Official Newsletter of Illinois-Eastern Iowa District of Circle K International

Volume 52 Issue 2 May 2012 I-I got news for you! Club Edition Hot off the govna press

In this issue!

Hello Mighty I-I! Hot off the govna press 1

...... 2 I have spent the past six weekends in the company of my Family within our district and beyond...... 2

...... 3 Keeping up with the Gov: rd th March 23 – March 25 : I spent the weekend in Peoria for Key Club District ...... 3 Convention. I led the Key to College and CKI101 forums in an effort to educate the Key Club members and remind them there is life after Key ...... 4 Club…its called Circle K ! Make sure to reach out to the Key Clubs in your area! Show them how awesome CKI is...... 4 March 30th - April 1st: I spent the weekend in Peoria at Kiwanis Midyear Conference. The conference is a great way for Kiwanis to reenergize and get excited about the remainder of the year. th th April 12 -April 15 : I spent the weekend in with the 2012-2013 Governor class at Governor & Admin Training Conference. I learned not only from the material but from the other governors as well. Live to Serve, April 20th -21st: The 2012-2013 District Board got together for District Officer Training (DOT) in Bloomington. At DOT the board spent the weekend Love to Serve! learning the ins and outs of their positions, developing goals for the year, Circle K International and ultimately building the framework for the year. Check out the goals on the next page! April 27th-April 29th: I spent the weekend with the Wisconsin Upper Michigan district to spread the Subregion C love at their Spring Fling event! It is great to meet other district members on a more personal level. I love the WUM Would you like to serve district – they have such energy! on a district committee? These weekends are great but I would like to be really involved in Check this link out for the each one of the I-I clubs! A personal goal of mine is to visit each application and division as a whole once and each club once. Do you have an committee descriptions: upcoming project or banquet? Request a visit from me I would love http://tinyurl.com/iicomapp to visit! ! Requesting a visit is as easy as filling out this sheet. Apps will be accepted on http://tinyurl.com/govvisit a rolling basis. !

Serving with a smile, Sabrena Email: [email protected] Cell: (708)833-3032

Sabrena Lopez -

Goals for the I-I District LEADERSHIP Setting Our Sights

Although these goals were discussed and set by the FELLOWSHIP members of the district board there is no way we can achieve any kind of success without the work and dedication of the Illinois-Eastern Iowa District

Membership. We have set some high goals this year but that does not make them unattainable but rather something we can reach for! Together the district SERVICE membership can work to go above and beyond expectation.

2012-2013 District Goals: Spastic Paralysis Donations: $8,000 Service Hours: 25 per Member Fellowship & Leadership Hours: 15 per Member Kiwanis Donations Outreach: 66 Individual Donations Club Building: 2 New Clubs Reactivated Clubs: 2 District Membership: 425 Active Members

Attendance Goals: Kiwanis Family District Large Scale Service Project: 40 Leadership Training Retreat: 55 Holiday Embrace (Dinner & Dance): 250 Holiday Embrace (Dance Only): 30 District Convention: 100 International Convention: 15 International Large Scale Service Project: 5

What club members can do to ensure success: Keep an open mind and a positive attitude, lead by example and participate! What club officers can do to ensure success: Work with the district board to keep membership to date, inspire membership to serve as active members, provide opportunities for the members to go above and beyond, lead by example. What the district board will do to ensure success: Serve as a resource to the district membership, provide guidance to club officers, lead by example.

Serving with a smile, Sabrena Email: [email protected] Cell: (708)833 -3032 Illinois-Eastern Iowa District of Circle K International

