September 2017 Southwest Sun

SEPTEMBER 2017

VOLUME 6 | ISSUE 6

2 A WORD FROM………..…………. 3-4 TRUSTEE UPDATES……...….……... 5 ASSISTANT DAS…………………… 6 K-FAMILY KATCH…….……..……. 7 LIVE, LOVE, LEAD……………....... 8 SUB-B SUPERSTARS……………….. 9 SERVICE SPOTLIGHT…..……...….. 10 DISTRICT PROJECT…..……...….... 11 WASH PROJECT……...…...……… 12 DUES 101…………….…......……... 13 CLUB BUILDING…...……………... 14

INTL. COMMITTEE SPOTLIGHTS…. 15 A NOTE FROM YOUR IVP……….. 16 INTEREST ARTICLE…..…………..… 17 SOUTHWEST SUNSHINES……...…. 18 JULY AT A GLANCE…..……….... 19 FALL RALLY………………………... 20 UPCOMING EVENTS..………....… 21 SOUTHWEST SOCKS……………… 22 DISTRICT CHANTS…..…………..... 23 CONTACTS…………………...…… 24

CKI Mission “Developing college and university students into a global network of responsible citizens and leaders with a lifelong commitment to service”

a word from your

Hey Ponies!

By now most (if not all) of us have returned to campus life, and hopefully, CKI! Noting that, I am more excited than ever to see all of the awesome service projects you engage with over the coming semester!

On that note, I am always seeking ideas for service projects, K-Family events, interclubs, and outstanding club members to spotlight on our social media or in our monthly bulletin. If you ever have an idea you’d like to share, please reach out! You can email me at AnikaLynn247@live.com or add me on Facebook (Anika Lynn) and message me there!

I hope to hear from you soon!

-Anika Faglie

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4 Hey Southwest!

I hope you are having a great start to your semester and that you are taking care of yourselves!

I am happy to announce that Fall Rally registration is now live!!! Get a clue for service at this year's childhood mystery themed Fall Rally from October 20 to 22nd at Kamp Kiwans in Vanderwagen, New Mexico!

There will be games, a movie and pj night, and a murder mystery dinner! Fall Rally's main focus is fellowship, and many members have cited it as being what made them fall in love with CKI. Plus, we will hosting international president Justin Crofoot at the event! Don't miss out on your chance to attend! Early bird registration ends October 6th, and full price registration goes until the event. I hope to see you all there!

Also coming up on the horizon is CKI week! This year, CKI will be having a celebration week that highlights both our service partners/preferred charities AND our lovely Kiwanis Family! Be sure to start planning out your service projects now, as I hope to see each and every club engaging with CKI week! If you want help coming up with an idea for your club, feel free to reach out!

If you are interested in getting to know our Subregion better, check out CNH's upcoming events! Crazy Kompetition for Infants is an annual event where teams from across CNH raise money for the Pediatric Trauma Program by competing in mini-games and relays. The event happens regionally; Crazy Kompetition for Infants North is October 7th in Sacramento, CA, and their South event is October 14th in Stanton, CA. You can also check out CNH's Fall Training Conference, which will be filled with workshops, games, spirit battles, skits, and talent acts. It will be November 3-5th in Sonora, CA. While formal applications for district chairs are now closed, if you are interested in serving as our district's service co-chair or as part of the fundraising committee, send me an e-mail and we can talk about how to proceed with applying.

Want to know more about Fall Rally or CKI Week? Have ideas for the year? Just want to chat? The next governor’s fireside chat will be Sunday, September 24th at 7:30 pm AZ time! It will be held via Google Hangouts at the following link https://hangouts.google.com/hangouts/_/asu.edu/firesidechat .

Come to share ideas, ask questions, or just chat with me! I am looking forward to seeing you there!

Feel free to contact me at any time for any reason! Whether you have questions, comments, ideas, or just want to say hi, I'm only a short message away!

Stay Spicy, Southwest!

Laura Belmont

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Banna Tesfay HEY SOUTHWEST!

It's been another eventful month serving you all. First, I'd like to thank you for being patient with us and Kiwanis International as we transitioned the Membership Update Center. But thankfully, it's now up and ready to go! So clubs can go in and update this last month's MRF, and even go back and update past months' information.

