With the building of the Robert Morris Collegiate Exchange Club on June 30 and a high school Excel Club in Naperville earlier in the month of June, the time has come once again to look at complimentary clubs here in river city.

Initial contacts have been made at John Wood Community College and at Quincy High School to gauge interest from the students in those two institutions. All of the changes at QHS present both challenges and opportunities, so we'll see what happens.

To keep the organization viable, Exchange needs to grow, and building the high school and college clubs will help secure the future. In the mean time, however, traditional members need to fill the ranks once held by those who have passed on or left the club. Attrition happens - historically, we lose about one member a month, so we need to recruit at least a new member a month just to stay even. Recruitment is every member's job! Bring your friends, co-workers and relatives in! We have great projects and we can always use help on our fund-raisers. Whether it's our youth projects, Americanism, community service or child abuse prevention, there is something for everyone.

For those of you who have noticed, the website is getting a bit old (again). We will be updating the member areas, pictures and other pages soon. Please look at the information that is there - if it isn't current, let Dennis, Joel or Cullen know so that we can update the database. Newer members - we'll be getting some pictures to get your member info listed. A lot of folks in the club rely on the data here to get information to you - please help us keep it current!