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Everything you need to know about

LSSP + ICON 2012

LSSP is 4 amazing days of service and fellowship. With over 20 service projects LSSP is a great way to give back to the host city of our convention. At LSSP you are separated into groups or teams and your are assigned to projects al over New Orleans. Getting separated with people you don’t know makes you nervous? Well don’t be! Everyone who has gone to LSSP will they you that one of the most memorable experience they had at LSSP was meeting all the new people from around the country! Not only will you make everlasting friendships while doing service, but this year we will be working on a Habitat for Humanity build with all of CKI! Ask yourself “Why am I in CKI” What is your answer? Hopefully you said “to SERVE!” So come on down to New Orleans for some amazing service with amazing people!

LSSP Registration Information Early bird registration

US$100

(on or before May 1)

Regular registration

US$150

(May 2 to June 1)

On-site registration

US$200

(after June 2)

Register Online http://www.formstack.com/forms/Kiwanis-2012LSSPregistration

LSSP 2012

What is Large Scale Service Project?

Why should I go?

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20 things to do at LSSP!

LSSP 2012 In 2011, 200 people came to Virginia Beach, VA to do community

service prior to the convention. These members did approximately 3,700 hours of service to the community. CKI LSSP will have over 20 projects all over New Orleans and this year we are proud to announce that Circle K International will assist in a Habitat for Humanity build. This will be the first time that CKI LSSP will do a project together as ONE. Can you imagine the shear strength and will power of 200+ students? I can’t either! You’ll just have to come to New Orleans and find out!

Lauren Perkins (Texas-Oklahoma) “LSSP is 3 days where you get to do nothing but service with your friends from all over the world.

It is the perfect precursor to ICON and the perfect chance to remind ourselves and our host city what we’re all about: Service.”

Danielle Sammut (New Jersey) ”It wasn’t until I went to LSSP did I realize just how big Circle K International really is. Being with over a hundred like-minded people, dedicated to helping the community is a life-changing experience. You truly learn the power of a team in helping to change the world.”

Allison Prisco (Texas-Oklahoma) My favorite thing about LSSP is getting to serve our host city with members from different CKI clubs”

Robert Accera (New Jersey)

“LSSP allows you to forget about the hustle and bustle of life back at home and just focus on the tenant of service and fellowship during the amazing three day event...you get to meet amazing people from all over the CKI and actually get to know them and serve alongside of them. It is a much needed amazing few days after a maybe stressful year of school work!”

Your Name Here (Go to LSSP) “Where is your inspirational story? LSSP can be your life changing story. Come to New Orleans and see what the party is about!”

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LSSP’s inspirationals!

ICON is 3 days of amazing guest speakers, workshops, and district spirit! After learning from inspirational guest speakers, taking idea churning workshops, experiencing the volatile international house of delegates, witnesses democracy take place as we vote in our new international board, and trying to win the spirit stick for your the MIGHTY SOUTHWEST DISTRICT! you will leave New Orleans a completely new person. You think the small SWD won’t make a difference? Well you’re dead wrong! In 2010 the SWD won the spirit stick not once but twice! I would like to also mention that we should have won it in 2011 too, but you know . . . everyone needs to get the trophy at least once, apparently. Come to ICON and have a blast!

ICON Registration Information Early bird registration

US$195

(on or before May 1)

Regular registration

US$250

(May 2 to June 1)

On-site registration

US$300

(after June 2)

Register Online http://www.formstack.com/forms/Kiwanis-2012ckiregistration

ICON 2012

What is International Convention?

Why should I go?

ICON 2012

Guess who’s coming to ICON 2012!

Lauren Potter will keynote the

CKI Leadership Luncheon! She portrays the character Becky Jackson, a cheerleader with Down syndrome, on the TV show Glee. In November 2011, President Obama appointed Lauren to the President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities, where she advises the White House on issues related to that population.

Potter was born May 10, 1990, in Inland Empire, California. She graduated from Polytechnic High School in Riverside, California, and is studying at Irvine Valley College in Irvine, California, as of Fall 2011.

Kiwanis International will be joining us in New Orleans! For the first time in

our history Kiwanis International and Circle K International will be hosting their respective international conventions in the same city at the same time. While Kiwanis will be across the street in their own hotel, they have graciously invited CKIers to their amazing events at a discount. We will even help organize their first ever ELIMINATE walk. Kiwanis ICON is a quite a spectacle too as over 1000 registrants will fill the area.

Adrian Perez-Valenzuela “I like the nerdy stuff. I love being part of the changes to CKI. I also love the district spirit at the roll call”

Omar Perez “One of my favorite moments was trying to get Nicole Martinez to keep her eyes open when taking pictures”

Ale Gaytan “my favorite thing about ICON is the politics and the funny shows and team spirit”

Nicole Martinez “ICON really inspired me when I saw several hundred other students from around the world that wanted to help their communities just as much as I do”

Erin Lin “I love that I get to meet people from all over the world”

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ICON’s favorite moments!

