October 2018 IssueIssue September 2018
TABLE OF CONTENTS Upcoming Dates Message from the Editor SERVICE Walk to End Alzheimer's Circle 5K Trick or Can LEADERSHIP Committee Lock-In Fall Rally FELLOWSHIP Alumni Tailgate MSU Cider Mill Social Quote of the month:
You don't build a bond without being present. - James Earl Jones
The Megaphone
Letter From the Editor Hello everyone! I hope you all have had a spooktacular October .This was another awesome month of service, and just exemplifies what our organization is capable of. We’ve done some pretty amazing projects, but also have had a ton of fun together. It’s exciting meeting all the new members, especially within the committee system, and also to become better friends with returning members too! We truly enjoy our time spent together as a club here at Circle K, and making the hard work a great experience. I can’t wait to see what comes next, especially with CKSD just around the corner.
-Kellee
Upcoming dates Kiwanis Meet and Greet 11/1 CKSD 11/10-11/11 Inductions 11/29
Keep up with our social media
see our committee’s crazy costumes
Service
Walk to End Alzheimer’s 10/7 The Elderly Outreach committee spent many hours during the summer and the month of September to raise money for the Walk to End Alzheimer’s. On October 7th, all their hard work culminated during the actual walk. The money Circle K raised will be used to further research on curing and treating Alzheimer’s. Check out the walk’s participants, Jamie Hunter, Vanessa Dinh, and Michael Ivey, below!
Circle 5k 10/21
The Circle 5K changed it up this year: it took place during the fall rather than the spring. Participants wove their way around campus following the route established by Ariana Yea and Sonia Lee, chairs of Health and Wellness and Environment committees, respectively. Volunteers at every turn kept runners on the right path. In the end, Premnath Shenoy (of the Children’s committee) took first place. This project is full of fun, athleticism, and gives Circle K members some healthy competition.
Trick or Can 10/31 Trick or Can is a tradition for the Circle K at the University of Michigan. Members look forward to it every year! Each Halloween the Hunger and Housing committee plans this service event, working tirelessly throughout the fall to put together driving routes. Circle K members then embark on a journey of service around Ann Arbor, “trick-or-treating� for canned goods from our realadult neighbors. Everyone dresses up and has a spooky time, and all of the food is donated to Food Gatherers, a local food bank.
Other October service
Top: Volunteers at the College Application Help Night helping high school students. Right: Oshadi Caldera playing with a cat at Crafty Cat!
Left: Gabriella Ries snuggling one of the cats at Leuk’s Landing! Right: Jamie Hunter cuddling a kitten at Crafty Cat Rescue.
Leadership
Committee Lock-in 10/5 The committee lock in was a great way to reconnect with members that I met last year, and to make new friends with some new members! I had a blast cookie decorating, rock-paperscissors playing, and competing with my fellow committee members. – Kate Amidon, Environment committee member
Top right: Health and Wellness Top left: Fundraising Middle top: Kiwanis Family Relations Middle bottom: Hunger and Housing Bottom left: Technology Bottom right: L.E.A.D.
Top right: International Awareness and Empowerment + Charity Awareness Top left: Environment Middle left: Children’s Bottom left: Executive Board Middle Right: Elderly Outreach Bottom right: Historian
Fall rally 10/19-10/21 by Environment committee member Autumn McGuffie
I loved Fall Rally because it allowed me to meet and do service with so many people from other Circle K clubs from across the state. I loved the theme also because we all got to know each other through playing various games and it was such a great weekend!
Top left: GVSU and UM’s Circle K members pose together. Middle left: Northwood’s Emily Levy and UM’s Autumn McGuffie Bottom left: UM’s Kellee Byard, Skylar Gleason, and Justin Cadarette at Camp Ohiyesa Right: Emily and Autumn with one of the camp’s many animals!
Fellowship
Alumni Tailgate 10/6 Fall picnic 9/6 Top left: Skylar Gleason with former CK members Steven McCarty and Caroline Grahek Bottom left: Current CK members enjoying snacks! Bottom right: Current members Kellee Byard and Autumn McGuffie with immediate past president Jill Davidson in the middle.
The alumni tailgate was super fun as always! It’s great to see the alums and hear all of the awesome things they have done since graduation and how CK has continued to impact their lives. And of course I enjoyed the array of bagels provided by the Historian committee because carbs are the root of joy. – Skylar Gleason, Circle K President
MSU Cider Mill Social 10/7 For the MSU social, we drove to Uncle Johns Cider Mill and met up with Circle K members from all over Michigan’s colleges. We did a corn maze, barely squeezed on a hayride, and we enjoyed cider and donuts together. This was a super fun experience for me because I got to meet up with friends from Key Club that I hadn’t seen in a long time, and it was super eye-opening to see the reach of Circle K and meet more people involved in it from all over!
Above: Finbar Hurley from GVSU and Justin Cadarette eating some sweet treats!
By Fundraising committee member Kirsten Birman
Top: Jaylene Gutierrez and Jacob Kedroske enjoying some apples. Bottom: (from left to right) Jaylene Gutierrez, Courtney Beauchamp, Kirsten Birman, Jacob Kedroske, and Justin Cadarette gather around a pumpkin.
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
