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April 2015

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

To: Assignment Editors/News Directors From: , , , , www.nationalexchangeclub.org

THOUSANDS OF EXCHANGE MEMBERS UNITE FOR CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION

Members of the Exchange Club of will join thousands of fellow Exchangites across the country throughout the month April to promote child abuse prevention awareness in their local communities. The Exchange Club of will be hosting its “Believe in the Blue” child abuse prevention project at in front of .

“Believe in the Blue,” introduced in 2007, is an effort to reach families across the nation with helpful, positive parenting tips. Exchange believes parents have the power to make positive parenting choices in the lives of their children and The Exchange Club of is offering some easy-to-use tips to help all parents.

“The National Exchange Club and local-level Exchange Clubs across the country are dedicated to raising awareness about child abuse prevention,” says Tracey Edwards, Executive Vice President, The National Exchange Club. “Support of this worthy cause is so engrained in the culture of our 104-year old organization that we support it as Exchange’s National Project.”

The National Exchange Club, America’s Service Club, is inspiring communities to become better places to live with our National Project, the prevention of child abuse, and three Programs of Service – Americanism, Youth Project and Community Service. To date, The National Exchange Club’s efforts have helped more than 700,000 families and 1.8 million children break the cycle of child abuse through its Exchange Parent Aide Program and public education projects. The Exchange Parent Aide Program, Exchange’s proprietary child abuse prevention model, has been cited in the Journal of Child Abuse and Neglect and lives on the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse.

For additional information about The National Exchange Club or “Believe in the Blue,” please visit www.NationalExchangeClub.org. ###