Crossroads Exchange Club of Orange County (Millennium Exchange Club)

Chartered in March of 2001, the Millennium Exchange Club is a volunteer service organization for men and women who want to serve their communities in Orange County, to develop leadership skills, and to enjoy new friendships.
The First Exchange Club formed in Detroit, Michigan in 1911. In 1913, the Exchange Club of Toledo, Ohio, was established, with Grand Rapids, Michigan and Cleveland, Ohio, following. These four clubs initiated the founding charter as The National Exchange Club and were set up as a nonprofit, educational organization in 1917. Now, there are approximately 1,200 clubs with 40,000 members throughout the United States and Puerto Rico.

Exchange provides members with the opportunity to share one’s time and talents to assist others, whether by reaching out to an abused child who needs love and affection, assisting to organize a community crime prevention program, or wielding rakes in a clean-up project. Through these and many other positive, public-spirited projects, Exchangites are making a real difference in cities and towns across America.

Individual clubs sponsor a wide range of activities to improve our communities, assist the disadvantaged, and encourage good American citizenship. The principal areas of Exchange’s National Program of Service are: Youth, Americanism, and Community Service, with Child Abuse Prevention emphasized as the national project. Members also initiate activities to meet unique local needs. This may be anything from raising funds for the homeless, to building and staffing a sheltered workshop for the disabled.