Texchange Official publication of The Texas District Exchange Clubs April 2015 Editor: Rosie Neely [email protected] ________________________________________________________________________________________ Travel Gavel Travels Sachse Murphy Dallas Lake Highlands Murphy Noon Garland Exchange’s Mission Statement Exchange, inspiring communities to become better places to live Exchange’s Vision A strong America, safe communities and unified people 1 Come to the Texas District Convention prepared to have fun and learn This will not be “the way we have always done things”. The committees working on presentations for the convention are thinking outside the box. There will be: *Information from National Headquarters about proposed Amendment changes *Convention-themed skits to amuse you *Speakers to inform and motivate you *Youth of the Year, A.C.E. & Excel Club awards luncheon *Business: board meetings and voting on new officers and directors *Candidate Forum for Exchangites running for National President-Elect and Region 5 Vice President *Great food and lots of time to socialize at meals and the hospitality room *Saturday night banquet with installation of new officers and awards including Texas District banner patches, scrapbook, newsletters & Exchangite of the Year *Sunday morning: One Nation Under God program Spend some time in TylerTHE ROSE CAPITAL OF AMERICA! Charming brick streets. Antique shops and unique specialty stores. Crystal-clear lakes. Challenging golf courses and scenic campgrounds. Tyler, Texas has something for everyone . 2 Texas District Club Activities Alexandria- Conducting their student of the month program and preparing for the Community HealthWorx BBQ Spirit of Bossier-Does many projects with the American Legion in both the youth and Americanism areas. Lake Highlands- Continues to promote the youth and all activities in the area, as well as Family Compass. They are doing a candidate forum this month. Noon Garland-Assisted the city in the Heritage Celebration with the posting of American flags. They are wearing blue for Child Abuse Prevention and beginning work on GLEE-Garland LaborDay Exchange Event. Gatesville-Day of the Child program this week-end, followed on Monday by the Book of Golden Deeds Banquet. They are working on signing up riders for the Fire Ant Ride in June. Killeen-Sponsors and supports Excel clubs in three of the high schools in Killeen. Participates in the Meals on Wheels program and other projects. San Antonio-A quiet club that has some really interesting speakers. Noon Copperas Cove-Very active with programs for the youth and Americanism. Sponsor of an Excel club. Richardson-Signing up members and friends for the Wild Flower Festival. They do a library book exchange in assisted living facilities on a quarterly schedule. Murphy-Just had a successful Chili Cook-off. The club plans to dedicate a Freedom Shrine in May. The club regularly posts American flags at city hall on holidays or for special events. Clubs which have reported their programs and projects to National Headquarters have received the NSA – National Service Award are: Copperas Cove, Garland, Gatesville, Killeen and Murphy. This is as of the March 31st report. New Club Building The first order of business in the By-Laws (National, District & Local) is to build new Exchange Clubs. If you have an idea for a new club but don’t know to go about it, talk to your Division Director or Volunteer Field Representatives. They are more than happy to help. 3 District Awards Youth of the Year and A.C.E. Scholarships: Club candidates for Youth of the Year and A.C.E. submissions need to be turned in to Javier Solis by May 11, 2015. Javier can be reached at [email protected] Exchangite of the Year, Outstanding Citizen and All American Volunteer of the Year candidates need to be sent to District President Dick Young by May 11, 2015. [email protected] Be sure to report the club’s and the member’s individual volunteer works to National Headquarters on their web site. The club will receive patches and stars from National, and also patches from District. Bring your club’s scrapbook to District convention. There will be awards in three