Six Youth of the Month Award winners with Fred Holhubner

Each of the monthly winners was then invited to compete for the Exchange Club of Urbana’s Youth of the Year award and the potential to also advance to the District and National competition.

The most daunting requirement of the Youth of the Year submittal is to submit an essay on a topic provided by the National Exchange Club. The Youth Committee of the Urbana Club selects the winner based

had accepted the slate of officers elected last week.

Book Report: None

Joys and Sorrows: Presented by, Don Hunt: Mike Halbach, $1-Company of the Honor Students. Tom Gordon, $1 for joy of National Honor Society from UHS as guests.

Mission StatementExchange, 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 and Americanism, Community Service, Youth Activities and its national project, the Prevention of Child Abuse.

Opening Ceremony Led by President John E. Smith

Pledge of Allegiance: Led by John Smith

Invocation: Presented by Dave Wilson.

Song: Led by Mike Halbach with JoAnn Smith at the Piano. “God Bless America”.

Guests: Senior members of the National Honor Society at Urbana High School.

Announcements: Pres. John Smith reported that the Board

Weekly Meeting – April 21, 2016Reporter – Doug Bauling

EchoesOur 90th Year

Exchange Clubs Nation Wide: Focusing on Families and ChildrenSo Proudly We Hail

The Exchange Club of Urbana, IL, meets each Thursday at 11:20 a.m. at Clark Lindsay in Urbana.President: John E. Smith, 809 E. Boone, Tolono, Illinois 61880.

Address inquiries to: Secretary Van Bowersox, 1811 Clover Lane, Champaign, Il 61821

Future Programs:April 28 – Regina Parnell, Regional

Office of Education – Children of the Homeless.

May 5- Symantha Aydt, Director of Hazardous Materials Program, School of Labor and Employment Relations-UIUC.

May 12- Chris Lucas, Dog Therapy.May19- Jim Dey, The News Gazette,

Microaggressions.

on criteria established by the National Club.

All six of this year’s winners competed for the Youth of the Year award. The committee had a difficult decision, but chose Sophia Diers to receive the award. She read her essay on the topic “Responsible Citizenship for a Stronger America”. She was the awarded a Plaque and a check for $200.

Pres. John E. Smith and Fred Holhubner with Youth of the Year winner, Sophia Diers.

Wayne Weidner, Good to have all the Honor Students here.JoAnn Smith, $5-Happy Earth Day-1 day early. Congratulations to Honor Students and Student of the Year.John E. Smith, $20 in the pig to honor our Urbana High School National Honor Society Students.Roscoe Randell, $ Great to see National Honor Society Students.Fred Holhubner, $2-Honors Program for the senior National Honor Society members and the Student of the Month winners.Phil Hoggatt, $ in the pig- Welcome students from Phil-Class of 1956, UHS.Gary Jackson, Good to be back to C-U. Great trps to San Diego & Arizona (Chirachua Mountains).Beth Chato, Joy of catching and releasing the White Footed Mouse which has been living in my stove all winter.

Birthdays: Van Bowersox plus one student.

Music: Led by Mike Halbach, with JoAnn Smith playing the piano; 1. “Beautiful Dreamer”, 2. “Don’t Fence Me In”, 3. “Echoes of Exchange”.

Contributions:PIG $37.00FOUNDATION 0.00OTHER (Scholarships)

$68.00

TOTAL $105.00

Program: Fred Holhubner, Chair of the Youth Committee outlined the program for the Youth Awards. He then introduced Michael Branden and Felicia Tufano, Faculty Advisors to the National Honor Society. Mike discussed the process by which students are selected to the Honor Society. While grades are important, service to the community and to support the chapter are also very important. Members are involved in support of local

agencies and travel to other locals to participate in service projects. Thousands of hours of service are recorded each year.

Each of the senior members of the National Honors Society in attendance was then recognized and presented with a certificate by Felicia and congratulated by officers of the Exchange Club.

Fred Holhubner then described the Youth of the Month Program and introduced Marc Solodky a UHS Guidance Counselor who works with the club to help identify each of the six monthly winners of the award. Marc then described the process used for identifying

winners. Students applying for the award fill out an application form provided by the National Exchange Club that solicits information about the student’s scholarship, leadership, school activities and service activities.

A committee of faculty members, deans, and other administrators meet monthly to review the applications and select the winner for each of the six months.

The six monthly winners were then introduced and each was presented with a check for $75. Winners were as follows:

Troy WebsterThipachan Mia Radanavong, BriAnna TorrenceDaniel DriscollSopia DiersNathan Horner