Southwest Sun | November 2015

Southwest Sun NOVEMBER 2015

VOLUME 4 | ISSUE 8

TABLE OF CONTENTS A WORD FROM . . . . . . . . pg 3 FALL RALLY . . . . . . . . . . . . pg 4 TRUSTEE UPDATE . . . . . . . . pg 6 SWD SHIRTS . . . . . . . . . . . .pg 7 ELIMINATE . . . . . . . . . . . . pg 8 SERVICE SCOOP . . . . . . . pg 9 MOTM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg 13 DCON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg 14 NOVEMBER . . . . . . . . . . pg 15 CALENDER . . . . . . . . . . . pg 15 CONTACTS . . . . . . . . . . pg 16

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a word from your

GOVERNOR

Hey there mighty Southwest, Can you believe it is the end of the semester already??

I hope you have enjoyed your semester of service, leadership, and fellowship. In just a few short weeks we are off to a new year and there is lots of exciting things coming your way. Starting January I will be making my club visits and get to see you and serve with your home club. In February I will be welcoming you all to my home town of Tucson, Arizona for our 2016 District Convention. Follow this link to learn more about registering for DCON. Have a safe and relaxing winter break, and we will see you in 2016!

Yours In Service,

Ava Red

a word from your

BULLETIN EDITOR

I hope your finals have been going well! Mine have been, questionable. As I scramble with school, shirts, and life, I hope you can forgive me for skipping last month. I hope you love this vamped edition of the Sun, and it’s a nice read to distract you from exams!

Stay Spicy,

Banna Tesfay

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In Mid-October, the Southwest District of CKI packed up their bags and gave up their internet to spend a weekend at our very own Kamp Kiwanis in New Mexico. Demigods from schools all around our district join together in service, leadership, and pure good company of one another, joining the Southwest Kiwanis with their Kiwanis Clean-Up. CKIers were split up into houses of their Greek God parent, and developed great teamwork skills throughout the weekend with their families, from three-legged dog races to building a tower to Mount Olympus.

Not only did we have an amazing turnout with our district, we had our very own International Trustee

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Jenny Park and International Vice President Jessica Davis join us, having the chance to bond with new members and get a taste of the desert.

With the help of over sixty Kiwanis Family members, CKI was able to put in the most hours and dedication for the Kiwanis Clean Up than ever seen before.

From chopping wood, marking trails, and cleaning basements, CKI proved that service goes a long way if you’re willing to get your hands dirty.

In between horse-stealing, merry-go-rounding, star-gazing, and never-ending icebreakers, it was a worthwhile weekend. To watch a recap video from our very own Technology Chair Anyssa Iwamoto, check it our HERE.

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Happy Holidays, Southwest!

With December almost done and January around the corner it’s time to start thinking about next year’s CKI term.

January 1st will be the opening for registration to events such as CKIx [61st International Convention + 16th Large Scale Service Project] as well as the release of the 2016 Leadership Academy web-page. With your District Convention coming up in February, I highly encourage you all to consider attending such events this summer. Whether it’s your first or your last year in our amazing club, International events are simply unforgettable and I hope I will be fortunate enough to see you all there. In the meantime, I look forward to seeing all of your warm smiles very soon.

For any questions about events, resources, or fundraising don’t hesitate to shoot me a message or email at subregionb@circlek.org.

Jenny Park

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Southwest CKI “Not Just A Gas Station� T-shirts!

Have you heard? Southwest CKI is selling limited edition t-shirts! Ever get tired of people getting this amazing service organization mixed with the kings of 79 cent Polar Pops? Well, worry no more!

Southwest CKI is selling these one-of-a-kind t-shirts for all members of the Kiwanis family (or possibly Circle K Gas Station enthusiasts) for only twelve dollars each! Want it shipped? We do that too, for only three dollars extra!

Designed and made by the Southwest District, you will never get a shirt like this anywhere else! So show your love for this amazing organization by ordering now! There are only a limited supply, and with already half sold out, you might want to act fast!

To order, click HERE! Accepted payment is Venmo.

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ELIMINATE CHALLENGE

GOVERNOR AVA HAS A CHALLENGE! Do you see these beautiful locks of hair right here? Here’s hoping they’ll be a cute bob by DCON, because Ava has a mission for this district! If we can raise $500 or more collectively for the Eliminate Project come District Convention, Governor Ava will cut off and donate her hair! That’s right, CUT IT ALL OFF. So get to thinking up great fundraising ideas, because you don’t want to miss this!

