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HAPPY 102ndBIRTHDAY EXCHANGE

CLUB!!

On March 27, 2013, The National Exchange Club will celebrateits 102nd birthday. The Exchange Club was founded in 1911 inDetroit, Michigan by businessmen who wanted to "exchange"ideas on making their community better. Their headquartersmoved to Toledo in 1917. It's 2nd oldest club is the ExchangeClub in Toledo, Ohio formed in 1913. The Jacksonville Chapterof the Exchange Club was founded in 1923. For 102 years, The National Exchange Club volunteer effortshave continued to support the needs of our country & localcommunities, making it the country's oldest American service

EXCHANGE CLUBMEETINGS

Every Thursday

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

The University Club1301 Riverplace Blvd

27th Floor

Required Dress: Business Casual

BOARD MEETINGS

Second Tuesday of each Month11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

IHOP Restaurant

8400 Baymeadows Road

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Officers Rick Costner

President

E. Brian Smith, Jr. President Elect

Steven Rawlins

Secretary

Kim Klipsch

organization operating exclusively in the United States. TheNational Exchange Club continues to grow with over 700 clubs &more than 21,000 members throughout the US and Puerto. During the 1940s, Exchange had organized its club activitiesaround 7 areas of service that included: education; agriculture;aviation; citizenship; commerce and industry; federal youthrehabilitation; youth and geriatrics. In the mid 1960s, Exchangeadopted its present National Programs of Service activities. Alsoknown as the 4 "pillars" of Exchange, Americanism, YouthPrograms, Community Service and its national project--thePrevention of Child Abuse. The Exchange Club specializes in helping youth &service tosenior citizens. The Senior Outreach Program was adoptedin 1980 to help senior citizens remain active. For youth, theExchange Club gives scholarships & awards ~ Accepting theChallenge of Excellence (ACE) Award, Youth of the Month,Youth of the Year, and Citizenship Award. A "Junior ExchangeClub" is offered to high school students, called the Excel Club,volunteering the same amount of work as the National ExchangeClub. We invite you to join us every Thursday at noon for lunch at theUniversity Club in downtown Jacksonville. Our meetings featurecivic, business, and athletic leaders from our community, and assuch provide an excellent overview of current happenings inJacksonville.

National Multiple Sclerosis Educationand Awareness Month

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neurological disorder thataffects the central nervous system, (CNS) is comprised of thebrain & spinal cord. In the CNS, nerve fibers are surroundedby layers of insulation called myelin which allows nerve signalsto travel properly. In MS, the myelin is destroyed on the brain &spinal cord. The scarring, from this disrupts transmission ofmessages that communicate an action from the brain, through thespinal cord, to various parts of the body. MS was first described by French neurologist Jean-MartinCharcot in 1868 and after more than 140 years of research much

Treasurer

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Board Members

One Year Term Doug KlippelLake Ray, IIILem Sharp

Two Year Term Jim Hurst

Albert MarchantCarol Shapley

Immediate Past President

Dave Ledbetter

Executive SecretaryKristen Fritz

March 7thDave Ledbetter

March 14th

Jim Hurst

March 21stArt Yeager

March 28th

No Trivia

April 4thLarry Rolfe

remains a mystery. There is no known cause and no cure, yet.However, there are treatments that can slow the progress of thedisease and manage the symptoms 200 people are diagnosed with MS every week & over 2.5 millionare living with the disease worldwide. Because the Centers forDisease Control & Prevention don't require physicians to reportnew cases of MS & symptoms of the disease MS can gounrecognized for some time. MS is more common in women, itappears more frequently in Caucasians than in Hispanics orAfrican Americans, and is rare among Asians & certain otherethnic groups. MS is most commonly diagnosed in those betweenthe ages of 20-50 although it can develop in young children &teens as well as older adults. The necessity for early treatment of MS is becoming increasinglyclear. Studies indicate that early treatment delays disability,presumably by decreasing the injury to the nervous system causedby the disease. This treatment falls into 2 categories: treatmentsthat address symptom management and treatments that change thecourse of the disease by modifying the number & severity ofattacks & the progression of disability. There has been asignificant progress in both types of treatments in the last decade.Six different products have been approved by the FDA as diseasemodifying treatments for MS since 1993. For more information or way to support the fight against MultipleSclerosis visit www.msfocus.org

