Welcome to the Exchange Club of Falcon
We are a 501(c)3 non-profit (EIN# 264323337) established to serve El Paso County including Colorado Springs.
WE WILL BE CELEBRATING OUR 20TH ANNIVERSARY IN NOVEMBER 2026
Our club was chartered in November, 2006 as part of the National Exchange Club (NEC), a service club comprised of 500 clubs nation-wide with more than 13,600 members. The club was started by Lt Col (Ret) Joseph L. Bauer as a Club Builder. Initially the Exchange Club of Falcon met in a coffee shop in Black Forest. Later we were designated as a supper club and met at the Latigo Grill. Currently, our club meets at the IHOP on Stetson Hills Bvld - (5749 Stetson Hills Blvd, Colo Springs, CO). It is near the intersection of Stetson Hills Blvd and Powers Blvd, Southwest Corner.
Please come to one of our monthly meetings to see what we are about and learn how we help the less fortunate in the El Paso County area. Our meetings are held on the 2nd Wednesday of every month. We meet for dinner at 5:30PM and our meeting starts at 6:30PM. If you would like more information about our club, please contact our Club President Mr. Don Koveleski at (719) 369-5158 or email at exchangecluboffalcon@gmail.com.
Vision & Mission of the Exchange Club
Vision: A strong America, safe communities and unified people.
Mission: Exchange ideas, inspiring communities to become better places to live.
Core Values & Motto
Core Values: Family, Community, Country
Motto: Unity for Service
Covenant of Service
Accepting the divine privilege of single and collective responsibility as life's noblest gift, I covenant with my fellow Exchangites;
To consecrate my best energies to the uplifting of Social, Religious, Political and Business ideals;
To discharge the debt I owe to those of high and low estate who have served and sacrificed that the heritage of American citizenship might be mine;
To honor and respect law, to serve my fellowmen, and to uphold the ideals and institutions of my Country;
To implant the life-giving, society building spirit of Service and Comradeship in my social and business relationships;
To serve in Unity with those seeking better condition, better understandings, and greater opportunities for all.
Written in 1923 by Thomas L. Bailey, Exchange's National President (1925-1927) and Governor of Mississippi (1944-1946). Adopted in 1927.
Informational Flyer for our 17th Annual Falcon Craft Fair. Held Indoors
Last year's picture of some vendors at the Falcon High School
Just one of our donations from the 2025 Craft Fair. Happy to provide funds to Bennett Ranch Elementary Arts Program and the D49 Food Pantry
Join us at our 17th Annual Falcon Craft Fair (2- Day Indoor Event) - Oct 3 and 4, 2026
SAVE UP YOUR EXTRA MONEY FOR OUR CRAFT FAIR. We have over 90+ Vendors of all types. Put this on your calendar!
The Exchange Club of Falcon is hosting our 17th Annual Falcon Craft Fair. We have already sent out applications to our previous year's vendors and we always welcome any new crafters/vendors who would like to join our show.
This is a two-day INDOOR event at the Falcon High School on Oct 3 and 4, 2026. Oct 3rd (Saturday) 9am - 3pm and Oct 4th (Sunday) 11am - 3pm.
If you are a vendor/crafter who would like to join our show, please call/text Don at (719) 369-5158 for more information.
Reminder - All booth fees and silent auction proceeds will be used for our programs and donated to our non-profit partnering agencies, our annual scholarship program, and program activities we do throughout the year. These partnering share one or more of our FOUR AREAS OF CONCERN: Child Abuse Prevention (Our National Project), Americanism, Youth Programs and Community Service. Our list of partnering agencies are from the El Paso County, so we support our local communities.
We will have 90+ vendors at our show and a wide variety of crafters/vendors to shop from. Please pass the word around to friends and families about our craft fair the first weekend in October 2026.
The culinary students from Patriot Applied Learning Campus will be selling lunch (at a very decent price) to our guests. They have been a part of our show for several years. Come hungry and we also have vendors selling drinks, bread, desserts and all kinds of food.
Start spreading the word about our craft show. For more information contact Don Koveleski at (719) 369-5158 or via email exchangecluboffalcon@gmail.com.
