Childhood Abuse Prevention & Awareness

The pre­ven­tion of child abuse became the Nation­al Exchange Club’s Nation­al Project in 1979.

Since then, both the Nation­al and local Exchange clubs have made it their mis­sion to not only increase child abuse aware­ness but do all that we can to pre­vent it.

The projects in which mem­bers take part are imple­ment­ed across the coun­try by Exchange Clubs and Exchange Club Cen­ters for the Pre­ven­tion of Child Abuse.

Our Projects

Pinwheel Garden

Timeout Teddy

Announcement graphic for National Child Abuse Prevention Month each April
Graphic encouraging people to wear blue during Child Abuse Prevention Month each April

The Exchange Club’s ded­i­ca­tion to this impor­tant cause has earned the Pres­i­den­tial Award from the White House Office of Pri­vate Sec­tor Ini­tia­tives. Addi­tion­al­ly, the Exchange Club is a char­ter mem­ber of The Nation­al Child Abuse Coali­tion and a Part­ner in Pre­ven­tion with the Children’s Bureau, Admin­is­tra­tion for Chil­dren and Fam­i­lies, U.S. Depart­ment of Health and Human Ser­vices.

If this cause is some­thing you would like to become involved in, please let us know.

If you would like to donate to the cause, we would appre­ci­ate it.

Child Abuse is a Community Issue

Child abuse and neglect hurts more than our chil­dren and fam­i­lies, it hurts our entire com­mu­ni­ty. The most imme­di­ate vic­tims are chil­dren and fam­i­lies.

A greater prob­lem devel­ops as the cycle of vio­lence impacts the com­mu­ni­ty. Child­hood abuse is a sig­nif­i­cant pre­dic­tor for juve­nile delin­quen­cy, ear­ly preg­nan­cy, sub­stance abuse, men­tal health issues, and adult crim­i­nal activ­i­ty.

Down­load Our Child Abuse Pre­ven­tion Infor­ma­tion­al Fly­er

PDF thumbnail denoting a download available

JOIN US!

We meet from noon–1PM on the 2nd and 4th Wednes­day of each month at the Rich­mond Hill City Cen­ter. Vis­i­tors and prospec­tive new mem­bers are always wel­come.

Mem­ber­ship is a great way to get involved in mak­ing Bryan Coun­ty a bet­ter place to live, stay up to date on cur­rent area events, net­work with oth­ers of sim­i­lar inter­ests, and devel­op your own lead­er­ship skills.

Help us make a dif­fer­ence with fundrais­ing, too. Here’s just a few things we do:

  • Annu­al School Cal­en­dar
  • Casi­no Night to Pre­vent Child Abuse
  • Pin­wheel and CAP Pin Sales

Our oper­at­ing expens­es are paid by mem­ber dues, so all net pro­ceeds from fundrais­ing events go to sup­port var­i­ous com­mu­ni­ty projects. Dues are cur­rent­ly $100 per quar­ter, one of the best bar­gains avail­able among all civic and ser­vice orga­ni­za­tions. Learn more about the ben­e­fits:

The Val­ue of Exchange Club Mem­ber­ship Infor­ma­tion­al Fly­er (PDF)

Celebrating 40 Years of Service to the Community!
Face­book icon, click to vis­it our page