EXCEL Application

What is EXCEL?

• Exchanging ideas

• Xciting opportunities

• Community involvement

• Experience

• Leadership

EXCEL commits to service and unity by:

• Leading through service to others

• Inspiring our peers to make our community a better place to live

• Honoring our military and first-responders

• Preventing child abuse through education

Our goals this year:

• Raise more awareness

• Increase and retain membership

• Become the most active community service club

• Become widely known

• Increase volunteer efforts

• Create better and awesome socials

How does EXCEL operate?

Within Families

• Points from volunteering (3 for showing up, 1 per hour)

• donations for socials

• meetings (1 point)

• winning family competitions (15 for 1st, 10 for 2nd)

History of the National Exchange Club

1. Founded as a nonprofit in Detroit, Michigan in 1911, and expanded to Toledo, Ohio, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Cleveland Ohio by Charles A. Berkey and other businessmen to improve their community.

2. America’s oldest service organization solely within USA with 18,000 members.

3. Areas of Impact: Prevention of Child Abuse, Americanism, Community Service, Youth Programs

National Exchange Vision

• Unified People

• Safe Communities

• A Strong America

National Exchange Mission

• Exchange

• Inspiring communities to become better places to live

National Exchange Motto

Unity for Service

Exchange’s National Project

1. In 1979, the National Exchange Club established their national project for the prevention of child abuse.

2. Used the scholarly-reviewed Exchange Parent Aide home visitation model, where experts meet with at-risk families.

3. Earned the Presidential Award from the White House Office of Private Sector Initiatives

4. Works with the National Child Abuse Coalition and a Partner in Prevention with the Children’s Bureau, Administration for Child and Families, and the HHS (US Dep. of Health and Human Services)

President

senior Neel Billimoria

Vice President

senior Tariq Zaman

Senior Secretary

junior Baochau Nguyen

Secretary

junior Michelle Nguyen

Treasurer

senior Tracy Huang

Historian

senior Aileen Nguyen

Junior Representative

junior Sophia Truong

Sponsors

• Mrs. Grimes

• Dr. Thorp

• Mr. Muniz

Secretary Position

1. Main goal: Keep everything organized through maintaining accurate, clear, and timely records and communication

   • Documenting meetings and agendas

   • Setting reminders

   • Managing communication tools for email and social media lists

2. Well-roundedness: Coordinate logistics for events

PVSA

1. The President’s Volunteer Service Award was established in 2003 by the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation to honor outstanding volunteers who positively impact the nation’s communities.

2. Since then, it has been led by the AmeriCorps and managed with Points of Light

PVSA Requirements

• Deadline: July 1st

• Bronze: 50 hours (teens 11-15) ; 100 (Young Adults 16-25)

• Silver: 75 ; 175

• Gold: 100+ ; 250+

• Lifetime: 4000+ hours