WASH Circle K is proud to be working with UNICEF again to push for clean and safe drinking water to the people of Haiti! Circle K has a five-year pledge with UNICEF to assist in the WASH project! Want to more about WASH? We have more information on our website, at www.circlek.org/wash, including a new video! And if you'd like any resources to use for clubs, we have a drive that was given to our district board that you can request from!

Trick Or Treat for UNICEF TOT for UNICEF is back and better than ever! This year, and for the next few years, CKI will donate all TOT funds to the WASH project! Clubs that participated last year will automatically be mailed a kit of 25 boxes in early September. The list of these clubs can be found here. New clubs or clubs needing more than 25 boxes can pre-order up to 200 boxes (8 kits) through this link. Boxes will be shipped once they are available in early September.

Subregion Updates The next event is, of course, SW CKI Fall Rally! Invitations will be sent out to other districts to come attend our event, so let your CKI friends know! In the meantime, some great events coming up are three CNH ones: Krazy Competition North and South, in Northern and Southern California. And Fall Training Conference, November 3rd-5th! I'm attending FTC this year, so chat with me about attending! All events needs to be approved by both districts' administrators, so be sure to check out their website for event info to plan accordingly.

I hope all of you are getting into the right gears this beginning of the semester. If you ever need to chat, distress, or vent, I am always here for you! Just find me on any social media, or send me an email, and we can chat. And don't forget to add the Subregion B page on Facebook!

-Banna Tesfay

6 KATIE MERRILL Arizona Katie Merrill is an Assistant Administrator. She lives in Phoenix, Arizona, where she works as a Music Educator at a K-8 elementary school in downtown. Katie teaches general music, choir, band and strings. Katie started her K-Family journey in Builder’s Club in Silver City, NM. She would go on to be in Key Club at Silver High School and serve as Vice President, President, and on the district board as Lt. Governor. In college Katie chartered a CKI at Eastern New Mexico University. She served as President twice, Lt. Governor twice, and Governor. She is also a Leadership Academy Graduate. After graduation, Katie immediately joined the SWD Young Professionals eKiwanis Club and is serving as President for the 2017/18 term. She is also a member of the Key Club District Administrator team and oversees the planning of District Convention. Katie is thrilled to be joining the CKI Administrator team.

JAMES PHELPS New Mexico James Phelps has been a Kiwanian for 9 years. In addition to being a Past President for his club, he is also the Current Division 3 Lieutenant Governor. James also works for the new Mexico Legislature as a Tour Guide. He is happy to be able to help the children of the world and to work with the leaders of Southwest District CKI as one of our assistant District Administrators.

K-FAMILY KATCH

The Kiwanis de Amigos club from Tucson, AZ hosted their annual Rattlesnake Run in early September. This event, which U of A CKI volunteered at, is an annual cross country event for middle schoolers. It was a smashing success as all of the teams had fun, exhibited strong sportsmanship, and enjoyed the run!

A proud member of the Kiwanis Family, Aktion club is the only existing service club for adults with disabilities.

This group attracts members from various community groups and organizations and has over 12,000 members worldwide. All of these members strive to fulfill Aktion club’s motto, “where development has no disability.”

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LIVE LOVE LEAD

LEADER

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ship

Leadership is like a boat in many ways. First, you can’t really man a ship alone. In the same way, leadership isn’t a single-person activity.

Leaders, especially servant leaders, should always work alongside their team, or crew, for the betterment of the ship as a whole. In this sense, the leader may be the captain of the ship and steer it’s direction, but a leader alone cannot help the ship successfully sail its course. Keep this in mind as we continue our journey of leadership, and be sure to always collaborate with your crew when sailing through the seas of service!

SUBREGION B

superstars On September 1-3, Rocky Mountain District rounded up their members for their Fall Retreat. This retreat, which took place in Estes Park, Colorado, consisted of a great weekend of fellowship, service, and leadership! Not only that, but RMD was the first district in Sub B to host their fall retreat!

In early August, CNH Circle K released the first issue of the 57th Volume of The Sunburst! This issue included updates on clubs within the district, a recap of Spring Training Conference, and a farewell letter from Sub B Trustee Jennifer Que. The link to their newsletter can be found here: http://www.cnhcirclek.org/ news/sunburst-volume-57-issue-1/. We look forward to future issues!

