Ingenious Ideas: April 2013

Service Projects

Award Spotlight

PB&J Sandwiches You will need: Bread, peanut butter, jelly, knives, sandwich bags, and napkins.

Description: Make some PB&J sandwiches, wrap them in plastic bags, and give them to a local homeless shelter or soup kitchen. This is a great service project for meetings and not expensive.

This project helps the CKI Service partner STUFH.

Jack E. McGraw Club Achievement Award

Recruitment Tip

This award is designed to recognize and honor Circle K clubs that have excelled in all aspects of club operation. Since this award covers ALL aspects of your club, be sure to encourage members to attend meetings and do service hours. K-Family relations are also important, as well as recruitment, leadership, and participation in district events.

It is a good idea to keep a log of everything your club does, whether it’s service hours, administrative duties, interclubs, etc. The more you document, the easier this award will be to fill out for 2014 District Convention!

Fundraising Ideas

 Awards Chair Julie Meigs

Eliminate Pins You will need: Lifesavers (individually wrapped), "It's a boy!" and/or "It's a girl!" ribbon, small safety pins, a hot glue gun with glue sticks or super glue.

Description: Hot glue/super glue a boy or girl ribbon on the lifesaver wrapper, then run the safety pin through the wrapper on the other side to make a wearable pin which you can distribute or sell to raise money for the ELIMINATE Project. This project helps the CKI Service partner UNICEF.  Service Chair Victoria Byrd

In this issue: Service Project Idea Awards Spotlight Icebreaker

Georgia District of Circle K International · www.georgiacirclek.org

April 2013

Fundraising Ideas

Recruitment Tip How to Play: Give the meeting participants access to large-scale index cards and markers.

Ask them to take 5–10 minutes to create a personal “trading card”— one that includes a self-portrait, a nickname for their “player,” and one thing about themselves that people in the meeting aren’t likely to know. Have the players pass the trading cards around the room in no particular manner or order. Tell them to read each trading card that falls into their hands and hold onto one they might ask a question about. Ask for volunteers to read their player’s name and nickname and then to ask that person a question related to the little-known fact on his card. Let the player who was chosen elaborate on the question he was asked. The player can then opt to ask the person whose card he’s holding a question, or he can pass and you can request another volunteer. Keeping going around until the players appear to be sufficiently warmed up. But try to keep the play at or less than 15 minutes long.  Lt. Governor Christine Mayfield

The semester is quickly coming to an end, so it is time to begin creating a recruitment plan for the summer and fall seasons. For the summer, the biggest opportunity to recruit will be during the orientation of the incoming freshman. Most college campuses host an organizations fair during the freshman orientation so you should contact your school’s division of Student Affairs for the procedure for participating in the fair. However, if your school doesn’t host an organizations fair, don’t give up, instead you can put up fliers and brochures around campus with detailed descriptions of your club and events.

The summer recruitment period is also a good time to begin advertising any events you have coming up in the fall. And instead of hosting regular meetings at the beginning of the semester, it is a great idea to host a couple of social events (i.e. ice cream parties) and an informational meeting. This will give you an opportunity to show the potential members how awesome your club is and why they should also join.  Lt. Governor Simi Oludare

Kiwanis-family fundraisers Lock-in: Rent out a local recreation center or reserve your school gym and joining the local Key Club to be “locked in” for the night. Each participant pays an entrance fee. Having fun activities including sports, videos, music, and talent will hold the interest of those locked in.

For those who just cannot stay awake, be sure to have gender-designated rooms for resting.

And of course, don’t for get the chaperones.

Yard Work and Odd Jobs: Host a yard work or odd jobs auction. Members who are willing to spend the day raking, sweeping, collecting, painting, and cleaning can be auctioned off to the highest-bidding Kiwanians.  District Treasurer Virginia Byrd

Georgia District of Circle K International · www.georgiacirclek.org

April 2013