Child Abuse Prevention Comes Full Circle with the 20th

Annual Recognition Luncheon and Conference

For 20 years, the Exchange Club Family Center has provided aplace for local organizations to discuss best practices tostrengthen families and prevent child abuse while honoringdistinguished industry leaders for commendable work in the field. This year's conference and luncheon theme is Full Circle:Overcoming Adverse Childhood Experiences. We are honored topresent a panel of speakers who will discuss issues including:

Human TraffickingStress ManagementOvercoming Adverse Childhood ExperiencesFetal Alcohol Syndrome

APRIL SPEAKERS

April 4th TBA

April 11th

TBA

April 18thTBA

Wednesday, April 24

Child Abuse PreventionLuncheon

April 25th

No Meeting

March 10th

Daylight Savings Time Begins

March 12thExchange Club Board Meeting

March 17th

St. Patricks Day

March 25thPassover

March 27th

Exchange Club's 102nd Birthday

April 9thExchange Club Board Meeting

Keynote Speaker: Eugene Emory, Ph.D., Director of ClinicalTraining, Psychology Emory University To register for the conference/luncheon visitwww.exchangeclubfamilycenter.comFor more information or questions call Prudence at 904-306-9318 or email at pwilliams@exchangeclubfamilycenter.com

March 7th

PRUDENCE WILLIAMSExchange Club Family

Center

You are invited to join us as ourho s t Amanda Rolfe and fellowExchangites welcome PrudenceWilliams. The Exchange Club FamilyCenter, a child abuse preventioncenter, opened in 1992. Its

mission is to help parents learn to provide safe, healthy &nurturing home environments in which their children may thrive.They focus our efforts on prevention & treatment through ParentAide, a voluntary in-home program. In 1979, the National Exchange Club adopted Parent Aide as itsnational project. Parent Aide is a highly effective method ofaddressing the problems faced by families in abusive orpotentially abusive situations. This model is based on research &concepts first introduced by Drs. Ray Heifer & Henry Kempe.Their leading research on battered child syndrome expressed thebelief that most parents who abuse grew up the same way -without positive role models for good parenting. These parentsoften had difficulty developing healthy, trusting relationships. The Parent Aide family facilitator's role is to act as a mentor, byassisting parents with intensive support & information. Modelingeffective parenting, they works with parents in their home. Being athome provides a more comfortable atmosphere & allows theparent to more readily develop a trusting, dependable relationship.

April 24th

Child Abuse Prevention Luncheonat Jacksonville Marriott

March 1st

George Dismore45 years

March 28th

Carol Shapley

2 years

March 21st

Lem Sharp

March 30th

Carol Shapley

This relationship with the parent provides a model for the parentfor developing a trusting relationship with their child. In addition,they assists with problem solving skills & strengthening theparent's network of social supports.

The keys to this successful program are continuity & consistencyof service, due to intensive and long term home visitation. Ideally,home visits occur one to two times per week and continue for atleast one year. Please joing us Thursday, March 7th as we welcome PrudenceWilliams.

March 14th

Mark Woods

Columnist for The FloridaTimes Union

You are invited to join us as ourhost Jay Severance and fellowExchangites as we welcomeMark Woods.

Mark Woods services as the metro columnist for The FloridaTimes-Union in Jacksonville, Florida.. Mark is currently taking asabbatical, spending a year exploring and writing about America'snational parks - specifically the future of our parks. Mark was awarded the Eugene C. Pulliam Fellowship for EditorialWriting. This award is given each year to one writer theopportunity to "broaden his or her journalistic horizons." He willuse this fellowship to visit and study national parks over the nextyear. His project is aimed at bringing to life the challenges facedby parks as diverse as Yosemite and the National Mall - fromcrumbling infrastructure to overuse, pollution, climate change andpressure from encroaching civilization. Mark Woods has covered the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, the war inIraq and Wimbledon. He has reported on three Olympic Games,11 Super Bowls, Democratic and Republican nationalconventions and Hurricane Katrina. Woods' recent awards includeselection as a finalist in the humor column category for theNational Society of Newspaper Columnists (2011), first placefor commentary from the Florida Press Club (2009), first placefor serious columns from the Florida Awards for Excellence(2009), and top 10 in the nation of mid-size papers fromAssociated Press Sports Editors (2001 and 2002). Please joing us Thursday, March 14th as we welcome MarkWoods.