2026 - 2027 School Year ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM IS UNDERWAY
Exchange Club of Falcon Youth Scholarship Program Is Underway! PICTURED ON THE RIGHT: Our two Scholarship Winners from the 2025-2026 School Year. From Left to Right: Darlene Bigham (Youth Scholarship Committee Chair); Isaac Domer (Youth of the Year - Falcon High School); Iris Cantrell (A.C.E. of the Year - Falcon High School); and Don Koveleski (President, Exchange Club of Falcon)
The Exchange Club of Falcon is excited to announce that we are once again beginning our annual scholarship and youth recognition programs for:
Youth of the Year Accepting the Challenge of Excellence (ACE) of the Year
What is ACE of the Year?The ACE Award honors high school students who have made a dramatic turnaround in their attitude, performance, and future outlook during their high school years.
These students often overcome significant challenges, such as physical disabilities, language barriers, abuse, delinquency, substance abuse, or other difficult circumstances, yet receive little recognition for the tremendous progress and achievements they have made.
The ACE Award is an opportunity to recognize a student who has faced adversity, accepted the challenge to change, and demonstrated that their past does not have to determine their future.
What is Youth of the Year?The Youth of the Year recognition honors outstanding students based on their accomplishments in several areas, including:
Academic Achievement
Leadership
School Activities, including student or class government, school newspapers or publications, musical organizations, debate, stage productions, athletics, and other school clubs and organizations
CommunityYouth of the Year recognizes students who have demonstrated excellence, leadership, involvement, and service both in and outside of their school.
Monthly School Recognition Program for Falcon High School and Patriot Applied Learning CampusThis year, the Exchange Club of Falcon is working with schools from School District 49 - D49 Falcon Zone Falcon High School and Patriot Applied Learning Campus on a monthly award program to recognize outstanding students throughout the school year.
Annual Scholarship Program — Open to ALL El Paso County Seniors!While we are working directly with these two schools on our monthly recognition program, our annual scholarship program is open to ALL graduating seniors attending high schools in El Paso County.
You do not have to attend Falcon High School or Patriot Applied Learning Campus to apply.
Applications are available NOW!We encourage seniors and their families to obtain an application early so they can review the information required and begin preparing their materials.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: February 25, 2027 — NLT (No Later Than)
Questions or Need an Application?Contact Don Koveleski
(719) 369-5158 — Call or Text
exchangecluboffalcon@gmail.com
Know a graduating senior in El Paso County who deserves to be recognized? Please share this post with them!The Exchange Club of Falcon is proud to recognize young people who demonstrate excellence, leadership, perseverance, service, and a commitment to building a better future.
Exchange Club of FalconServing our community. Supporting our youth. Building a stronger future.
THANK YOU - A Successful 2ND ANNUAL EASTERN PLAINS SENIOR RESOURCE EXPO
We had a successful Senior Resource Expo on July 25, 2026. We didn't have a great showing of guests, but it was still very nice. We had 20 vendors from El Paso County at our event. Next year we will probably look for another location that our community is more familiar with. From the feedback that we received, the school was hard to find. So, stay tuned for a date and new location in 2027.
We also need to put out a HUGE Thank you to the food places who provided our food and drink to our guests:
FREE Lunch for all guests! Our Food Sponsors are: Little Caesar's Pizza - Falcon; Slim Chickens (for drinks) - Falcon: Jersey Mike's Subs - Woodmen Rd
We were also very thankful to Troy Waltz for entertainment. You can find him at "Bend in the Road Studios" for guitar lessons.
We look forward to seeing you next year!
For more information, contact Don Koveleski at (719) 369-5158 or email exchangecluboffalcon@gmail.com.
A Successful America 250 Celebration on July 8, 2026
- Sharing the Spirit of America "Reading of the Declaration of Independence"
We had a great time celebrating America 250 with a reading of the Declaration of Independence
The Exchange Club of Falcon is hosted a nationwide program initiated and sponsored by the Hawai'i America250 Commission. We are happy to share a project related to America250 and the Declaration of Independence - "Sharing the Spirit of America." We celebrated America 250 in Falcon on Wednesday, July 8, 2026 at 6:00PM.
