Vol. 97 Issue 5

November 2022

The Georgia District

Exchange Clubs

News

Vision: A strong America, safe communities, and unified people.

Mission: Exchange, inspiring communities to become better places to live.

Core Values: Family, Community, Country

Motto: Unity for Service

Georgia District Exchange Club President J. P. Cooper

Message

Georgia Exchangites!

A lot of things are happening across the great District of Georgia! Fundraisers are going on, as well as fairs and other gatherings.

It is not too early to make plans for the Georgia District and National Exchange Clubs Conventions. Information will be coming shortly on price, date, and location. Stay tuned in to newsletter, website, and Facebook for details. The convention will be held in Columbus, Georgia, with the best downtown Riverwalk in the state of Georgia.

Our membership numbers were DOWN by 1 person (net) over year to year. We really need to work hard to recruit new members and grow the largest district in the Exchange.

I am pleased to inform The Exchange members that very shortly we will be chartering a new Club in Leesburg, Georgia. It appears that new club will charter with at least twenty-five new members. The sponsoring Club Albany will be holding the final organizational meeting November 14^th, to iron out final details before requesting Club Opening Meeting.

Again, please don't hesitate to reach out if there is anything I can do for you or your club. Wishing you and yours a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Thank you for all you do for Exchange!

Excited about Exchange,

J. P. Cooper

Veterans Day is a day to respect those brave souls, who went to war to serve the country and preserve our rights as we know today. Those of free speech, the right to choose a leader, to have self-direction and freedom, even the right to be stupid and ignorant or intolerant. Mostly young men teenagers and early twenties went out to defend these freedoms, they suffered with crappy food, living in ditches full of water, freezing cold or for some torturously hot. Crawling in mud. They developed trench foot a horrible condition because they couldn't keep, they shoes dry. Some dealt with mosquitoes and developed malaria, suffering what would probably make you cry. Some lost an arm or legs, others hearing or eyesight, fingers or toes. Some with broken minds and awful nightmares and many still have today, and they are the lucky one that returned home after their service to their country. Veterans deserve our respect for their bravery and to be remembered. " Your story for serving may go untold in many corners of this world but your patriotic actions and service to protect our way of life are never forgotten. Heroes generally do not have to speak to be heard, because their actions, sacrifices, and tears are captured in the most enduring and patriotic image of our Nation "-- the American Flag.

Thank You, to all Veterans for your Service to keep the United States of America, Free so we can enjoy the Freedoms of our country.

EXCITING NEWS

Exchange Club of Lee County!

An excited group thirty-five individuals joined together November 1, 2022 for the organizational meeting to form the Exchange Club of Lee County.

The Exchange Club of Albany, Georgia is the sponsoring club. Thad Paulk, Immediate Past Georgia District President, and his wife from the Exchange Club Tifton attended the meeting. This club will be part of the Georgia District Exchange clubs as well as the National Exchange Club

Twenty-Seven individuals committed to form a new Exchange Club. The next organizational meeting will be November 14, 2022 at the Lee County Chamber of Commerce 106 Walnut Ave N Leesburg, GA 31763 at 6:30 PM. During this meeting the members joining the new club will be making a decision on officers, board members, colors of shirts, and name of club. Also the club will be submitting an application to National Exchange Club for a charter and Club Opening Meeting. Prospect members have already stepped up to be Officers or Board members, and already discussing ideas to make their community a better place to live. The twenty- seven members are very excited to join the Exchange, and are looking to have at least thirty-five members by their Club Opening Meeting date.

Website Update

The Committee Chair Thad Paulk Immediate Past President is asking for help on keeping the website current with useful information. The District changed Webmaster this year from a private company to a in house Exchange member. Kristin Dixon is the new webmaster she is a member of the Tifton Club Her contact information: Phone: 229-206-0430 or email: kdixon@tappi.org or you can contact Thad Paulk and he will get information to Kristin. Thad Paulk contact information: Phone: 229-392-2175 or email: tpaulk@century21tifton.com Kristin needs the following information to keep website up to date Club news. Other important documents, like registration forms, award packages and any information she can put on the website georgiaexchange.org

2022-2023

National Exchange Club Service Award

Congratulation to the following Exchange Clubs

Albany

Cedartown

Four County Area

Rome

Statesboro

Tifton

Join by Completing and reporting only 1 project in each of the four Programs of Service Areas (Americanism, Community Service, Youth, and Child Abuse Prevention) plus 2 additional programs from any service

Easy enough...set your goal and work toward it.