The festival is presented each year by the Exchange Club of Austin, an all-volunteer 501(c)3 organization dedicated to the prevention of child abuse. All proceeds benefit local non-profit organizations that serve children and families. The 2010 festival benefited the Center for Child Protection, Safeplace, Theater Action Project, Communities in Schools, Family Eldercare, the Dept. of Family and Protective Services, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, and Boy Scout Troop 10.
Exchange is a group of men and women working to make America a better place to live through one national project, the Prevention of Child Abuse, and other community service projects. Since 1924, the Exchange Club of Austin has worked to improve our community, help the disadvantaged and encourage good citizenship. Exchange helps members to develop leadership, networking, and organizational skills that contribute to success in business, family and personal endeavors.
More importantly, Exchange provides members the opportunity to share their talents to help others whether by reaching out to an abused child who needs love and affection, helping to organize a community crime prevention program, or wielding rakes in a clean-up project. Through these and many other positive public spirited projects, Exchangites are making a real difference in cities and towns across America.
Every year, the Exchange Club of Austin raises money to help support non-profit organizations in Central Texas engaged in the prevention of child abuse. The Exchange Club also provides Baby Think it Over dolls to area schools and scholarships to high school students who have overcome extraordinary circumstances to complete high school.
To find out more about the Exchange Club, visit the website for the Exchange Club of Austin. If you need to contact the festival organizers, call 512-448-KITE (5483) or email us at [email]kites@zilkerkitefestival.com[/email]. Thank you for your support!