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10 SERVICE SPOTLIGHT

Early in September, U of A CKI kicked off their by volunteering at Ben’s Bells, a Tucsonfounded nonprofit designed to promote peace and positivity throughout the community, Way to go, U of A!

NAU Circle K’s first event of the year was the Prescott March of Dimes Walk, which aimed to support children who were born premature. It was especially awesome since March of Dimes is one of CKI’s Service Partners!

JCI is a global movement that strives to promote peace, foster change, and empower young adults to create a better world. JCI will be hosting its 2017 World Congress from November 6-10 in the Netherlands. JCI also coordinates the global Peace is Possible Campaign, which is designed to promote ideas of peace and unity.

11 St. Baldrick’s Foundation

$0 Total Governor Laura

$5,000

Secretary Cody

$4,000

LTG. Michael

Service Chair Evelynn

Laws & Reg Chair Selena

$3,000 $2,000

$1,000

DONATE TO

St. Baldrick’s foundation works with leading pediatric oncologists to fund research towards curing childhood cancer.

The 2017-2018 SWD CKI Board selected this as our District Project as it is a new CKI Service Project and is special to Governor Laura Belmont. Now, we are raising money as a District to see members “Brave the Shave” at DCon 2018!

This year, I hope that we as a district can raise $5,000 (or more!) for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, and I will be shaving my head if we reach that goal as part of a Brave the Shave event.

12 CKI’s New Service Initiative

WATER. SANITATION. HYGIENE. Similar to the Eliminate Project before it, WASH it CKI’s new service initiative with UNICEF. This initiate aims to improve the water, sanitation, and hygiene conditions for millions of children across the globe, to reduce their risk of contracting preventable diseases.

13 “It’s All About the Money” This year, your District and International dues can be paid at any time online through the Membership Update Center, which will be up and running after September 5th. If you want to pay before then, you should be able to contact member services to pay!

International Dues ·

4 Year Institution with 5,000+ students = $600 (minimum of 20 members)

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4 Year Institution with <5,000 students = $450 (minimum of 15 members)

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2 Year Institution Per Capita Gross National Income of $10,000+ = $300

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2 Year Institution Per Capita Gross National Income <$10,000 = $150

District Dues ·

$8 each official member has to pay each term

Dues Deadlines ·

October 1st = Early Bird Deadline

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November 1st = Regular Deadline

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November 30th = Last day to pay dues before suspension

Building

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Recruitment season is upon us and while club building may be a daunting task, it is very rewarding and will allow your club to reach new heights!

1. SOCIALIZE Make sure that you are starting conversations with potential members— become their friends and make them feel welcome! Learn important facts about them and host unofficial socials (like a club lunch date) to make them feel welcome. Don’t just be a leader, be a friend too.

2. KNOW HOW TO TALK Students will go through 5 phases of decision when picking an organization.

Know how to promote the club based on all 5 of these!

1. They will consider YOU 2. The student will consider the ORGANIZATION 3. They will consider the BENEFITS 4. The student will consider the PRICE 5. They will consider TIMELINE

3. HAVE FUN AND BE POSITIVE If you aren’t having a good time, then your members won’t have a good time either. Make CKI as fun as can be! You can even plan events where non-members can participate. If you don’t keep a positive attitude, then club building will be even harder.

If you take anything out of this, it should be that you should personalize and socialize. Make CKI your own and make it a place where people can come together to serve, lead, and make new friends. If people see the effort you are making, you are bound to see new members eager to start their journey with the largest student-run service organization in the world!

-Michael Zimmerman, LTG

15 Sara Al-Midany JCI Ambassador

Laura Belmont Service Committee Secretary

Anika Faglie K-Family Committee Chair

Elizabeth Quinlan Governing Docs

Banna Tesfay M&M Committee Secretary

16 A NOTE FROM YOUR

International Vice- President Hello, Southwest! If I haven't had the pleasure of meeting you, my name is Eric Yan and I am serving as your International President this year. A little about myself, I am a senior studying finance and economics at the University of Texas at Austin. I enjoy photography and doing outdoor activities. One of my main duties this year is to oversee the committees. We have some great leaders and committee members this year, including your very own Elizabeth Quinlan, Anika Lynn, and Laura Belmont! This year, we are really putting a focus on our committees because they are an essential part of our organization. We want to be able to collaborate more and publish more resources so we can better serve you!

