1927

In 1927, the Exchange Club of Memphis included the Porter Home and Leath Orphanage as one of its projects.  The Exchange Club began to furnish the home with the services of a pediatrician, arranged for the children to receive proper dental care, supplied each child with monthly spending money, gave an annual summer Watermelon Party and an Easter Egg Hunt, and presented a gift to each child on his/her birthday, as well as provided the traditional tree and entertainment for the Christmas Eve Party.  The old Minute Books and other records of the Orphanage reveal a “Spirit of Exchange” which was woven into the very fabric of the home’s history.

Gifts from the Exchange Club

Porter-Leath children with backpacks provided by Exchange Club