Sometimes, a person never stops giving, even after their years on Earth are done. The late Sol Levin, 30-year member of the Long Beach, Calif. Exchange Club, posthumously uplifted the cause of child abuse prevention with a donation of $60,982 to The National Exchange Club Foundation.

On January 21, 2004, in Long Beach, Calif., a luncheon was held to pay tribute to Levin’s life. During that meeting, a check was presented to The National Exchange Club Executive Vice President, David A. Nershi, from the Sol Levin Charitable Remainder Trust, which he accepted on behalf of the Foundation.

"Levin took great pride in supporting organizations which promoted fair, ethical and moral values through their works. The Sol Levin Charitable Remainder Trust was his way of being able to provide an additional financial gift to those organizations that had special meaning in his life," wrote Stuart Okin, Levin’s attorney.

Levin’s family members, including daughter Gloria Glass, and over 40 Exchange Club members attended the luncheon. The luncheon featured a photo tribute and moving reminiscences by Levin?s friends and club members.

Foundation President William Ketron had this to say about the donation: "We are very pleased to accept this generous gift from the Sol Levin estate. Sol was well loved by his Exchange Club members and cared deeply about the children in his community. This gift will help us continue our important work of preventing child abuse."

Exchange, America’s Service Club, is a group of men and women working together to make our communities better places to live through programs of service in Americanism, Community Service, Youth Activities, and its national project, the Prevention of Child Abuse. To date, The National Exchange Club’s efforts have helped more than 175,000 families and 225,000 children break the cycle of child abuse.

Contact: Stacy Poca, Director of Communications, The National Exchange Club (800) 924-2643, commun@nationalexchangeclub.org, www.nationalexchangeclub.org

Debbie Baldwin, Office Manager Child Abuse Prevention Services The National Exchange Club dbaldwin61@aol.com