There are so many exciting things to look forward to this year. Here are just a few. This year, we are going to officially kick off our new partnership with UNICEF called WASH. WASH is a program that will allow us to bring Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene to our preselected region in Haiti. In addition, CKI Celebration Week is October 22nd-28th and we are planning lots of exciting things for you all so be on the lookout! This year, I would like to feature more member generated content from members like you. So, if you have a project, a member, or something that your club does really well (recruiting, getting involved with K-fam counterparts) that you would like me to feature, feel free to shoot me an email!

If you ever need anything, feel free to email me or check out the video updates on the Circle K International Facebook page!

Eric Yan

Interest Article

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CODYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S MURDER -SOLVING DOG BITES District Secretary Cody Little is currently working on his honors thesis to pursue forensic anthropology. His specific area of interest is taphonomy, which is the processes that affect a body between time of death and time of discovery. Examples include fires, weather, animals, and human interference.

His primary question for the thesis is whether the damage to bones is from natural causes or from when the person was killed. Essentially, this means are the bones damaged due to bite marks from animal scavengers or are they from human interference.

To answer this question, Cody is creating a profile to distinguish between the two issues. Working with volunteer dogs and an ASU forensic anthropologist, he is reviewing the bone damage caused by dogs to the bone damage caused by tools, knives, or other instruments on sample bones.

Overall, Cody is doing a great job in pursuing his passion.

Who knows, maybe Southwest has the future Temperance Brennan on our District Board! Way to go, Cody!

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GCU| ROSAURA CARRILLO Rosaura is always providing feedback to improve CKI. When needed, she takes initiative and always shows determination in her role. Her dedication and hard work have been shown throughout her term as a board member.

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glance

93 Club with Most Service Hours

Total Service Hours

NAU

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On October 20-22, CKI members from all across the District will gather at Kamp Kiwanis to “Get a Clue for Service.”

Fall Rally, Southwest’s annual Fall event, is a district-wide social and service based event. Some things you can look forward to this year include games, educational tabling, delicious food, and plenty of opportunities to serve!

Check out our social media and website for more information about the event and registration. We can’t wait to see you there!

Save the Date

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SWD CKI FALL RALLY October 20-22

Kamp Kiwanis

SWD CKI LSSP

January 20

Show Low Area

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socks Southwest is currently hosting a fundraiser where we are selling snazzy Southwestthemed socks for only $12. Reach out to District Fundraising Chair Luke for more information!

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24 LAURA BELMONT GOVERNOR lbelmon1@asu.edu

ANIKA FAGLIE K-FAMILY CHAIR AnikaLynn247@live.com

CODY LITTLE SECRETARY contactingcody@gmail.com

ELIZABETH KWAN SERVICE CO-CHAIR Lilkwan.ek@gmail.com

SARA AL-MIDANY TREASURER saraalmid@unm.edu

VACANT SERVICE CO-CHAIR

ANIKA FAGLIE BULLETIN EDITOR AnikaLynn247@live.com AUBREY RENAKER LTG-AT-LARGE—RETENTION aubreyrenaker@gmail.com MICHAEL ZIMMERMAN LTG-AT-LARGE—RECRUITMENT mzimmerman1@email.arizona.edu CHANTEL LEON UA CLUB PRESIDENT ccleon@email.arizona.edu NAM TRAN ASU CLUB PRESIDENT trannam2015@gmail.com SARAH CRISCUOLO UNM CLUB PRESIDENT sncriscuolo@unm.edu ARRIEL PILAPIL GCU CLUB PRESIDENT arrielcatherine98@gmail.com ALLIE CHAVESTE NAU CLUB PRESIDENT arc385@nau.edu

VANESSA TSAI TECHNOLOGY CHAIR vtsai@unm.edu ELIZABETH KWAN D-CON CHAIR Lilkwan.ek@gmail.com

ELIZABETH KWAN FALL RALLY CHAIR Lilkwan.ek@gmail.com ELIZABETH QUINLAN HISTORIAN Elizabethquinlan@email.arizona.edu LUKE KACHELMEIER FUNDRAISING CHAIR lkachelmeier@unm.edu SELENA RICHARDSON LAWS AND REGULATIONS CHAIR srrichardson@unm.edu BOB CARSON DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR bcarson@zianet.com