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Adelphi University. LIU Post. Stonybrook University. Queens College. Vaughn College. St. John’s University.
(Left) NJCKI District Secretary, Dawn Kreder, and I at the AIDS Walk. (Right) NJCKI District Governor Shivam and LTG Brooke and I building the World’s Largest Sandcastle in Point Pleasant, NJ!
Volume 1. Issue 2
Calendar: Large Scale Service Project (LSSP) and International Convention (ICON) – 6/23 – 6/30 Vancouver, B.C. (LSSP followed by ICON)
3rd Annual K-Family Picnic – 8/25 Cunningham Park, Queens, NY
District Large Scale Service Project – 9/20-9/22 – location TBA New York Speaking – 10/8 – 10/10 Lake George, NY
District Convention – 3/14 – 3/16 Albany, NY (Hotel Albany)
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill
June
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Happy Summer NYCKI! I hope that everyone’s summer has been great so far and that you’re using this time to do what you enjoy while being as efficient as possible. What does being efficient mean? That definition is up to you to create. To me it simply means to do as much of everything as possible. This summer I will be traveling to Vancouver, Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Rochester, and making multiple trips to New Jersey. I will also be working at a summer camp twice a week and an internship at a Speech Therapy clinic for two days a week. On top of this I hope to do as much service as possible and to continue to communicate with as many members of the district as possible. I would like to emphasize my multiple trips to New Jersey. For the past few years many NYCKI members as well as myself have been talking to members of NJCKI. This past year a few clubs in my area stepped it up and built up our NJCKI-NYCKI relationship. While we all know that CKI extends beyond NY, this bond has allowed my club members to further grasp this concept. I’m so happy to see that we have such an equal relationship where they come to our events (like the AIDS walk) and we go to their events (World’s Largest Sandcastle Build). While I know that NJ may be a tad too far for everyone to travel to, I would like everyone to consider finding a club, division, district that is 1-3 hours away and making a visit. It’s always cool to see what other clubs are up to and let’s not forget the bonding you’ll get in the car ride to these places! Utilize the summer to travel as much as you can locally!
Fordham University. City College of New York. New York University. Columbia University. Hunter College.
Hudson Valley Community College. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. University at Albany. Russell Sage.
SUNY Geneseo. University at Rochester. SUNY Brockbport. Rochester Institute of Technology. University at Buffalo.
Hello everyone! My Name is Katrina Smith and I am very excited to serve as the executive assistant this year! This year I will be working you all of the vice presidents! I am originally from Syracuse but attend Elmira College for speech-language disabilities, with a dream to become an audiologist. I joined Circle K after being in Key Club, I have been very involved in my club over the past three years and it has had an amazing impact on my life. I hope to travel to all your clubs in this upcoming year and form a close relationship with all club vice presidents! You can contact me at Katrina.smith@nycirclek.com. Always remember “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others” - Mahatma Gandhi
Care to Be Aware: What is your club doing this service year? Have you been recording your acts of kindness? Tell us about it!
“We chose Hope 7 because it was an event that we had done in the past, but interest was small and I wanted to get more people to volunteer there and make it a focus. Hope 7 is an inexpensive/non-profit after school program for elementary school students in Troy. Some of the kids need extra attention so we can give them one to one tutoring if they need it.” – RPI New Paltz started the Healthy Kids program, Columbia is working with Lit!, Adelphi is working with Food Not Bombs, Elmira is working with the Southside Community Center.
Let our NYCKI Projects Chair (Stephanie.iacona@nycirclek.org) know what your club is up to!
Member of the Month Spotlight – April! Each month, the club officers report a Member of the Month to us through the Monthly Report Forms and I will highlight these members each newsletter. These members have gone “above and beyond” and shown extreme dedicate to service, leadership and fellowship within their clubs.
Sarah Goderie – Russell Sage Heyeon Park – RPI Andrew Brya – Hudson Valley Community College Nichole Tsigakos – University at Albany Chandanie Persaud, Mariana Terranova, Kiran Tak – Queens College (they couldn’t pick just one!) Tricia Gorman – Utica College Lan Nguyen – New York University Stephanie Leverone – LIU Post Alex Laird – St. Lawrence
Congratulations and thank you for making a difference in your communities and clubs!
Did you or your Circle K friend graduate this semester? Congratulations! Are you upset that you/your friend will no longer be a Circle K member? Join the Circle K Alumni as a means to stay involved with the organization!
Check out http://circlek.org/alumni for more info!
Syracuse University. Utica College. SUNY Potsdam. St. Lawrence University. Clarkson University
Cornell University. Hartwick College. Ithaca College. Elmira College. SUNY Binghamton. Niagara University.