Established in October, 2002, our warm and lively club, the Exchange Club of Canton, continues to achieve pretty
remarkable results. Proving that a dedicated group of people can and will improve our community for the better.
ACHIEVEMENTS:
— Awarded $13,600 in scholarships to local senior high school students
— Awarded $33,500 in funds for child abuse prevention
— Handed out 10,160 American flags
— Handed out 10,600 pamphlets in area schools
— Set up three Freedom Shrines: Canton Township Hall, Plymouth Christian
Academy and Plymouth High School. Thirty beautiful plaques of American History.
— Awarded one Blue and Gold Award for Gordon Lewis Stevens of the Canton Police
Department
— Handed out 7,200 pamphlets on CAP (Child Abuse Prevention)
What could you have in common with five US Presidents? If you joined the Exchange Club it would be your membership. Yes, George H. W. Bush, Harry Truman, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge and Warren Harding were all members of the Exchange Club. Exchange Club of Canton September Project "Freedom Shrine" Club members and friends are selling the "Entertainment Book" that are full of valued coupons for restaurants that are labeled as fine, casual and fast foods. Meijers has $170 worth of coupons and there are other ones for travel, sports, golf and much more. The book will sell for $20 and you could save 3 to 5 hundred dollars for the year of 2008-2009. The economy is a little slow but if you plan you can still celebrate those special moments. The sale will be from September 1, 2008 to December 15, 2008 a good gift for the holidays. Call 734-207-8943 (David) or 734-394-5482 (Jon) or any Exchange member to purchase this great savings book. We plan to raise enough money to purchase "Freedom Shrines" for Canton High and Salem High. We dedicated one at Plymouth High last May. This shrine is thirty plaques that document our United States history. This a valued learning tool for teaching our history to the Plymouth-Canton students. There is one shrine on the lower level at Township Hall. Check it out I think you will be impressed. We deliver so give us a call. Our area of service includes Americanism, Community Service, Youth Activities and the Prevention of Child Abuse. Join us at one of our meetings!
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