Community service is the lifeline of Exchange, with local-level clubs devoting countless hours and dollars to serving their neighbors every year. Community Service is the Program of Service that most allows Exchange Club Of Albany to identify opportunities within their communities and offer assistance to fill gaps in services. Since the first group of Exchange Club members convened, Exchange has set the bar high for community service involvement! A few of the community projects of the Exchange Club of Albany. The Book of Golden Deeds Awards, Alzheimer’s Care Takers Organization, The Anchorage, Mission Change,Lord’s Pantry, Special Olympics, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Christmas Under the Oaks Parking, Assit with High School and College game day parking, Bell Ringing with Salvation Army. The Exchange is proud to donate dollars and time for OUR COMMUNITY
2020 BOOK OF GOLDEN DEEDS AWARD
The Book of Golden Deeds Award originated in 1919 as an Exchange Club Program to recognize men and women whose sacrifice for public good motivated by an innate desire to help others. The award is to honor those individuals who’s good deeds might otherwise go unnoticed. Look at our friends and past recipients previously honored.
Our Recipient will be joining the elite group of our fellow citizens who have practiced kindness, helpfulness, and service to others in a quite way in order to make our Community and World a Better Place to Live.
OUR 2020 BOOK OF GOLDEN DEED’S RECIPIENT:
The Exchange Club of Albany presented the 2020 Book of Golden Deeds Award to Michele Bates known well for her service to the Southwest Georgia community.
Michele Bates received the prestigious award from the Exchange Club for her volunteer efforts in our community. The National Exchange Club’s longest running project, the Book of Golden Deeds Award, recognizes dedicated volunteers who give endless hours of their time and talents toward making their communities better places to live.
Michele Bates, was chosen due to her service in the community and many accolades. As a member and past President of the Junior Woman’s Club, Michele had the responsibility for the Lights of Love for the past 20 years. She is a member and past President of the Thronateeska Foundation, the 2014 Honoree and continuing member and past President of Cancer Ties, Make a Wish Foundation Granter with over 25 wishes granted, United Way’s Volunteer of the Year in 2008, a Girl Scout leader for 8 years, an Ambassador for the Albany Chamber of Commerce for the last 6 years, volunteer with “Quail Forever” for the past six years, the recipient of the Jefferson Award in 2018 presented by WFXL/Fox31 for her work with “Make a Wish” and “Cancer Ties”, a volunteer with Albany Mall Fashion Board for 12 years, a volunteer for the “Back the Blue” run, a volunteer for the “Albany Pink” walk and a volunteer for Relay for Life.
While doing the above she took care of her family Mart- husband, children-Eric, Sharon, Taylor, and fought and defeated cancer herself. Michele has been employed in the insurance industry over 30 years.
Barney Knighton Chairman of “Book of Golden Deeds Award”, stated it is people like Michele, that make Southwest Georgia an important and viable part of Georgia.
Honoring a fellow citizen with the Book of Golden Deeds Award is a heartwarming and inspiring act not only for the honoree, but also for the Exchange Club. The Book of Golden Deeds Award exemplifies The National Exchange Club’s beliefs.
Exchange Club of Albany
Golden Deeds Recipients
1948-2020
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1948 DR. W.S. COOK1949 MR. HUDSON MALONE1950 MR. W.A. RORER SR.1951 MR. H.M. MILLS1952 MR. J.J. CORDELL1953 MR. J.L. MAYS1954 MR. H.T. MCINTOSH1955 MR. WAYMAN G. JONES1956 MR. JAMES H. GRAY1957 MR. E.H. KALMON1958 REV. STAUFFER MOSES1959 MR. JOE A. MEYER1960 REV. PHIL DUNFORD1961 REV. FREDRICK WILSON1962 MR. H.T. MCCALL1963 MR. HERBERT P. HALEY1964 MR. JOHN T. PHILLIPS JR.1965 MRS. STAUFFER MOSES1966 MRS.WHITFIELD GUNNELS1967 NO AWARD GIVEN1968 MRS. LOUISE WHITING1969 MR. ROYACE B. HINSON1970 MR. LAMAR W. GROSS1971 MR. D.L. JONES1972 MR. A.L. TIPTON1973 MRS. WILLIE G. BAKER1974 MRS. ANGELINE D. LANIER1975 MR. DONALD WAKEFORD1976 MRS. J.G. MARBURY1977 MR. FRANK SUMNER1978 MR. C.D. MCKNIGHT1979 MRS BOBBIE CARTER1980 MR. HENRY DUGGAN1981 MRS. MARY FOGARTY1982 MRS. PEGGY GUILLEBEAU1983 MR. R.H. WARREN III1984 MRS EDITH KNOWLES1985 MR. EDMUND LANDAU |
1986 MR. LAMAR CLYATT1987 MR. SPENCER WALDEN JR.1988 MR. C.B. PRITCHETT JR1989 MR. MARVIN C. LORIG1990 DR. GREY O. RAWLS1991 MRS. FREDDIE COLEMAN1992 DR, PHILLIP ROBERTS1993 MRS. REBA STEWART1994 MR. WILLIAM MILLS1995 MR. A.E. HUFF1996 MRS. RUTH J. TENHAGEN1997 MR. A.J. NOBLES1998 MR. DERMONT HEDRICK1999 MRS. CAROL HAWK2000 MRS. DEBORAH MARSH2001 DR. CHARLES M. HOLMAN2002 MR. WILLIAM D. LANIER2003 MR. BUTCH GRIFFIN2004 MR. SILAS K. BARNES2005 MR. ROSS POWELL2006 MR FELIX G. MARBURY JR.2007 MR. CHARLIS FREEMAN2008 MRS SUSAN GREEN2009 MR. BRADY LEE2010 MR. MELVIN CHAPMAN2011 TODD & LA DONNA URICH2012 MRS GWEN KNIGHT2013 Mr. CHARLIE PHILLIPS2014 MR. ART SHOEMAKER2015 RICK &JANE RUNGE2016 MR. ROY DOWNS2017 MR THOMAS GIERYIC2018 MR KERRY REEVES2019 MR WALLACE BONNER2020 MRS MICHELE BATES |