Official Nevada Circle K Newsletter
January 2018
University of Nevada, Reno
vol5 iss3
CONTENTS
A letter from the editor Hello Nevada Circle K,
Introduction………………………...1-2 Letter from the Editor Message from the President Winter Tumblr Horoscopes Service……………………………….3-5
Pumpkin Palooza JUSTin Hope’s Christmas Party Leadership………………………….6-7 Nevada CKI Website Fellowship…………………………. 8 - 9 White Elephant Christmas Party
It’s winter time so go grab your favorite blanket, favorite hot drink, favorite fireplace and snuggle up with your favorite newsletter! This newsletter will be a short recap of all the fun events our club has been a part of. It’ll even help you plan ahead for the upcoming months so you can figure out how you’re going to make this next semester as jam-packed as possible! I hope you guys enjoy reading it as much as the committee and I had making it. I can’t wait to see you all once next semester starts!
Recognition……………………….10-13
Stars of the Semester Star for the Month of September, October, November
A Letter from the President Hello Nevada CKI,
Kiwanis Family……………………14-15 Kiwanis Bike Shop Division-District News…………...16-18 Capital Webinar Series CKI North Resources…………………………19-23 Calendars of Events Board Officer Contacts Newsletter Credits
How was your winter break? Welcome back to school and I hope your semester has been going well so far! I am super excited to see you all coming out to CKI events again and can't wait to meet all the new faces in our club this year. We have a bunch of exciting events coming up like our welcome week events, DogFest, CKI 101/Game Night, etc. as well as club committees coming back (even with a new committee this year), new families, and a lot more! So definitely stay tuned and active in our club to see all that we have to offer and see our ASTROLOGY in CKI With warm wishes, Numfon Vilay :D
Fall Tumblr Horoscopes A collection of horoscopes that I found online. Some serious and some playful
Service
Pumpkin Palooza Lydia Navarrete | Technology Chair | UNR Circle K
The 6th Annual Pumpkin Palooza was held in Victorian Square on Sunday, October 22nd from 11am 5pm. This event aims to raise awareness and funds for the Northern Nevada Center for Independent Living, which helps people living with disabilities. The event has many vendors that come to sell food and goods as well as midway games, face painting, and crafts for children and their families. Nevada CKI has been volunteering at this event for over 3 years. We help by setting up and taking down booths and games, running midway games, and giving prizes. This event attracts over 11,000 visitors from the local community and is only made possible by the help of many volunteers.
JUSTin Hope’s Christmas Family Party Lydia Navarrete | Technology Chair | UNR Circle K
The JUSTin HOPE Foundation is an organization that aims to help Northern Nevada families with children that have Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and other neurodevelopmental disorders. The Christmas Party is an annual event where children get to meet and take pictures with Mr. and Mrs. Clause, choose several gifts, participate in crafts, and eat some snacks. Volunteers helped to set-up and clean-up the event, which took place at a local fire station on Friday, October 15th. Volunteers also helped to check in guests, give out raffle tickets, and help children pick out their gifts. It was a really great event for our local community.
Leadership â—?
University of Nevada, Reno Circle K Website Lydia Navarrete | Technology Chair | UNR Circle K
CKI unveiled their new website this semester and a fresh new design. The website has a lot of information about getting involved in our three tenets of service, leadership, and fellowship. Stay updated with our goal tracker to see how many hours we’ve achieved towards our goals and take a look at the members we highlight for being outstanding each month. Take a look at all the great pictures and videos we take at our events too! Students looking for information about Circle K International, the CalNev-Ha district, or capital division can find useful information and helpful links. Need to sign up for an event? No problem! Our calendar as well as the sign-up sheet are conveniently located under the calendar tab. If you need to fill out a form, missed the last meeting, or are confused about our many acronyms, you can find it all in the resources tab! Visit us today at https://tinyurl.com/UNRCKI.
Fellowship
White Elephant Party Raelynn Dela Cruz | Historian | UNR Circle K
At the end of the fall semester, Circle K’s White Elephant took place after the general meeting held on December 6, 2017. This is one of the meetings members look forward to, because not only do they get to walk away with a present (or a lump of coal…), they get to share the joy of the holidays with their fellow members! This is an exciting time where everyone has the chance to interact with one another before the start of winter break. White Elephant is an event similar to Secret Santa, where members all bring a wrapped present to make them anonymous, receive a number, and open them in order. The catch here is that any of the items that have already been opened can potentially be stolen up to 3 times when it is one’s turn! It is up to both strategy and luck for people to nab the items in most demand, and end up with them permanently. This time around, there were a few heated blankets and a CrockPot up for grabs, so can imagine how intense the scene was! Despite anything that happened and whatever the members received that night, the holidays are about spending time with those you love, and that’s exactly what they got to do. But it doesn’t hurt to get something a little nice every now and then!
Recognition
Aboard Officers of the Semester
Rendell Lopez
Scott Le
Star of the Semester Tim Stone Grade: Senior/ 3rd year
Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Bio Fave thing about CKI: Making new amazing friends New Year’s Resolution: To learn and grow and be more rounded outside of school
Stars of the Month September - Michael Se Grade: 3rd year Major: Biomedical engineering Fave thing about CKI: Service!!! New Year’s Resolution: To be a better version of myself everyday... Idk lol
October - Jing Yin Grade: 3rd year Major: Biomedical engineering Fave thing about CKI: Service!!! New Year’s Resolution: To be a better version of myself everyday... Idk lol
November - Scott Gerald Grade: 3rd year Major: Biomedical engineering Fave thing about CKI: Service!!! New Year’s Resolution: To be a better version of myself everyday... Idk lol
Officers of the Month September - Lydia Navarrete Position: Technology Chair Major: Biomedical engineering Fave thing about CKI: Service!!! New Year’s Resolution: To be a better version of myself everyday... Idk lol
October - Daniel Theerasin Position: Kiwanis Family Chair Major: Neuroscience Fave thing about CKI: The people and giving back to the community New Year’s Resolution: make money, friends, and not die.