Secretary’s

! Two Cents

! ! Hello again, CKIers! ! Forms Submissions: ! I hope all everyone has had a ! ! good and productive first Club Officer Contact March MRF ! month in his or her respective Ashford Univ. ! elected and appointed Augustana Coll. X X ! position. Aurora Univ. X ! Benedictine Univ. ! Secretaries: Bradley Univ. X X ! May 5th is quickly DePaul Univ. X X ! approaching. Please be sure Eastern Ill. Univ. ! to turn in your April Report Eureka Coll. X X Greenville Coll. ! Form. This documents all the ! Illinois Coll. X events you’ve had over the Ill. State Univ. X X ! course of the month, whether Ill. Wesleyan Univ. X X it is service projects, meetings John Wood Coll. or otherwise. The report form Knox Coll. X can be found online at the Lake Forest Coll. X Lincoln Land Coll. following link: Loyola Univ. X tinyurl.com/clubreportform Monmouth Coll. North Central Coll. X X To the right, you’ll find a table Northern Ill. Univ. X X of all the clubs in the I-I District Quincy Univ. and what forms they’ve Rock Valley Coll. X X submitted so far. Even if the Rockford Coll. SIU – Carbondale deadline has passed (e.g. SIU – Edwardsville March MRF), please submit it St. Ambrose Univ. X X to the best of your abilities. Univ. of Illinois X X Late is better than never! Western Ill. Univ. Wilbur Wright Coll. Be safe, be well, eat fruit. ! Thank!you!for!your!submissions!thus!far!and!keep!them! coming!!Remember,!late!is!better!than!never.!"! Yours in service, Kevin Huang 2012-2013 I-I CKI District Secretary

Kevin Huang ! Secretary’s Two Cents ! Club Edition Volume 52 ! Edition 2 ! May 2012

Marketing & LEADERSHIP Technology Chair

My name is Maci Mitchell, and I am the newly FELLOWSHIP appointed Marketing and Technology Chair for the

I-I District. I am a sophomore at North Central

College in Naperville, Illinois, but I am originally from

the town of Sterling and will probably never be fully

used to suburbia. I am majoring in sociology with

minors in global studies and history of ideas. I have SERVICE been involved in Circle K since fall term of my freshman year and was my club’s secretary for the past year. In addition to being on the district board, I am also the new president of my club and am very excited for all the opportunities and challenges of the new service year. Outside of Circle K, I am involved in Focus, my college’s student-led worship group, have gone on and led service trips through North Central, and am a part of the Honors Program. I love service because I think that helping others is not only enjoyable but also that it is all of our responsibility as human beings to recognize ourselves as a family and respond to each other’s needs. I also think it is a fantastic way to meet new people and form awesome friendships with people who share my passion for serving others. My goals as Marketing and Technology Chair for this year include making good quality publicity for all events, working with other committee chairs to promote the goings on of the district, keeping the Maci (2nd from the left) with district website and facebook page up to date, the rest of NCC’s 2011-2012 and encouraging clubs to create their own CKI board after this year’s websites. In doing so, I hope to increase club Induction Banquet. ! participation at the district level and help clubs promote themselves by making information available to current and prospective members, hopefully fulfilling the goal of increasing membership. Thank you to everyone who has supported me so far in my time in CKI, and I cannot wait to see what this year brings!

Maci Mitchell [email protected]

Kiwanis Family Relations Committee SERVICE Get involved! YOU can be Hello Mighty I-I District! a part of the Kiwanis Family Relations My name is Ashley Wolfe. I am an English - Writing Emphasis and Committee! Neuroscience Major at Augustana College. I will be serving as your Kiwanis Family Relations Chair for this next year. There are Fill out the preceding form lots of new ideas coming into play this year for our District such and send to as a new I-I Kiwanis and Circle K career mentoring program. [email protected] Throughout the year there will be lots of opportunities through newsletters, webinar(s), social media, and events to learn more about what each individual branch of the Kiwanis Family has to LEADERSHIP offer.

If you have ideas about how you want to see the Kiwanis Family Relations grow, feel free to contact me any time (information below). Also, consider applying to be on the committee so you can have an opportunity to be directly involved with everything K-Family!

Yours in service,

Ashley

Ways to get involved with the other branches of the Kiwanis Family:

 Service: One of the main things that drive all of the K-Family is service to others. Get out into your community and help out!

 Social: Host a K-Family Dinner, enjoy the nice weather and host a picnic. Go bowling, challenge another club to a game of bowling to get to know them

 Informational: Give a presentation at the meeting. It could be about what your club is doing, or it could be about something that is going in your community.

 Individual: Make connections, establish relationships, and network! FELLOWSHIP

Contact me! Email: [email protected] |Cell: (815) 440-7534 Page # ! !