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How to get to New Orleans • Fly of course Average cost: $300-$500 round trip The longer you wait to get your plane tickets the more you’ll pay!

• Take a long drive Average time: 19-24 hours While driving make take long time, it could save you and your club tons of money. Depending on what kind of car you have, you can get to NOLA and back for only $500! Divide the cost between your driving buddies and four people can get to ICON for less than $150 each! Be careful to share driving responsibilities, don’t do it alone.

Things to Know: Travel

Things to Know • Flying to New Orleans?

Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (25 mins from hotel)

Air-to-Hotel Shuttle $20/per person $36/per person (round trip) Taxi-to-Hotel $33/ride

• When should I get to New Orleans?

When booking flights and driving use the following guide LSSP: Arrive to the hotel no later than 3:00PM - Sunday, June 24th ICON: Arrive to the hotel no later than

12:00PM - Wednesday, June 27th

• Rooming with the Southwest District To lower costs, the Southwest has booked several rooms to share among the district. Be sure to add yourself to the “Room List” to ensure your spot and guarantee that rooms are filled to capacity in order to minimize costs to you.

Things to Know • How much will my stay cost?

When calculating costs use the following guide. Prices are based on a room capacity of 4 people.

LSSP: Sunday, June 24th - Wednesday, June 27th 3 nights = $108/per person ICON: Wednesday, June 27th - Sunday, July 1st

4 Nights = $144/per person

Things to Know: Housing

The Westin Canal Place New Orleans 100 Rue Iberville New Orleans, LA 70130

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Sleeping in Style!

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Get important updates about LSSP/ICON! • Facebook

“Southwest District CKI” Facebook page

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Southwest-District-CKI/110979718936854

“Southwest goes to New Orleans” Facebook event page http://www.facebook.com/events/330102420391040/

“Southwest goes to New Orleans” Facebook group

Things to Know: Keep Me Updated!

http://www.facebook.com/groups/364207466949342/

•Room List

“Southwest District Goes to New Orleans Room List”

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JNBSVgVM3exWNIdXoR6_kA0EpS1_ SwKiNXPsImV2IDE/edit

• Circle K International

LSSP information and registration www.circlek.org/lssp

http://www.formstack.com/forms/Kiwanis-2012LSSPregistration

ICON information and registration www.circlek.org/convention http://www.formstack.com/forms/Kiwanis-2012ckiregistration

Book your LSSP and ICON hotel room online

https://www.starwoodmeeting.com/StarGroupsWeb/booking/reservation?i d=1202236191&key=EC252

rLEaNs O W E N N i O D tHiNGs tO

1. People Watch in the French Quarter

From tourists and tarot card readers to mimes and street musicians, some of the best people watching anywhere can be found in the French Quarter.

2. Walk Our Historic Districts

The New Orleans Garden District is a stunning architectural museum and very different from the Old World architecture you can experience in the French Quarter. Visit The Preservation Resource Center at 923 Tchoupitoulas Street for free exhibits, maps of all New Orleans’ National Historic Districts and more.

3. Get Jazzed

Stroll Bourbon, Frenchmen and Fulton streets at night, when live music pours out into the street. There are also lots of street musicians in the Quarter on any given day. Take it in.

4. Go to a Festival!

Like breathing, listening to music is free in New Orleans. Enjoy one of the many free festivals in the city including Mardi Gras, French Quarter Fest, Po-Boy Fest, Vieux-to-Do, Satchmo SummerFest and more. Come out and play!

5. Visit the Jean Lafitte National Park

The Visitor Center at 419 Decatur Street, in the French Quarter, shares the fascinating history and unique traditions of the city and the delta through exhibits and film.

6. Enjoy New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park

Learn about the history and culture of New Orleans jazz at the visitor center at 916 N. Peters Street. Enjoy free rangerled demonstrations, walks and talks, video documentaries and live music.

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Things to Know: New Orleans!

Charm is free, and New Orleans has more than its fair share. Below is a list of things you can do to keep your vacation budget in check. Mardi Gras may be called “the greatest free show on Earth,” but it’s not the only free show in town.

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25 free things to do in New Orleans

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25 free things to do in New Orleans 7. take a Jazz History Walking tour

Explore six New Orleans neighborhoods and their connection to jazz history. Self-guided maps highlight venues, businesses and homes of New Orleans music history. Download free maps at www.nps.gov/jazz/historyculture/places.htm.

8. Experience Our Parks

Jog, picnic, fly a kite or just sunbathe in Woldenberg Park, Audubon Park or City Park, home of the Dueling Oaks, where matters of honor were settled by gentlemen in days gone by.