November - Lauro Solomo Position: MD&E Chair Major: Biomedical engineering Fave thing about CKI: Service!!! New Year’s Resolution: To be a better version of myself everyday... Idk lol
Kiwanis
Family
Sparks Kiwanis Bike Shop Daniel Theerasin | Kiwanis Family Chair | UNR Circle K
Every other Friday the club volunteers at the Sparks Kiwanis Bike Shop. The Kiwanis Bike Shop is a non-profit whose goal is to offer free to low-cost bikes for kids in the Reno/ Sparks community. They also hold a variety of educational events geared towards bike and road safety. Our job as Circle K-ers is to offer assistance to our fellow Kiwanians whenever necessary. On our most recent trip, we were in charge of stripping the old bikes. This means that we would inspect the donated bikes and only keep the parts we needed. We probably went through at least 20 different bikes tearing apart wheels, and handles, and seats! With these parts they will assemble new books to give out to the community. We always love volunteering with the Sparks Kiwanians because they always make us feel special and always remind us of the huge impact that we are making for the kids in our communities.
International District Division
Capital Division Webinar Series:
Taking Over the World on a Budget Mickey Rosal | Public Relations Chair | UNR Circle K With the help of my wonderful Vice President of Administration, Shirley Siu, we held a fun and informative workshop entitled Taking Over the World on a Budget. The workshop’s purpose was to educate college students how easy and affordable traveling could be. We tackled a range of subjects including how to buy cheap airplane tickets, picking a location, a packing list to name just a few. I love how the Capital Division is setting up these webinars to educate their members. What is also really cool is how these webinars are available to everyone including non-CKI members. I had some friends from Japan listen in too! I think my favorite part about the whole presentation was when I made a slip-up when I was talking and accidentally said I brought a 12-ft long sandwich onto the airplane when in reality it was a 12-inch sandwich. The comment section was hilarious and someone even photoshopped a picture of me holding a 12--ft long sandwich in an airplane. If you would like to listen to the webinar, you can find a recording of it in the Capital Division Youtube page!
Capital Division Webinar Series:
CKI North Tre Soultz | Treasurer | UNR Circle K
Crazy Kompetition for Infants North took place on October 7th this year in Tahoe Park, California. It was an experience to remember with over 200 Circle K members from multiple divisions within the CNH District. Crazy Komp for Infants is basically an annual large scale event where Circle K’ers participate in team events to help raise funds for the Pediatric Prevention Program (PTP) which works to prevent unintentional physical trauma from affecting children under the age of 12 through education and research on better safety methods and protective gear. The comradery you find with other Circle K members is truly unbelievable at these kind of large scale events and really goes to show the reach and support our organization has for others inside and out of our community. My favorite part of this event is getting to go out and physically interact with other members in out district. Being from UNR we don’t get to see/meet other members from out of state as much as we would like and district events like these are what brings us all together and truly makes us a whole.
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Don’t get lost in space!! Contact any of our officers for any questions or details (contact info on next page)!!
ELECTED BOARD CONTACTS
President Numfon Vilay
VP of Administration Shirley Siu
VP of Service Joey Pontillas
Secretary Joan Casabar
president@nevadacki.com
vpadmin@nevadacki.com
vpservice@nevadacki.com
secretary@nevadacki.com
Treasurer Tre Soultz
Lieutenant Governor David Ngo
District Governor Lawrence Sahagun
International Trustee Jennifer Que
treasurer@nevadacki.com
capital@cnhcirclek.org
governor@cnhcirclek.org
subregionb@cnhcirclek.org
PLEDGE:
“I pledge to uphold the objects of Circle K International, to foster compassion and goodwill toward others through service and leadership, to develop my abilities and the abilities of all people, and to dedicate myself to the realization of mankind’s potential.”
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Resources
APPOINTED BOARD CONTACTS
Membership Development & Education Lauro Solomo
Large Scale Fundraising Scott Le fundraising@nevadacki.com
Historian Raelynn de la Cruz
Spirit & Socials Calvin Lu
historian@nevadacki.com
spirit.social@nevadacki.com
membership@nevadacki.com
Kiwanis Family Daniel Theerasin
Technology Lydia Navarrete-Galvan
Public Relations Mickey Rosal
Single Service Sarah Ko
kiwanisfamily@nevadacki.com
technology@nevadacki.com
pr@nevadacki.com
singleservice@nevadacki.com
Small Scale Fundraising Rendell Lopez
Faculty Advisor Derek Furukawa
Kiwanis Advisor Tom Leahy
fundraising@nevadacki.com
dfurukawa@unr.edu
leahy891@cs.com
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A Special Thanks To: The 2017 - 2018 Board for helping me gather articles and pictures for my newsletter of my term. Without them none of this would be possible. Thank you for allowing me to be your PR chair even though I am in another country. Article Submissions
Lydia Galvan Raelynn Dela Cruz Tre Soultz Daniel Theerasin Numfon Vilay
Pictures Raelynn de la Cruz | Historian
Micah Soga | Photographer
Micah Soga | Officer Portraits
‌and other web contributors!
University of Nevada, Reno