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SERVICE SCOOP Southwest District Circle K International

December 2015

Finals Week Hey Southwest,

OUR PARTNERS

As many of you know, finals are just around the UNICEF (Eliminate) corner. Noting that, many people on campus are March of Dimes stressed out and on edge because of everything Up With People that is going on. With that being said, this presents an awesome opportunity for service at your Students Team Up To school. There are several different ways that you Fight Hunger could make an impact during this stressful time.

Better World Books Try hosting a stress-relief seminar/event or volLeading with Laughter unteering with any other organization doing finals survival activities on campus. Most importantly, though, good luck Southwest!

Contact Your Service Chairs Anika Faglie - Arizona (520)-220-6619

AnikaLynn247@live.com

Sab Moore - New Mexico (813)-731-5502 sabrinavmoore96@unm.edu

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Operation Christmas Child—GCU One of the amazing service events that GCU CKI participated in was Operation Christmas Child. They helped package over 400 boxes to be sent out to children 59 years old. Great job, GCU!

Leading with Laughter Just a reminder that we are still hoping to see clubs throughout the district participate in this service initiative. Noting that, if your club needs anything to host a project or participate, please let us know as we would love to help out!

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Ava’s Eliminate Support Eliminate Challenge

$500

As many of you know, Ava challenged us to raise $500 for Eliminate

by DCon. The prize if we do? Taking sharp scissors to her luscious locks of hair. Luckily for us, our district has already reached Ava’s goal, which means that one lucky club will be chopping off our governor’s hair. Way to go everybody!

$400 $300 $200 $100

Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF Keeping on the topic of Eliminate, October 31 was Halloween, or in Kiwanis terms, the official Trick-or-Treat for

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UNICEF day! University of Arizona

had a great run with this event, raising about $700 total for the Eliminate Project. If anybody else participated in this event please let us know—we’d love to hear your success story!

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January Is…

Toys for Tots For those of you who do not know, the Southwest District Key Club Governor’s project is Toys for Tots.

The upcoming holiday season offers plenty of opportunities to help out with this project. Partnering up with a local Key Club would be a great way to show our support for their projects and get some KFamily hours!

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Cervical Health Awareness Month Thyroid Awareness Month National Birth Defects Prevention National Radon Action Month

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MEMBERS OF THE MONTH NAU

Elaine Wong Elaine is our President and she is amazing!

She is always on top of planning service events, meetings and socials. She keeps us all grounded and focused while still being a peer. We couldn’t have a better leader, club member and friend. She is so involved in so much service and gives whenever she can. Thank you Elaine for all you do for NAU CKI!

Paulina Awuah

GCU

She has done a lot this past month, to helping plan different socials, and organizing kids day at the fair for our club.

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NOVEMBER AT A

glance

Active Members: 191 Service Hours this month: 1,177.75 The club with the highest total hours this month: GCU!

MARK YOUR

calenders

CKIx Registration Open: January 1st Leadership Academy Application: January 1st

SWD Kiwanis Mid Year: January 29th-31st CKI DCON: February 26th-28th

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CONTACT THE BOARD AVA RED GOVERNOR avared.cki@gmail.com JOSHUA MCGUIRE SECRETARY/LAWS & REG CHAIR propresenter96@gmail.com

ANYSSA IWAMOTO TECHNOLOGY CHAIR akiwamot@asu.edu JARED LOVELETTE RECRUITMENT/RETENTMENT CHAIR jared.lovelette@enmu.edu

TALA SLYE TREASURER slye39@live.com

ELIANA BELL NM K-FAMILY CHAIR eoterobell@unm.edu

BANNA TESFAY BULLETIN EDITOR bt363@nau.edu

ANNA LEE AZ K-FAMILY CHAIR 213.anna@gmail.com

LAMONTE MCDUFFIE KACHINA DIVISION LTG montemyles@gmail.com AUBREY RENAKER BAJA DIVISION LTG aubreyrenaker@email.arizona.edu TAYLOR ENGLEMAN ZIA DIVISION LTG tenglema@unm.edu WINDY ZACHEK DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR wzachek@oakcraft.com

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SAB MOORE SERVICE CO-CHAIR sabrinavmoore96@unm.edu ANIKA FAGLIE SERVICE CO-CHAIR anikalynn247@live.com MICHAEL ZIMMERMAN DCON TASK FORCE CHAIR mzimmerman1@email.arizona.edu ELAINE WONG FALL RALLY TASK FORCE CHAIR swdfallrally@gmail.com

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