Just as the Declaration of Independence was read to the people on July 8, 1776, now, 250-years later, Americans in all 50 states, 5 territories, the District of Columbia, and Minor Outlying Islands of the United States will read the Declaration of Independence 'together.' (within a 2-hour timeframe)
Participants:
Emcee - Ms Rosie Suerdieck
Betsy Ross Portrayal - Phyllis Jane
Readers were: Ms. Carrie Geitner (County Commissioner District 3); Mr. Jim Appleyard (Retired USAF Colonel); Ms. Janet McMonigal (Meridian Ranch Metro Board and Falcon Community Leader); Ms. Grace Suerdieck (Former Space Force JROTC of Falcon High School); Chief Trent Harwig (Chief of the Falcon Fire Protection District); Commander Sharon Wickliff (Commander of the American Legion Dane R. Balcon Post 2008); and Sheriff Joseph Roybal (El Paso County Sheriff),
It was a great time to hear what our forefathers did to make us independent of England. This was a one-time event and well worth it.
Photos of each presenter
View of our stage with the crowd
Sheriff Joseph Roybal - El Paso County Sheriff
2nd Annual Murder Mystery FUN-draiser (Saturday, May 9, 2026 at Madera's Grill in Falcon)
GREAT EVENT THIS YEAR - WAIT FOR NEXT YEAR
What a nice event at the Madera's Grill at the Antler Creek Golf Course. We had 100 guests come out to figure out "who dunnit." We had actors from the Red Herring Productions, LCC perform for the crowd and had the crowd guess who murdered the mother's boyfriend. As you see from the picture that the murderer was very happy about it.
We had several silent auction items and a 50/50 raffle at this year's event.
We definitely need to thank our sponsors this year to help make this event a success.
Major Sponsors for the Murder Mystery Dinner. We appreciate their sponsorship: Premier Auto and RV, Inc; Stratus IQ; and Madera's Grill
We also have these two Major Sponsors for the Murder Mystery Dinner. We appreciate their sponsorship: Farmers State Bank (Falcon) and Christian Brothers Automotive, Falcon, CO
17th Annual Robert "Bob" Miller Charity Golf Tournament
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR ANOTHER GREAT YEAR OF OUR "ROBERT 'BOB' MILLER CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT.
We had a very successful event on July 12, 2026 at the Antler Creek Golf Course. We had 16 teams sign up and several teams were from our sponsors.
2025-2026 Youth of the Year and ACE of the Year Scholarship Program
The Exchange Club of Falcon started our annual scholarship giving program on August 6, 2025 and stopped receiving our monthly award nominations from Falcon High School and the Patriot Applied Learning Campus on Feb 1, 2026. Now, all of our students who were awarded certificates and a gift card from their nominations from guidance counselors and staff are working on their applications to have a chance for a $1,000.00 scholarship.
We have two scholarship programs for our seniors in high school. We honor students of the month (in both categories) and then an annual scholarship winner (in both categories).
- One scholarship is the A.C.E. Award (Accepting the Challenge of Excellence) where we honor high school students who have made a dramatic turnaround in their attitude, performance, and future outlook during their high school years.
- The second scholarship is the Youth Award where the selection is based on academic achievement, leadership, school activities, and community service.
The applications must be received by March 13, 2026 and they will be reviewed by the Exchange Club of Falcon Youth Committee and one student in the ACE and Youth categories is awarded a scholarship at our local level. Their packages are then sent to the Four Corners District Youth Scholarship committee to compete for a scholarship at the District Level. Winners of the district are then competing at our National Exchange Club level for a $15,000.00 Scholarship.
Our next website update will inform everyone who our ACE of the Year and Youth of the Year award winners are for the $1,000.00 scholarship.
For more information about our program or to be involved in our club please contact Don K at (719) 369-5158.
