal Tony Pavia, Stamford Mayor Michael Pavia, and U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.
Among family and friends, Bill has been remembered as hard-working and compassionate, a man with a passion for outdoor sports like fly-fishing, skiing, sky-diving and mountain climbing.
Yet, the 1997 Trinity graduate was most devoted to his lifelong dream of joining the service; in 2001, after he earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Norwich University in Vermont, he joined the Navy.
Two years later, after rigorous training, he was named a member of the special forces.
During his time in the service, his family said that Bill was decorated with three Bronze Stars with Valor, a Joint Service Commendation Medal with Valor, a Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, two Combat Action Ribbons and three Good Conduct Medals.
"He always wanted to serve others in some capacity,"Trinity Assistant Principal Diane Warzoha said last summer. "He was kind and he cared about the people around him. Iknow he loved what he did, and I'm sure there were a lot of people saluting him as he entered heaven."
Staff Writer Danielle Capalbo and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
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