FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Date:   April 2009

To: Assignment Editors/News Directors

From: Michelle Smolenski, Communications Director, 1-800-924-2643, msmolenski@nationalexchangeclub.org, www.nationalexchangeclub.org

Thousands of Exchange Members
UNITE FOR CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION

On April 18, 2009 thousands of Exchange Club members will join together across the country for the single biggest child abuse prevention service event in Exchange’s 98-year history. They will be participating in the Believe in the Blue child abuse prevention project. Since the inception of Believe in the Blue Day in 2007, nearly 1 million tip cards have been distributed across the country.

Believe in the Blue is an effort to reach families all across the nation with positive parenting tips. Exchange believes parents have the power to make positive parenting choices in the lives of their children and is offering some easy-to-use tips to help all parents. "This will be an event to raise awareness about the positive impact parents and caregivers can have on children and to offer some helpful tips about positive parenting," said Exchange’s National President Floyd Culver.

The National Exchange Club is a group of men and women working to make America a better place to live through one national project, the Prevention of Child Abuse, and other community service projects. To date, The National Exchange Club’s efforts have helped more than 656,000 families and 1.6 million children break the cycle of child abuse through its parent aide programs and public education projects.

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