2025 "Exchange of Joy" Giving Tree
THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER GREAT YEAR OF OUR GIVING TREE
The Exchange Club of Falcon giving tree program “Exchange of Joy” was an awesome success this year. We collected over $10,700 in gift cards and more than 710 toys from several locations across El Paso County (Falcon Wal-Mart, State Bank, Farmers State Bank, Antler Creek Golf Course, the Falcon High Prairie Library, American Insurance Exchange, MITRE Corporation and the Chapel Hills Mall). Again, this year the Rector Stuzynski Law Firm emptied the Antler Creek Golf Course of tags and fulfilled them. The law firm donated $1,350.00 and 35 toys to our program, which definitely boosted our donation count. Let’s see if we can get another organization to do this for us next year and get our numbers up even higher. The State Bank and Falcon Wal-Mart have been among the top contributors of toys and gift cards this year. We send our thanks to all of the organizations, staff and customers for their generous donations and one of the best years that we have had.
We are so grateful and blessed that our community was so giving and that we can provide these items to our partnering foster care agencies (Hope & Home and Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountains) and the children in the Calhan School District RJ-1. Happy Holidays everyone.
Thank you,
The Exchange Club of Falcon "Exchange of Joy" Giving Tree Coordinator (Theresa K)
The Exchange Club of Falcon received a very generous grant to support our Angel Tree Program 2024. Our Angel Tree lead, Theresa Koveleski was working with American Insurance Exchange (AIE) (one of the Angel Tree locations the Exchange Club of Falcon works with) and was told about a foundation wanting to make a donation to our Angel Tree Program 2024. Jaromie/AIE provided us with a Point of Contact (POC) to work the donation. After speaking to Deborah Mirkovich our club received a $5,000 grant from the "Dammann Family Fund of Pikes Peak Community Foundation" to be used for our Angel Tree Program.
The Exchange Club of Falcon split this grant in half by providing $2,500 to Hope & Home Foster Care Agency (Middle Photo above) and $2,500 given to Lutheran Family Services (LFS) (Left Photo above) to support their Foster Care program. Both of these agencies train, actively support foster parents and provide skilled, caring substitute families for children unable to live with their birth families.
The Exchange Club of Falcon has never received a grant for this amount, so we feel blessed that Deborah and Craig Mirkovich selected the Exchange Club of Falcon Angel Tree 2024 Program to receive this funding. Both of the organizations were already given their funds and they were "over the top" excited about getting this surprise gift.
Thank you to the Dammann Foundation for this very generous gift to support our foster care programs in Colorado Springs and El Paso County.
We had a GREAT surprise today (Dec 18, 2024) at the Antler Tree Golf Course this morning when Theresa went by to do a random pick up gifts for our Angel Tree Program.
We have an Angel Tree at the Antlers Creek Golf Course (in Falcon Colorado) and due to the cold and snowy weather this year, our tags weren't going too well as the golfer traffic was low to take tags. However, our club did a pick up today (18 Dec 24) and surprised there were no tags on the tree. We came to find out that a paralegal who works for the Rector Stuzynski Law Firm saw the tree filled with tags and worked with the firm to fill ALL of the tags.
The Rector Stuzynski Law Firm filled 54 Gift Card Tags for a total of $1,500.00 and 20 toys for Hope & Home Foster Care and Calhan Schools (Right Photo above). Their support to our Angel Tree Program was a GREAT surprise and their thoughtfulness to help Foster Care and rural areas in/near Calhan to those students is Outstanding!
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You to the Rector Stuzynski Law Firm for coming through for us to provide an awesome Christmas to our children.
We have to individually acknowledge the Rector Stuzynski Law Firm for their generosity. They recently opened a new location at 6045 Barnes Rd, Colorado Springs, CO 80922 and their other location is 131 S. Weber St., Colorado Springs, CO 80903.
Our 2024 Angel Tree Program ends on Thursday, Dec 19, 2024. We will do pickups from our 5 locations on Dec 20, 2024 and Dec 23, 2024 and deliver the toys/gift cards to their respective organizations before Christmas. We have had many surprise donations this year so stay tuned for more great news like this.
