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Exchange Club of Mattoon

Service Projects

Mattoon Exchange Club has three major areas that emphasize its programs of service: Americanism, Community Service, Youth Programs, as well as Additional Service Projects. The Club also participates in the National Program for the Prevention of Child Abuse.

Americanism

  • Freedom Shrine - Mattoon Exchange Club purchases, frames, and installs multiple major documents illustrating the history of our basic American Freedoms. Some of the present locations of these shrines are Mattoon High School, Riddle and Williams Elementary Schools, Cross County Mall, and Lake Land College.
  • Give the Kids a Flag to Wave - Mattoon Exchange Club volunteers hand out hundreds of American flags along the Veterans Day Parade route.
  • Proudly We Hail - This program honors six individuals, businesses, or organizations for their year long efforts to display the American flag with respect and dignity. Each year we honor these Americans at a regular meeting and present them the "Proudly We Hail Award."

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Freedom Shrine
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Give the Kids a Flag to Wave

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Proudly We Hail

Community Service

 

  • Adopt-A-Highway - Mattoon Exchange Club spends four weekends a year cleaning a three mile stretch of Route 16 west of Mattoon.
  • Mattoon Food Pantry - Mattoon Exchange Club members volunteer each month at the Mattoon Food Pantry. During the summer months the club is also responsible for sorting and filling the food boxes.
  • Mattoon Light Works - During the Christmas holiday season, Mattoon Exchange Club volunteers collect donations and hand out treats during the week long period at the Mattoon Light Works in Peterson Park.
  • Salvation Army Bell Ringing - During the Christmas season, Mattoon Exchange Club volunteers ring the bells and man the kettles at the entrances at several local businesses.

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Adopt-A-Highway

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Mattoon Food Pantry

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Light Works

Salvation Army Ringers

Salvation Army

Youth Programs
 
ACE Award 2009
  • ACE (Accepting the Challenge of Excellence) - The Mattoon Exchange Club honors students that have overcome major obstacles in their lives and have become valuable members of society. One youth is selected to receive a monetary award and his/her name is submitted to the Lincolnland District Competition.
  • Mattoon Exchange Club Scholarships - The Mattoon Exchange Club awards two $500 scholarships to two Mattoon High School students. The competition for these scholarships attracts the most talented high school seniors.
Youth of the Year 2009
Youth of the Month Awards
  • Youth of the Month/Year - The Mattoon Exchange Club honors six Youth of the Month Winners from Mattoon High School. One is chosen as the Youth of the Year. The Youth of the Year recipient is given a monetary award and his/her name is submitted to the Lincolnland District competition.
 
National Program for Prevention of Child Abuse
Blue Ribbon
 Members of the Mattoon Exchange Club hand out brochures to the local medical clinics and physicians' waiting rooms denoting the effects of shaken baby and fetal alcohol syndromes and outlines potential signs of child abuse. The club also promotes speakers and programs in our schools and community that promote the prevention of child abuse. We participate in the National Blue Ribbon Program and also contribute and have programs by CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) and Coles County Children Advocacy.
Additional Service Projects

In addition, the Mattoon Exchange Club supports the following programs either financially or with volunteer services. They are: American Cancer Society, Book of Golden Deeds, Camp New Hope, Christmas Adopt-A-Family, Carle Hospice Camp Healing Heart, Coles County Crime Stoppers, Coles County Humane Society, Eco Meet, Exchange Club's Lincolnland District Foundation for Youth, Fire Prevention, Kemmerer Village, Lake Land Summer College for Kids, Lincoln-Sargent Classroom, Life Span Center, Lincoln Fire Protection District, Lincoln Trails Boy Scouts, MADD, Mattoon Fire Department, Mattoon Girls Cobra Softball Teams, MHS Band Boosters, MHS JROTC, MHS Project Graduation, MMS Library, Mattoon Public Library, Mattoon T-Ball, Mattoon Youth Basketball, Multiple Sclerosis, PADS (Public Action to Deliver Shelter), Reader's Bridge, Sarah Bush Lincoln Pastoral Board, St. Jude's Children's Fund,Teen MOPS, and YMCA.

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