For over 26 years, the Exchange Family Center (EFC) has been working to strengthen relationships between parents and their children when life brings about difficult or uncertain moments. EFC’s Pinwheels Family Fun Day is one exciting way we like to bring our families closer together. A day full of games, prizes, limbo contests and a mini golf tournament you will not want to miss, Pinwheels Family Fun Day provides a chance to let your inner-child run free and make memories!
Durham Mag: "Making Moves!"
The Exchange Family Center was recently featured in Durham Magazine’s February/March 2019 publication. Read this magazine’s Influencer edition.
Building Social Skills at Yates Baptist Child Development Center
Recently, our friends and supporters at the Forest at Duke, granted us vital monies to expand our services to a preschool classroom at Yates Baptist Child Development Center on Chapel Hill Road in Durham. Melissa Bent, Exchange Family Center Early Childhood Outreach (EChO) Consultant and Janelle Fenwick (a speech therapist with Express Yourself NC) work closely together to deliver a 10 week therapeutic Building Social Skills pilot program for targeted children from the Pre-K classroom. The weekly therapeutic group is then expounded upon later in the same week with the rest of the class. The follow up session is led by the Exchange Family Center’s EChO consultant and is aimed at building the preschoolers social skills and takes the material from the social skills group to everyday use in the classroom.
Becoming an ACEs Informed Community
Durham Board of County Commissioners recently voted on a resolution to support actions to become an adverse childhood experience (ACEs) informed community. Together with child abuse prevention organizations and Durham County government, a community resilience plan will be developed to help families and children cultivate the resiliency to tackle traumatic childhood experiences - improving both their physical and mental health. Learn more.
2018 Annual Report
Our Annual Report is out. Tell us how we did!
Children Need a Community
Clarion Content featured a piece written by Executive Director Rachel Galanter as 2018's Child Abuse Prevention month is coming to a close. You can read the piece here.
CAP Center Spotlight: The Exchange Family Center
The National Exchange Club featured the Exchange Family Center in their Spring 2018 issue of Exchange Today. You can view the spotlight here.
Exchange Family Center's Fiscal Year 2016-2017 Annual Report
Click here to review Exchange Family Center's 2016/2017 Annual Report.
Exchange Family Center's 2017 Fall Newsletter
Our 2017 Fall Newsletter is now available! Check out what is new with Exchange Family Center, including information on:
- Spreading Resilience
- Supporting Families Affected by Domestic Violence
- Agency successes
A Gala for Good at Croasdaile Country Club
Durham Magazine's Tia Nanjappan reports on the Exchange Family Center's 25th Anniversary Gala held on June 23, 2017. You can view their coverage and images here.