New Club Building & Membership Chair

Yvonne Intsiful

Hello all, my name is Yvonne Intsiful, and I am your 2012-2013 New Club Building and Membership chair. I Official Newsletter of CKI xxxxxxxxxx Club/District am currently a junior at Bradley University in Peoria, IL. I am studying Sociology, and have minors in health and leadership studies. In my spare time I like to go for long walks outside when it’s warm and participate

in long meaningful conversations. It’s been quite a journey since starting at Bradley back in the fall of

2009. Taking advantage of what college has had to offer has been very rewarding. I have really grown a lot as a person. Circle K has been one of the reasons for that growth. I have learned a lot from my participation in service projects and I have also met so many inspirational Circle Ker’s. My Circle K journey has included being the membership chair for my club, Vice-President of service, and I am currently the President at Bradley. With my role as New Club Building and Membership chair I am excited to get the chance to help grow our district membership by

creating and reactivating Circle K clubs. I look forward to seeing more college students included in this wonderful experience that we are part of. With the membership aspect, I plan on spending my summer creating educational materials to better educate new members of the II district about Circle K and refresh our current members .

Events

Dear Members of the Illinois-Eastern Iowa District of Circle K International,

My name is Daniel Tsang and I am your 2012-2013 District Events Chair. I just wanted to first start off by saying how much I look forward to continuing to work with you, your clubs, and our district.

For those who don’t know me, I am currently a junior at Loyola University of , which is located on the northside of the Chicagoland area. I am pursing a degree in biology with a minor in chemistry. I work as a research assistant at Children’s Memorial Hospital in the Allergy and Immunology Department. Until the end of June/early July, I continue serving as International Representative for Subregion C. Prior to being appointed to this position, I was also District Treasurer and Lt. Governor for the Illinois-Eastern Iowa as well as Key Club. I have also served as committee chair and committee member for a variety of different committees at the District and International levels. Being an individual who was born and raised in Chicago, I would classify myself as an urban individual. Nature and I sometimes don’t get along. I spend a lot of my time in front of a computer, so if you ever have any questions, concerns, or criticisms, please feel free to send it my way.

As District Events Chair, I plan on working with my committee in regards to achieving the goals established by the 2012-2013 Illinois-Eastern Iowa District Board. I hope to execute events with the district’s financial interest in mind. Please feel free to email me at [email protected] about anything; I would love to hear your input.

Hopefully we will see you at upcoming district events! Sincerely,

Daniel Tsang Daniel Tsang Subregion C Representative Circle K International

Spastic Paralysis

Hello! My name is Allison Hade and i am your Holiday Embrace chair this year. I am very excited to take on this new role in CKI and make holiday embrace the best it has ever been! I am a sophmore at Rock Valley Community College with a major in Psychology. Our district goal this year is $8,000, What can your club do to help us reach our goal? If you need any assistance in planning a fundraiser for SPRF, Morgan and I are here to help you!

Hello! My name is Morgan Sarver. I am a junior at Northern Illinois University. I am excited to serve as your Spastic Paralysis Research Foundation Advocacy & Education Chair. Some of my goals for this year are to raise $8,000 for the Spastic Paralysis Research Foundation and to come visit clubs to share about the foundation. Be on the lookout during the year at district events I am going to be having several fundraisers for the foundation. If you are interested in joining my committee please email me for more information or if you have any questions or if you would like me to come and visit your club.

Email me at [email protected]

Peace, Love & CKI

Morgan Sarver 2012-2013 District Editor & SPRFAE Chair

Greetings from

CKISPE! LEADERSHIP Hello I-I District!

As CKISPE Chair, I have My name is Nora Beswick, and several goals for this coming I am the newly appointed year. First of all, I want to Circle K International Service spread the word about our

Partners and Eliminate Chair - service partners. Please check shortened to the CKISPE out the links below to their Chair. (I pronounce it like home pages for general “crispy” without the “R”). This information, and stay tuned is a brand new position this to future newsletters and the year, so I am very excited to district website for more take on this role and see where information! I’m second from the left, surrounded by some of it can go! North Central’s past and present district board Better World Books members. Such inspiring ladies! Just to give you some more http://www.betterworldbooks.com information about me, I am a

junior (almost a senior, yikes!) at North Central College in March of Dimes www.marchofdimes.com/illinois Naperville. I am double FELLOWSHIP majoring in French and Organizational Students Teaming Up to Fight Communication with a minor Hunger (STUFH) in Global Studies. Outside of www.stufh.org CKI, I am very involved on campus. I am the co-president UNICEF for Cercle Français (French www.unicef.org Club) next year. I work in my

school’s Office of Admission as a tour guide. I am also a Eliminate Project http://sites.kiwanis.org/kiwanis/en member of Blue Key Honor Society, College Scholars /theELIMINATEproject/home.aspx

Honors Program, Focus, Break This was taken in Haiti in December 2011, on Away, and the Cardinal Dance I am looking forward to a Company. I have been involved one of the best service experiences of my life. year of serving the I-I District Meet Francesca! in the Kiwanis family for over Board with you. If there is eight years now, including anything I can do to assist Builder’s Club, Key Club, and you as club members, please SERVICE CKI. Some things that make contact me. my heart happy are mix CDs, summer and sunshine, bacon, Live to serve, love to serve! travel, languages, dancing, time spent talking with friends and service! Nora Beswick

Nora Beswick [email protected] Circle K International Service Partners and Eliminate Chair

Illinois – Eastern Iowa District of Circle K International

District Committee Member Application:

The following contract is agreed to by all members of the Illinois Eastern-Iowa DistrictIn this of Circleissue! K International who wish to serve as a Committee Member. It is understood that failure to observe the following agreement will result in possible removal from office in accordance withService the IllinoisProject Eastern...... 1 Iowa

District bylaws. Awards ...... 2

The committee member of this committee agrees to do the following during his/herEvents term...... : 2

1. Attending the following District events is recommended but not required: DistrictMember Officer Spotlight Training/Club ...... 3

Leadership Education (April 20-22), Kiwanis Family Large Scale Service Project,Winter Holiday Social ...... Embrace 3 and District Convention, Summer Social 2. Attending bi-weekly online or phone conference meetings is required unlessDistrict otherwise Goals ...... noted 4 by Governor or Committee Chair Committee Chairs ...... 4 3. with the assistance of the Governor and Committee Chair, help facilitate at least one District webinar

4. Adhere to the timetable of directives set by the district board and policy code, and perform any additional duties asked by the Governor or Board of Officers 5. Work with the committee chair to set up the committee to carry out any and all activities required to successfully complete all district sponsored events

Available committee for the 2012-2013 year:

1. New Club Building & Membership Development: Work to develop resources for club membership and actively search for potential Circle K clubs. 2. Kiwanis Family Relations: Bring the Kiwanis, Key Club, and Circle K together as well as reach out to other Districts in Subregion C. 3. Events: Plan District events including District Convention, Leadership Training Retreat, and Kiwanis Large Scale Service Project (Summer Social). 4. Spastic Paralysis Research Foundation: Raise awareness and funds for the Kiwanis Spastic Paralysis Research Foundation, organize Holiday Embrace. 5. International Service Partners: Raise awareness and funds for the Circle K International Service Partners including March of Dimes, UNICEF, STUFH, and Better World Books.

Please email application to: Governor Sabrena Lopez Email: [email protected] I will respond to every application to verify that I have received it. Feel free to contact me!

Personal Information. Please provide your information in the space below: Name ______Club ______CONVENTION Email ______Number ______

Free Response. Please answer the questions below to the best of your ability.

Which committee(s) are you applying for? You will only be selected to serve on one but you are allowed to apply for more than one.

Are you able to attend District Officer Training/Club Leadership Education (April 20th-22nd) , International Convention & Large Scale Service Project, Fall Board Meeting, Leadership Training Retreat, Holiday Embrace and District Convention?

 Describe why you are qualified for this position.

 What do you feel you can contribute to your desired committee?

 What steps do you take to reach deadlines?

 What are the new ideas you have for your desired committee(s)?

How do well do you work with other people?

INTERNATIONAL

CONVENTION > 2012

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DON’T FORGET TO REGISTER FOR THE CONVENTION BEFORE MAY 1ST!!! REGISTRATION RIGHT NOW IS $195. PLEASE REGISTER FOR CONVENTION FIRST AND THEN ROOMING. CONVENTION’S REGISTRAION PRICE WILL INCREASE IF YOU WAIT, WHEREAS ROOMING WILL NEVER CHANGE RATES!