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IN RECOGNITION OF THE EXCHANGE CLUB <br />ON ITS FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY <br />WHEREAS, on December 12, 1951, a group of sixty-three dedicated businessmen <br />met at the Parkway Hotel to form the Exchange Club of Vero Beach, in order to help make <br />the community they lived in a better place through programs of service in Americanism; and <br />WHEREAS, that purpose and their patriotic passion continues today through a <br />variety of community service projects and youth activities, most notably Proudly We Hail, <br />One Nation Under God, The Freedom Shrine and Give A Kid a Flag to Wave. For years, <br />club members have handed out hundreds of flags during Labor Day and Christmas parades, <br />and this year after the September 11'h terrorist attack on our country, they gave out 2,000 <br />flags; and <br />WHEREAS, some of the early projects undertaken were the Volunteer Ambulance <br />System, the Sunshine Center for Crippled Children (now the Sunshine Center Physical <br />Therapy Clinic) and a dental clinic for children; and <br />WHEREAS, today the Exchange Club honors an 'Officer of the Quartet" from the <br />Vero Beach Police Department and sponsors the Fire Prevention Poster contest along with <br />the Fireman's Association. The Exchange Club began its first Christmas tree sales in 1952, <br />and the first funds went to the Sunshine Center for Crippled Children, and since that time, <br />over $400,000 has been raised for youth scholarships, Youth Guidance activities and child <br />abuse prevention. The Exchange Club helped establish the first center for the prevention of <br />child abuse in 1981. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY <br />COMMISSIONERS, INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA that the Board congratulates the <br />Exchange Club of Vero Beach on its Fiftieth Anniversary. <br />ay of December, 2001. <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />willown i 1, l nn 1 1 1 11 1 111 wI l l 1 1 111 1 I III 111 N I I Ip 1 l lie nl 11 11 1 11 1 I l i <br />Judy Landgrave, President of the Exchange Club, thanked the Board for the <br />recognition and noted that the Christmas tree sale is their major fiend raiser for the year and <br />that all funds raised stay in this community. <br />DECEMBER 4, 2001 <br />-3- <br />