Most folks who are not members of the Exchange Club do not understand the difference between the Exchange Club and the Exchange Club Family Center.  Many professionals who work with us simply refer to the “center” as “the Exchange Club.”   This is much shorter, but confusing to say the least.

The Exchange Club is a service organization that was established in Mobile over 65 years ago by Joseph (Joe) Langan, former mayor of Mobile.  Currently, this organization has about 35 members who meet for lunch every week like Lions, Kiwanis, and Rotary Clubs.  Guest speakers are invited to address the club each week. Exchange is a national organization that chose Child Abuse Prevention as a national project in 1979. Exchange has nothing to do with the monitored exchanges we now offer, but rather, the clubs were formed for citizens to exchange ideas about how to improve the communities in which they lived.

The Exchange Club of Mobile opened up the Family Center in 1991 and continues to support it with annual fundraisers and board members. Therefore, the center is called the Exchange Club Family Center.  Members of the club refer to their project as “the center” or “the family center.”   I would venture to say that every one of them is proud of the services the Family Center provides to the community in their name.  A link to the club website is available on our home page.

For the children,

Lydia