different membership levels Travel Gavel has really been lazy this year. Right now it is resting at Noon Garland. To “Grab” contact [email protected]. Don’t forget Club Officer Elections. Report due to National Headquarters by April 30th Save the Dates for National Convention Join Exchangites from across the Nation in Columbus Ohio Register at www.nationalexchangeclub.org Be in attendance so that you can have a voice in voting for amendments and a new National President-Elect and a new Region 5 Vice President. District President Dick Young has submitted his name to run for Region 5 Vice President for 2015-2017 4 Looking for Club News Please email club meeting announcements, special events, club and individual special birthdays, anniversaries; outstanding projects and anything else I may have missed to: [email protected]. Include as much information as possible. Attach Jpeg pictures and include in the body of the email the names of people in the picture. Do this just as you would to submit articles to your local papers. Thank you, Rosie Neely, Editor Officers and Directors for 2014 – 2015 President Division 1 Dick Young Marcela Minahan President-Elect Ken Goodman Division 2 Secretary Shelly Bottlinger Rita Kipp Myron “Mike” Meier Division 7 Division 10 Kipp Miller Division 11 Hal Ticknor Dennis Ayres Treasurer Division 3 Michele Kimrey Dave Weeks Division 8 Larry Holly Immed. Past President Mike Allen Division 4 Vice Presidents Jerry DeFeo Mike Blount Rosie Neely Division 6 Division 9 Dan Resendez Division 5 No Clubs National Officers and Staff National President Tom Karnes Region 5 Vice President Bob Hester [email protected] Volunteer Field Representatives: Jerry DeFeo [email protected], Earnie Remedies [email protected] , Kipp Miller [email protected], Rosie Neely [email protected] Executive Vice President: Tracey Edwards [email protected] Texas District Exchange Club Listing Director: Club & District Services Jim Addis [email protected] National Website: www.nationalexchangeclub.org District Website: www.texasdistrictexchange.org 5 Exchange Club of Alexandria LA 1st, 2nd & 3rd Thursdays Noon Cajun Land Restaurant 2728 N. MacArthur Drive Exchange Club of Austin First four Wednesdays, Noon Holiday Inn Express, Middle Fiskville Road Exchange Club of Richardson nd th 2 & 4 Tuesdays 7A.M. Egg and I, 930 E. Campbell Rd, Richardson Spirit of Bossier Exchange Club LA 1st & 3rd Monday, 6 P.M. USA Café, & Holiday Inn, Shreveport Exchange Club of Copperas Cove Wednesdays, 6:30 a.m. Li’l Tex Restaurant, Copperas Cove Noon Exchange Club of Copperas Cove 2nd & 4th Fridays, Noon Li’l Tex Restaurant, Copperas Cove Exchange Club of Dallas Call President for time & place 214-341-1696 Exchange Club of East Dallas Wednesdays, Noon Lakewood Country Club, Dallas Exchange Club of Lake Highlands Fridays, Friday, 7 a.m. Knights of Columbus Hall, Dallas Exchange Club of Uptown Dallas 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, Noon Avanti’s on McKinney Ave. Maverick Exchange Club of Dallas 1st & 3rd Thursday 6:30 P.M. Contact President 972-365-0185 Exchange Club of Fort Worth Wednesdays Noon The Fort Worth Club Noon Exchange Club of Garland Wednesdays, Noon Paragon Restaurant 620 Main Street @ 7th Exchange Club of Killeen Mondays, Noon Yank Sing Buffet, Killeen One Spirit Exchange Club of Killeen 4th Thursday, 6:30 p.m. Yank Sing Buffet, Killeen Exchange Club of Midland Mondays, 11:30 a.m. The Petroleum Club of Midland Exchange Club of Murphy 2nd & 4th Mondays, Noon Country Burger, Murphy st st 1 &1 Exchange Club of Rowlett 4th Thursday 11:30 A.M. Contact President 469-464-4104 Exchange Club of San Antonio Wednesdays, Noon San Antonio Country Club th 2 nd & 4Club Tuesdays 7p.m. Exchange of Gatesville Call President for locati Thursdays, 7 a.m. Rancher’s Steakhouse & Grill, 107 North Hwy 36 Bypass, Gatesville Please notify me ASAP of any changes or corrections regarding club meeting information – [email protected] Excel Exchange Clubs Killeen High School Shoemaker High School Texas District Harker Heights High School www.texasdistrictexchange.org Copperas Cove High School 6
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