Donations from our 16thAnnual Craft Fair held Oct 2025
We finally had the opportunity to take our donations to the great organizations here in El Paso County. These donations were made from the funds we made for the 16th Annual Falcon Craft Fair from October 2025. We made donations to Mt Carmel Veterans Center, to Eastern Plains Community Pantry , Safe Passage and Kidpower of Colorado, District 49 Bennett Ranch Elementary School Arts program, the District 49 Closet and Food Pantry, and Silver Key Senior Services. We raised over $9,500.00 in our event and the monies were spread out among these great organizations. We also collected non-perishable foods and clothing for Eastern Plains Community Pantry and the D49 Food Pantry
The Exchange Club of Falcon loves spreading our support to these partnering organizations.
What a Great Year !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Event was a Huge Success
15th Annual Falcon Craft Fair - October 5th and 6th, 2024 at Falcon High School
The Exchange Club of Falcon hosted our 15th Annual Falcon Craft Fair on October 5th and 6th, 2024 at the Falcon High School.
Finally getting around to posting about our Successful 15th Annual Falcon Craft Fair that was held on Oct 5 and 6, 2024 at the Falcon High School. We want to thank our sponsors who provided Donuts (Wal-Mart) and Starbucks Coffee (King Soopers Starbucks) for Saturday Morning setup for our vendors.
Our show was awesome. Great turnout. We had over 90 vendors and more than1,400 shoppers attend this year's craft show between the two days. We collected 274.5 pounds of non-perishable and dried foods and 87 coats/blankets/hoodies for the Eastern Plains Community Pantry. We also collected 90 pounds of non-perishable and dried foods and 28 coats/blankets for Mt Carmel Veterans Service Center.
All of the monies made from the vendor booth fees, silent auctions, Exchange Club Table and Donation Can are being donated back to several agencies here in the El Paso County. The agencies to get funds are Eastern Plains Community Pantry, Mt Carmel Veterans Service Center, Rocky Mountain Inclusive Connections (RMIC), Safe Passage and KidPower of Colorado.
The Exchange Club of Falcon is happy to put on this annual event to raise money to give back to the community. Our club has four Areas of Impact: Prevention of Child Abuse (National Project), Community, Americanism and Youth Projects. We are always looking for new members to help us get the word out and help our community. Contact Don K at 719-369-5158 or Andy C at 719-337-6990.
Our organization supports other local activities which include Child Abuse Prevention (our National Project), Americanism, Youth Recognition and Community Support activities. The funds raised are used to support all our programs. In the case of Child Abuse Prevention, we support organizations and agencies that participate in child abuse prevention and intervention, such as CASA, TESSA, DHS, Hope and Home, and Lutheran Family Services to name a few. We also recognize outstanding youth and those who have overcome adversity to excel with scholarship programs that include local club level, District level and National level competition. Give-A-Kid-A-Flag is one of the things we do in our Americanism program at 4th of July and Veterans Day parades during the year as well as installation of Freedom Shrines in public buildings and schools. Our Community Support program includes recognition of first responders, teachers, and a helping hand to Veterans in nursing homes as well as other projects.
Donations to the Calhan Schools Arts Programs (Aug/Sep 2024)
Calhan Schools received several donations in Aug/Sep 2024 for their school arts programs (Wood Shop and Band).
The Exchange Club of Falcon worked with Lowe's North Colorado Springs and the Home Depot on getting two 1/4 sheet palm sanders, two 5-inch variable speed sanders, three cordless Drill/driver kits, a 50-piece driver set, and 15-piece Drill bits. Marv Hart/Exchange Club member donated 4 new boxes of Driver bits and one new box of Drill Bits for the new Wood Shop was just created this school year (left photo).
We also donated 4 guitars to the Rock Band (middle photo) and the trombone to the music department (right photo).
Total value of the donations was $850.00. Our club has made these donations to the Calhan Schools to help the children excel in their arts programs.
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Monthly Meeting
IHOP on Stetson Hills BlvdSep 09, 2026 6:30 PM
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Monthly Meeting September 2026
IHOP RestaurantSep 09, 2026
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM -
17th Annual Falcon Craft Fair
The Falcon High SchoolOct 03, 2026 9:00 AM –
Oct 04, 2026 3:00 PM -
Monthly Meeting
IHOP on Stetson Hills BlvdOct 14, 2026 6:30 PM
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Monthly Meeting September 2026
IHOP RestaurantOct 14, 2026
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM