July 2017 | Volume 1 | Issue 1
The Historical Horse
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CONTENTS
Issue 01July 2017
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Letter from the Editor
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History in the Making
5 Subregion B Reminiscence Kiwanis Stories
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7-8 Where are they Now? Then and Now
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Remember When... This Month in History
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13 Send Me Back Saturday Blast from the Past
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A message from the Historian
Elizabeth Quinlan Hello Southwest ponies! I hope that all of you have had a delightful summer, full of service (whether that be CKIx or volunteering with a local food bank) and relaxation away from the typical hectic school schedule. I am more than delighted to share with all of you my brand new and first-ever issue of the Historical Horse. As the official Historian and record-keeper of all the CKI events happening here and beyond, each moment spent discovering more about our community and the impacts that it has left on us many years later is an honor and a blessing. The Southwest district has such a rich history full of amazing individuals and experiences that I am so excited to feature in future articles! As the returning school semester begins to rear its head, I wish all of you a memorable July and beyond, Elizabeth Quinlan
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History in the Making: Diana Gordillo After initially being chartered in 2011, the Western New Mexico University’s Circle K International will soon be reinstated. The club, located in Silver City, New Mexico, is getting help from Diana Gordillo, President of CKI-WNMU. Since the age of 8, Gordillo has been working with countless volunteer organizations to give back to her community and place service at the epicenter of her volunteerism. Gordillo first discovered Key Club in high school, when several of her friends “suckered [her] into it” by inviting her to the weekly meetings. Like many CKI members, it was love at first sight. Since then, Gordillo has volunteered at the Hurley Pride Festival and Car Show and given Valentine’s Day cards to a nursing home, which was her “favorite experience with the K-Family so far.” WNM Kiwanis advisor Lori Ann Bonomo has been helping Gordillo with the chartering process, and “I’ve gotten a lot of stuff done,” Gordillo said. Gordillo and Vicente Partido, secretary/treasurer of CKI-WNMU went to the Kiwanis club of Silver City’s weekly meeting Tuesday, May 16, posing for a photo with Alma Carson, president of Kiwanis Club of Silver City and Bob Carson, SWD CKI administrator. WNMU Circle K also helped out at Kiwanis of Silver City’s pancake breakfast and barbecue lunch, with Gordillo, Bonomo and Jayden Jones, CKI vice president, in attendance. Gordillo’s goals for the upcoming year are to focus on recruiting members and making the club feel like a family. “The goal is to try and make this club a family and to get students more involved,” Gordillo said.
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Ciao Italy! Circle K International announced the addition of a new nation to its list of Circle K clubs across the world Wednesday, June 21. The first Circle K club in Italy, Universitá Dante Alighieri RC, completed the chartering process and is now taking steps to establish itself as a part of Kiwanis. The Università per Stranieri “Dante Alighieri” wrote that Dante Alighieri University held a press conference presenting the first meeting for the newly chartered club on Friday, July 7. The 12 students and founding members of the dubbed, “CKI ‘University Dante Alighieri RC’” presented to professor Salvatore Berlingò, Kiwanis International President Jane Erickson who will connect through a skype call, and other Kiwanis authorities on their activities for the summer, including the support of children in absolute poverty, working under the motto “Serving the Children of the World.” Those attending the press conference also announced the establishment and delivery of the Charter Ceremony, which will occur in September.
Subregion B Reminiscence Krazy Competition for Infants
In just two small days, the North and South sides of the California-Nevada-Hawaii district and more than 800 attendees raised over $4,800 for its Kiwanis Cal-Nev-
Ha Foundation’s Pediatric Trauma Program. Both north and south sides woke up early to travel to a park and compete in teams of six to fundraise for the Pediatric Trauma Program. Saturday, October 15, 2016 CKI North participated in “relay races, a human version of hungry hippos [and] untying a human knot between teammates,” wrote Joey Pontillas in Sunburst. Karolyn Sin wrote that an important part of PTP is educating families about safety hazards and providing clubs with grants to use as a resource to educate children and families. “One of the best-known projects is passing out new car seats to families,” Sin wrote of her experience with CKI South on Saturday, October 22. Pontillas, as a new member, “was immediately drawn in” and wrote that the PTP is “a cause that all of us can fully believe and support.” The perfect combination of competition and fellowship between clubs ensured another successful year for the Krazy Competition for Infants!
Kiwanis Stories
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In a July 2015 issue of Kiwanis Southwest, the Fountain Hills, Ariz. Noon Kiwanis Aktion Club, affiliated with Scottsdale Training and Rehabilitation Services (STARS), were noted for their devotion to initiating at least two service projects each month, ranging from making bag lunches for families staying at Ronald McDonald House to serving Extended Hands Food Bank in Fountain Hills. Noon Kiwanis Aktion Club
During the month of December, 2016 Key club teamed up with the Thirst Project to confront the global water crisis. By fundraising money throughout the month of December, clubs pledged to raise money for clean water projects in locations such as Swaziland.
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Where are they Now? Neil G. Giuliano
President and CEO of Greater Phoenix Leadership, former mayor of Tempe, AZ, and past President of Circle K International, Neil G. Giuliano has been involved in Kiwanis for over 35 years. As past national president of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation from September 2005 to June 2009, Giuliano contributed to the change in the portrayal of LGBT people in media. He also taught students about leadership during his 25-year career as a senior administrator at Arizona State University and rode the 545-mile AIDS/LifeCycle bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles five times when he was the CEO of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation for five years. “I credit my Key Club (NJ district treasurer, 1973-74), Circle K and Kiwanis involvement (member for 35 years including club president) for shaping who I am, even to this day. It certainly created a service leadership focus that I utilized as the basis for my political involvement, as a mayor of Tempe (1994-2004) and in my professional work as well,” Giuliano wrote of his successes as a leader. Giuliano’s journey with Kiwanis began as the district treasurer of his Key Club in New Jersey. When Giuliano graduated in 1974, he paid a visit to
his immediate family in Arizona and decided to stay to enroll at ASU. Giuliano was the founder and charter president of ASU’s CKI in May 1975 and became lieutenant governor of the Southwest district in November of that same year. Throughout his time at ASU, Giuliano would also obtain the titles of Southwest District CKI governor, CKI International President, and ASU Club Membership Chairman before his graduation with a bachelor’s degree from the Hugh Downs School of Communication in higher education administration from ASU in May, 1979. Giuliano’s favorite CKI memory is the “1977 International Convention when I was elected international president on first ballot at house of delegates; there were three candidates, all Immediate Past District Governors: Montana, Carolinas and Southwest.” Circle K offers bountiful opportunities to students looking to become leaders. For Giuliano, “Circle K gave me amazing personal growth and leadership experiences that shaped who I am today and what kind of community leader I became later in life.” To current CKI members, Giuliano reminds writes, “Give a lot, make and keep commitments, and you’ll receive a lot in return.” For Giuliano, he now spends his free time traveling with family, he “spends time at home in Tempe, working on a memoir and a leadership development book, speaking locally about public service and community building, considering future opportunities to serve in beautiful Arizona and helping others work toward reaching their goals and living their dreams as a mentor and personal leadership coach.”
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Then
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Ronald McDonald House Since co-founders Jimmy Murray and Dr. Audrey Evans built the first Ronald McDonald House in 1974 in Philadelphia, RMDH has become a staple service project for Kiwanis family and each of its branches. The journey began with the Philadelphia Eagles’ football player Fred Hill enlisting the help of Murray when his daughter, three-year-old Kim Hill, was being treated for leukemia at St. Christopher’s Hospital For Children. With enough support, Evans, head of the pediatric oncology unit at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, assisted in the creation of the house. Today, there are more than 250 Ronald McDonald Houses in 26 countries supporting families around the world and providing comfort to more than 10 million families.
Remember When... UofA and ASU Interclub Remember when Arizona State University and the University of Arizona joined together to have an interclub mingle at Feed My Starving Children? Saturday, February 11, 2017 the UofA and ASU clubs of CKI met together to pack formulated food for malnourished children throughout the world. ASU CKI was hard at work volunteering at Feed My Starving Children, while while also working on their district scrapbook for the upcoming DCON, “Service is Sweet,� and even allowed the visiting UofA members to decorate several pages themselves!
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THIS MONTH I
Each summer, Kiwanians flock from across the for CKIx, the ultimate summer experience that m al Convention and Large Scale Service Project tog CKIx began Wednesday, July 5, with thousands of a Antonio to elect the new International Board and he Food Bank harvesting watermelons and packing boxe Past years of CKIx in Toronto and Nashville have attrac members and created everlasting bonds in the commun nual CKIx in Indianapolis, members from all branches of came together for the first time to celebrate our 100th Ann home of Kiwanis HQ, with Kiwanis electing its first ever fem President Sue Petrisin. Kiwanis has grown immensely since its first convention. The fi ment of a convention began Thursday, May 18, 1916, in the Colo in Cleveland, two years after the initial conception of Kiwanis by Browne and Joseph C. Prance. The 24 clubs then in existence approved a Constitution, elected its fi ident George F. Hixson, and became unified as “The National Kiwani Wednesday, November 1 of that same year, Kiwanis became internatio with the organization of the Kiwanis Club of Hamilton in Ontario, wher 1922 Kiwanis staged its first convention outside the US. CKI began its lineage of international conventions in 1956 on the campus of Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. The convention helped establish CKI’s growth as an international organization, and would lead to international conventions across Canada, the US, and one in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, in 1998.
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Send Me Back Saturday
Encountering the roaring water of the Niagara Falls is a once-in-a lifetime experience that several of our own Southwestern Circle K International members had the chance to experience at the 61st annual CKIx. The 61st annual CKIx was held in beautiful Toronto, Canada from Thursday, June 23 to Sunday, June 26, 2016 where a group of eager southwest ponies were “Mad about service” and committed to engaging in service, leadership, and fellowship. Members became extreme tourists, exploring the views from below the glass floor of the CN Tower and photographing the Niagara Falls, the Casa Loma and green islands of Toronto. For the Large Scale Service Project, teams worked alongside organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, food banks, neighborhood cleanups, and more. Michael Zimmerman wrote, “This was my first international convention with any K-Family club and I went into it a little nervous, but I can now say that it was one of the best experiences I’ve ever had!”
BLAST
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In the Silver City Daily Press Wednesday, May 19, 1971, the newspaper congratulated the Circle K Club of Western New Mexico University on its recognition as the number one Circle K organization in the Southwest District at the most recent district convention in Flagstaff, Ariz. earlier that week. The WNMU campus had numerous service projects and had participated in a large number of campus and community activities. The district also named Virginia Dominguez as the sweetheart for the entire district, and she would later attend the international convention in Chicago with a delegation from the local Circle K chapter.
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