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President:
Chris Heise
President Elect:
Larry Weil
Vice President:
Jana Samek
Past President:
Jake Lauritsen
Treasurer:
Chad Rieth
Secretary:
Larry Lubben
Board Seat:
Bernie Dardis
Board Member:
Kevin Skoog
Board Seat:
Chuck Driscoll
Website Administrator:
Larry LubbenLinks
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Exchange Activities
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Americanism
Our Club supports this National Program by handing out flags at the West Fest Parade each year - the third Saturday in September.
2009-10 Event Summary
2010-11 Event Summary
November, observed nationally as One Nation Under God Month, is a special time of year when Exchangites join together to increase public appreciation of the important roles religious faith and freedom have played in our nation’s history. The West Fargo Exchange Club has a Noon Luncheon with a special guest speaker to focus on the importance of our freedoms.
2008-09 Event Summary
2009-10 Event Summary
2011-12 Event Summary
The Freedom Shrine is an impressive, permanently mounted collection of 30 of the most important and historic American documents, including the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States and the Gettysburg Address. They show our nation's youth the strength and courage of their forefathers by allowing them to read, with their own eyes, the immortal words of inspired Americans who so decisively changed the course of history. Our club has installed Shrines in the High School, Sheyenne School, the Fargo Airport and other schools in our community.
2009-10 Event Summary
Freedom Shrine Summary
Community Service
The Book of Golden Deeds is a prestigious award given to a person in our community who generously volunteers and donates of their time and talents to make our community a better place to live.
List of Recipients
2009-10 Event Summary 
Our Club delivers Meals On Wheels to our Senior Citizens on the First and Third Wednesdays of the month as a Community Service project. We meet at the West Fargo High Rise about 11:10am and pick up the meals and deliver for Route 5.
2008-09 Event Summary
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2010-11 Event Summary
Our club recognizes the contributions of our Senior Citizens to our communtity now and in the past. To show our thanks and appreciation, we provide a band to entertain them and serve a pie and ice cream social.
2008-09 Event Summary
As a Community Service project, our club helps the West Fargo High Rise deliver commodities to their residents. The commodities are dropped off at the High Rise facility every other month.
2008-09 Event Summary
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Our Club participates in this campaign by volunteering to Ring the Bell on a Saturday during the Christmas Season at the West Fargo Sunmart.
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2010-11 Event Summary
Youth
As part of our committment to the Youth of our community, each month we recognize the West Fargo High School Student of the Month. The student and their partents are invited to a noon meeting as our guest. A member of the WFHS faculty is also our guest and they give us an update on the student. The SOM receives a plaque and are eligible to apply for a $1,000 scholarship and the recognition as Student Of The Year.
2008-09 Summary
2009-10 Summary
2010-11 Summary
Each year we recognize one of the the nine West Fargo High School Students of the Month and also a Community High School student as our Students of the Year. Each Student of the Year receives a plaque and a $1,000 scholarship.
West Fargo High School
West Fargo Community High School
Child Abuse Prevention
On the 1st Tuesday of August, we participate in the Night To Unite program by providing any assistance the Police Department and Park District need for this community event. We manned the entrance to the event and handed out maps and bags for goodies to those entering, we helped with the Games To Go jumping game, and helped by driving the supplied golf carts and providing rides for seniors or those parking a long ways from the event.
2008-09 Event Summary
2010-11 Event Summary
Each year, our club purchases a supply of healthy snacks and delivers them to the elementary schools in West Fargo to allow the school staff to provide snacks to students who do not have them.
2009-10 Event Summary
Social / Inter-Club
This social event offers the opportunity for our members to meet each other and our spouses. Those attending also bring a gift that is given to charity such as toys for the Red River Children's Advocacy program or supplies for the YWCA.
2008 Event Summary
2010 Event Summary
Each year, in the late summer or early fall, our club sponsors a Golf Outing as a social event for our members and members of other Exchange Clubs in the area. It is also open to guests and possible new members for our club. It is a fun event that the participants pay for and sponsors supply awards. Any remaining funds after the event are used for Donations to our community.
2009-10 Event Summary
2010-11 Event Summary
The club has a number of social events scheduled throughout the year to provide the opportunity to get to meet your fellow Exchange Club Member. The Annual Trap Shooting Event is one of those events. Members and their guests get a chance to meet and show their fine shooting skills.
2010-11 Event Summary
Donations
Our club uses the funds raised with our Fun Night fund raising project to give back to the community. Each year we give over $25,000 in financial support to individuals or organizations in the community as well as other donations that our members generously give themselves such as the supplies for the YWCA. The members also support the community by the giving of their time and talents through the projects noted above.
2008-09 Summary
Cara Filler Donation 
Fund Raising
Our club has one primary Fund Raising event each year - A Fun Night. Thanks to the generocity of the businesses in our community, we receive donations of products and services that we raffle off to raise funds for the many projects we support financially. All of our members are involved in this fund raising event each year.
2008-09 Event Summary
2009-10 Event Summary
2010-11 Event Summary
This site is still under construction and we will add the other activities that our club participates in over the next few months.
