January Issue
Table of contents Upcoming Dates Message from the Editor SERVICE Ronald McDonald House Kiwanis Thrift Sale Naturethon Winter Stonefly Search LEADERSHIP Mass Meeting Upcoming District Events CKIx FELLOWSHIP Trivia Night Quote of the month:
Tell the truth, work hard, and come to dinner on time -Gerald
Ford
The Megaphone
Letter From the Editor Welcome back to campus and the Winter 2019 semester! Those past couple months were FULL of amazing service, especially CKSD! We also inducted lots of new members, and our club is brimming with good energy. I hope you enjoyed your break and holiday; we all need a good rest sometimes! Winter semester is always crazy busy with fun Circle K events, so check out the calendar to see what’s what. I can’t wait to meet all the new members joining us too, can’t you? It’s an exciting time to be in our club, so stay involved, stay motivated, and most of all, stay happy!
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Kellee Upcoming dates Lovepit 2/2 Committee Olympics 2/8 Serve-a-thon 2/16 LEADcon 2/24
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Ritisha and the boys at campus farm
Service
Ronald mcDonald house
By Melissa Zhou Internal Vice President For the past four years, I’ve been volunteering at Ronald McDonald House Charities Ann Arbor whose mission is to provided a home away from home for families with children that are either experiencing serious illness or receiving treatment at local area hospitals like Mott’s Children’s Hospital. At the project, we partner up with the Ann Arbor Western Kiwanians to cook up a warm meal for the families residing there. It’s a great opportunity to be able to help the families relax and not worry about cooking their next meal, as well as converse with them over donated pie from Grand Traverse Company.
Kiwanis thrift Sale a n n a r b o r K i w a n i s ’ b i g g e s t f u n d r a i s e r
By Secretary Jaylene Gutierrez The Kiwanis thrift sale encompasses what it means to make a difference through Kiwanis. The best part about volunteering at the thrift sale is you get to build relationships with our sponsoring Kiwanians as well as get to know the people in the community. My favorite part of the thrift sale is getting to be at the beginning of a ripple effect. While it may not seem like sorting through items does a lot, it gives our members perspective on how small tasks can add up to have a larger impact on the community and our partner organizations.
NATURETHON
By environment Committee Chair Sonia lee Naturethon is an annual competition held by the Environment committee of Circle K to get members to participate in more Environment-related service projects and spend time volunteering outdoors during the winter months. We will have one individual winner and one committee winner by the end of March - the individual will get a gift card to a restaurant, and the winning committee will get pizza at their meeting from Environment. All members of Circle K can participate in Naturethon - just attend any Environment project on the calendar. Our projects are in green, and they include Stewardship Workdays through Washtenaw Parks & Rec and the City of Ann Arbor, Campus Farm, Tantre Farm, Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum Workdays, and Leuk’s Landing. You can track your Naturethon hours and see the standings by going to the Naturethon tab at the top of our website. If you have any question, feel free to reach out to Sonia at sonialee@umich.edu!
Winter Stonefly Search
By steven cho Charity awareness committee chair Recently, Circle K volunteered with the Huron River Water Shed Council in their project to monitor the health of nearby water sources! On this cold wintery day, 5 UM Circle K’ers braved the cold to dig through river silt and search for stone flies! These small creatures are great indicators of the river’s health and can be used to see how the urbanization of the southeast Michigan region affects the Huron River! Even though it was really cold and that I definitely couldn’t feel my toes after the project, it was great to be able to spend the day outside and not cooped up in my room studying!
Leadership
Mass meeting a
Winter 2019
This winter’s mass meeting was a hit among old members and potential new members. LT and committee members alike showed up to exude their passion for Circle K to UM students interested in joining our club. After the meeting, members participated in the “Service Social,” where they either made pony bean keychains, plarn, or dog toys. These small scale, hands-on projects still make an impact, and are a fun and relaxing way to keep members engaged.
Lovepit
Hosted by umich February 2019 Lovepit is the Michigan District’s third event of the Circle K year, held annually in either January or February. One club from the district is chosen to host Lovepit each year, and the event is held in that college’s home town. This day service-social event generally includes icebreakers, service projects, dinner, fundraisers, and games. This year’s Lovepit is being hosted at our school, and the theme is “The Recipe for Service.” Keeping with theme, all funds that will be raised will go to Food Gatherer’s in Ann Arbor! Roopa Gorur, Diana Yassin, and Skylar Gleason have been planning Lovepit since the summer, so it’s sure to be a hit! Look forward to projects of all sorts, a workshop by a Ginsberg faculty member, and food-related fundraisers!.
District Convention Coming up this March 2019 COWGIRLS & COWBOYS ____________________
WANTED
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TO MOSEY ON OUT TO NORTHWOOD UNIVERSITY FOR A ROOTIN' TOOTIN' GOOD TIME ON MARCH 22nd - 24th
2019 SADDLE UP
FOR SERVICE
Activities include: •Service projects in the local area •Several games, activities, and small scale service projects •Great workshops! •Delicious meals throughout the weekend •Elections for the new District Board •A ballroom dance •Awards ceremonies •A chance to meet members of the Kiwanis Family •And more!
The biggest event of the year for the MICKI is our District Convention (DCON)! Each year, one of the district clubs hosts a weekend of service, leadership, and fellowship at a local hotel and celebrate a year of great progress and plan for another! DCON is the perfect weekend to meet new Circle K members and have a great time!
International convention And don’t forget to start saving for‌
Fellowship
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n i g h9/6 t Trivia night was one of my favorite memories of being in Circle K because I was able connect with even more people in the club, and the event was so well organized!
Gabby Young, Children’s Committee Chair
All the trivia teams had a great time competing. Congrats to the Authoritarian Aardvarks on their big win! Better luck next time to the rest of the teams J
Contact us! Skylar Gleason President skygleas@umich.edu
Melissa Zhou Internal Vice President mvzhou@umich.edu
Alyssa Schmidt External Vice President schmidal@umich.edu
Jaylene Gutierrez Secretary jayleneg@umich.edu
Justin Cadarette Treasurer
Kellee Byard Bulletin Editor kelbyard@umich.edu
Treasurer.mcirclek@gmail.com
The mission of the University of Michigan Circle K is to develop Leaders with a lifelong commitment to service