From: Name, Title, Club/District Name; Phone, Email

For Immediate Release

Month Date, 201X

To: News Desk

From: Name, Title, Club/District name; Phone, email

EXCHANGE CLUB ENCOURAGES AMERICANISM

Local Group Hosts Event to Help Register/Educate Voters

Americans are given the freedom of choice — to choose which candidate to elect, or whether to vote at all. When compared to the number of eligible voters in America, those who actually vote is alarming. In 2012, according to Pew Research, just more than 53% of eligible Americans cast a vote. Additionally, among developed nations, the United States is 31st out of 34 countries in regards to voting-age citizens who are actually registered to vote. The National Exchange Club wants to help change those statistics.

Adopted in 1996, Exchange’s Get Out the Vote program seeks to educate and encourage American citizens about how to become registered voters, and how vote in political elections. The month of September has been designated as “Voter Registration Month”.

To help encourage voter participation the Exchange Club of (name) will host a Get Out The Vote event on (date/time) at (venue name/address). (Use this release to add details about where and when voter registration booths will be set up. If release is to announce voter services provided on Election Day, list all services and how individuals can get in touch with volunteers.)

Community members are invited to come out and get registered to vote, and learn more about the important role each of us plays in the democratic process.

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Exchange is America’s oldest service club with more than 650 clubs and nearly 20,000 members throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. The organization’s Vision, a strong America, safe communities, and unified people, and Mission Statement, inspiring communities to become better places to live, are carried out through its Programs of Service – Americanism, Youth Programs and Community Service – as well as the National Project, the prevention of child abuse. Founded in 1911, Exchange celebrated its 105th anniversary in March 2016. For additional information about The National Exchange Club, please visit NationalExchangeClub.org.

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National media contact:

Kristie Lindau, Director of Communications, The National Exchange Club

, 419.535.3232