Things to Know: New Orleans

9. Go to Market

Stroll the famous open-air French Market or visit the local art markets in Mid-City, Bywater and Palmer Park. Find out why New Orleans was named No. 1 in the country for flea markets in a CNN TravelandLeisure.com poll.

10. art about town

See artists at work in Jackson Square. Check out the galleries in the French Quarter, the Arts District, the French Market and on Magazine Street.

11. Be Moved by Our spectacular Churches

Pause and reflect at historic landmarks such as breathtaking St. Louis Cathedral, Our Lady of Guadalupe or St. Augustine.

12. Go Gallery Hopping

The Newcomb Art Gallery is a small gem of a museum filled with metal work, embroidery and world-renowned Newcomb Pottery. The Historic New Orleans Collection and the Williams Research Center in the French Quarter also offer free exhibits you won’t want to miss.

13. Discover the sidney and Walda Besthoff sculpture Garden One of the most impressive collections of contemporary sculpture in America. Meandering footpaths and pedestrian bridges guide you to more than 50 masterworks set among reflecting lagoons, magnolias and Spanish-moss-laden oaks.

14. Gather at the Piazza d’italia

Come admire the Piazza d’Italia, a monument to New Orleans’ Italian-American community.

Designed by renowned architect Charles Moore, the piazza gained notoriety as a symbol of late Post-Modernism. Adjacent to the piazza is the American Italian Renaissance Foundation Museum, which tells the history of Italian Americans in the Southeast.

15. Watch the Waters Dance at spanish Plaza

Spain dedicated this plaza in 1976 to the City of New Orleans in remembrance of their common historical past and as a pledge of fraternity in the future. At its focal point is a fountain surrounded by the seals of the provinces of Spain.

16. Call on Old Man river

Take the free ferry to Algiers or take in the views from the Moon Walk, Riverwalk or Woldenberg Park.

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17. View Our statues (and We’re Not talking Mimes)

Andrew Jackson, Robert E. Lee, Louis Armstrong, Mother River, Ignatius Reilly from A Confederacy of Dunces—all have been immortalized in New Orleans.

18. Catch the Fun at the Germaine Cazenave Wells Mardi Gras Museum

This museum in Arnaud’s Restaurant at 813 Rue Bienville is free and open to the public during restaurant hours. The collection of Carnival court gowns, costumes and other memorabilia provides a rare glimpse of the private side of Mardi Gras.

21. Go on a rock ‘n’ roll tour

22. tailgate at the Louisiana superdome

The Superdome is the largest fixed-domed structure in the world. More Super Bowls have been played at the Louisiana Superdome than at any other sports facility. Visitors are invited to take a walk around the exterior or enjoy a tailgating party before a game.

23. stroll Down Historic Exchange alley

19. take Yourself on a Literary tour

See where Tennessee Williams (722 Toulouse), William Faulkner (624 Pirate’s Alley), Truman Capote (711 Royal), Thornton Wilder (623 Bourbon) Walker Percy (1820 Milan) and Anne Rice (1239 First) lived.

20. Visit Haunted French Quarter sites

Call on Brennan’s Restaurant at 417 Royal, said to be haunted by three ghosts, including the chef who created bananas Foster; Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carré at 616 St. Peter, where several ghosts have been spotted, including the actress Caroline; and 734 Royal, where the spirit of Julie walks across the roof between midnight and dawn, only during the month of December. Grab a brochure on haunted New Orleans and create your own tour.

At the corner of Canal and Exchange Alley once sat the first motion picture theater in the United States, Vitascope Hall. The building at 111 Exchange Place has a rare cast-iron front. Lee Harvey Oswald lived at 126 Exchange Place and often hung out in the Pool Hall below his apartment. Come see it all.

24. read the Famous Door

Dating back to 1934, The Famous Door is the oldest live music club still in business on Bourbon Street.

Many celebrities and musicians have autographed the front door of the club—everyone from Desi Arnaz to Walt Disney.

25. Be a “Voluntourist”

Outside of the traditional tourist centers in New Orleans you’ll find many neighbors still recovering from Hurricane Katrina. If you have time, we encourage you to spend a couple of hours helping out. Those who do find the experience to be an enriching one. For volunteer opportunities with Habitat For Humanity, Rebuilding Together and other organizations, visit NewOrleansOnline.com or NewOrleansInfo.com.

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Things to Know: New Orleans!

Visit 1208 Caffin Avenue, the home of Fats Domino; 838 N. Rampart, the former J & M Studio where Little Richard recorded “Tutti-Frutti” and “Good Golly Miss Molly;” 826–830 St. Louis, purported to be the House of the Rising Sun; and 1500 N. Claiborne Avenue, the location of the Ernie K-Doe Mother-in-Law Lounge. There’s more than jazz history in New Orleans. Come explore it.