The Exchange Club ofJacksonville would like tothank our speakers for themonth of December thatdespite their busy schedules,took time out to speak with us. We appreciate you and hopeyou consider joining us againsoon.

Lad Danielswith Host Albert Marchant

Matt ShirkPublic Defenders Officewith Host Lem SharpFor more information visit ~mattshirkpublicdefender.com

March 21st

Speaker to be AnnouncedHost - Doug Klippel

March 28th

Youth Crisis Center Facilities Field Trip You are invited to join us on a "field trip" as our host SteveRawlins and fellow Exchangites visit the facilities of Youth CrisisCenter We will not be meeting at the University Club this day but willinstead meet at Youth Crisis Center's facilities located at 3015Parental Home Road, Jacksonville, Florida 32216. Founded in 1974 as Florida's first runaway program, Youth CrisisCenter has grown to one of the largest and best-known providersof services for runaway, displaced and troubled youth and theirfamilies. YCC provides residential shelter, counseling, transitional andindependent living programs for children, teens and young adults.YCC provides more than a safety net for those in need, YCCprovides hope to hundreds of youth and their families every year. Nationally recognized as setting a standard in youth services,YCC is ranked as one of the top five programs in the UnitedStates by the Youth Policy Institute in Washington DC. YCC hasbeen honored with two Presidential Commendations forExcellence, and has received numerous state honors awards bythe State of Florida. YCC has been featured on 60 Minutes, Sunday Morning withCharles Kuralt, and Wards of the Street, a national documentary.YCC has also appeared in The New York Times, USA Todayand Readers Digest, and has been featured numerous times bylocal media.

Dorothy FletcherAuthorHost Jim HurstFor more information visit ~www.dorothykfletcher.com

Katie KuryckiVisit Jacksonvillewith Host Dave LedbetterFor more information visit ~www.visitjacksonville.com

The Freedom Shrine is an impressive,permanently mounted collection of 30of the most important and historicAmerican documents, including theDeclaration of Independence, theConstitution of the United States andthe Gettysburg Address. They show

YCC continues to be one of the highest scoring residentialprograms in the Department of Juvenile Justice's QualityAssurance process. As a leader in the field, YCC has launchedand championed a variety of innovative programs over the years,the most recent of which is Touchstone Village. This uniqueprogram is already being studied as a model for effectivetransitional facility for young adults aging out of foster carenationwide. Please join us Thursday, March 28th on our field trip to theYouth Crisis Center facilities located at at 3015 Parental HomeRoad, Jacksonville, Florida 32216.

In February we we're pleased to recognize and welcome thefollowing students of the year ~

February 7th

Wolfson High School

Alifayaz (Ali) Abdulzahir

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February 14th

Mandarin High

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our nation's youth the strength andcourage of their forefathers byallowing them to read, with their owneyes, the immortal words of inspiredAmericans who so decisively changedthe course of history. Although the Shrine is an exclusiveproject of Exchange Clubs, we can notaccomplish this task alone. Hundredsof businesses, industries and privateindividuals have provided financialassistance. They have helped tobuttress the foundation stones ofAmerica by planting the seeds of ourheritage in young minds to ensure a richharvest of citizenship in the future. The Shrine is a beneficial communityrelations project. It provides acompany with an opportunity to presenta community with a gift of value andprestige. A cosponsor shares thespotlight of public attention during theceremonial dedication of the Shrine.The name of the cosponsor can bepermanently displayed with the Shrineon a bronze plaque. In the month of April we will beinstalling a Freedom Shrine atUniversity Christian School. If youwould like to make a contribution to theFreedom Shrine Project please see oneof the club officers at the meetings oryou can contact Kristen at 904-396-2202 or kfritz@mswcpa.com For more information about theExchange Club Freedom Shrine visitwww.freedomshrine.com

February 28th

Baldwin High School

Trinah Vu&

Timothy Flowers

SAVE THE DATE

The Florida District Exchange Clubwill be holding the 91st Annual DistrictConvention on May 31- June 2, 2013

in Cocoa Beach Florida at theInternational Palms Resort.

More information will follow soon.