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LSSP schedule (subject to change) At A Glance Sunday, June 24 3-7 PM Attendees Arrive Dinner (on your own) LSSP Opening Session Fellowship

Monday, June 25 Service Projects LSSP Presentations Fellowship

Tuesday, June 26 Service Projects LSSP Presentations Fellowship

Wednesday, June 27 Early Service Projects Closing Session

Things to Know: LSSP Schedule

• Sunday June 24

3:00-7:00 LSSP Participant Arrival/Hotel Check-in 4:00-7:00 LSSP Registration

5:30-7:30 Dinner (on your own)

7:00-8:30 LSSP Opening Session/Fellowship

• Monday June 25

7:00-8:30 Breakfast

8:30-5:30 Service Projects (w/ lunch)

5:30-7:30 Dinner (on your own) 7:30-10:00 LSSP Presentations/Fellowship

• Tuesday June 26

7:00-8:30 8:30-5:30 5:30-7:30 7:30-10:00 L

Breakfast Service Projects (w/ lunch) Dinner (on your own) LSSP Presentations/Fellowship

• Wednesday June 27

7:00-8:30 Breakfast 8:30-11:30 Service Project

11:30-1:30 Lunch (on your own)

12:00-6:00 ICON Registration

6:00-7:15 Dinner (on your own)

10:00-11:00 LSSP Closing Session

At A Glance Wednesday, June 27 Registration Opens Service Fair Opening Session

Thursday, June 28 Eliminate Walk Caucusing House of Delegates District Dinners

Friday, June 29 Caucusing (2) General Session Workshop Sessions Honors Night Dance to Eliminate

Saturday, June 30 House of Delegates (2) Leadership Luncheon Workshop Sessions Closing Session

12:00-6:00 Registration Table Resolution Submission

Contest Drop-off Delegation Certification K-Family Store

4:00-6:00 Opening Reception/Service Fair

6:00-7:15 Dinner (on your own) 7:30-9:30 Opening Session

• Thursday June 28

6:00-8:00 Breakfast (on your own) ELIMINATE Walk

7:00-6:00 Registration Table Delegation Certification K-Family Store

9:00-11:30 Caucus Round 1

11:30-1:00 Talent Show Auditions

11:30-1:30 Lunch (on your own) Delegation Certification

2:00-4:00 Kiwanis ICON Opening Session

5:00-6:30 House of Delegates Session 1

7:00-10:00 Dinner (on your own)

Things to Know: ICON Schedule

• Wedenesday June 27

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ICON schedule (subject to change) • Friday June 29

Things to Know: ICON Schedule

6:00-7:00 Breakfast (on your own)

7:00-6:00 Registration Desk Opens

7:00-9:00 Caucus Round 2

9:30-11:20 General Session (Service)

9:30-11:30 Meet the Candidates

11:30-1:00 Lunch (on your own) $45 Eliminate Luncheon*

1:30-2:20 Workshops (Round 1)

2:30-3:20 Workshops (Round 2)

3:30-4:20 Workshops (Round 3)

4:30-5:20 Workshops (Round 4)

5:30-7:30 Dinner (on your own) 8:00-10:00 Honors Night

10:00-12:00 Dance to Eliminate

• Saturday June 30

7:00-2:00 Registration Desk Opens

7:00-8:00 Breakfast (on your own)

8:00-11:30 House of Delegates 2 11:30-1:00 Leadership Luncheon

2:00-3:20 Workshops (Round 5)

3:30-4:20 Workshops (Round 6)

3:30-5:20 CKI Alumni Welcome (Class of ‘12) 5:30-6:30 Closing Session

• Sunday July 1

8:00-9:30

9:30-12:00

Board Transition Breakfast New Board Orientation

The ICON Package is your all inclusive spirit and District Lunch package! When it comes district spirit, no one does it better than the Mighty Southwest! This package includes spirit essentials such as a T-shirt, chili pepper hat, southwest beads, glasses, and MUCH MORE! Not only will this package include spirit materials, it will also include a district lunch! Don’t miss out on this opportunity to unite with the SWD. We need to win our spirit stick back!!!!

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Things to Know: ICON Package 2012

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SOUTHWEST goes to NEW ORLEANS For any questions or more information, contact us!

On-to-International Convention (OTIC) Chairperson Adrian Perez-Valenzuela cki.adr@gmail.com (505) 363-3924 District Governor Omar Perez operez.cki@gmail.com (505) 553-9721

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Special thanks to the New Jersey District and their AMAZING OTIC CHAIR Jennifer Hsieh! This publication was completely inspired by her excellent “2012 New Jersey Goes to LSSP/ICON” article! Some people might even say I down right stole from her! . . . . LIES!!!! . . . Maybe not.