Gator K-Munication University of Florida Circle K International Volume 13, Issue 9
Table of Contents
Table of Contents 2 Table of Contents 3 Monthly Welcome 4-5 Member Spotlight 6 - 10 DCON 11 - 12 Member Induction 13 - 19 March Recap 20 Picture of the Month 21 - 25 Shout Outs
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Hey besties, I can't believe I've reached the end of my term. I'm excited to see where Emily, your 2022-2023 Editor, will take this position, but I am so sad that this is the last newsletter I get to release. I wanted to thank each of you for taking the time to read my newsletters, send in shout outs, and participate in many other ways. I love you all, and happy reading! :) Gator K-Munication
Monthly Welcome
Monthly Welcome "Hey everyone. My name is Alexia Walker. I am currently serving as your service chair along with Rachel Eloy. It's been an amazing experience helping to do what CKI does best: giving back to our community. Its been fun and rewarding work, and I am so glad that I was able to be apart of CKI in that way. We're approaching the last leg of this semester, so I wish you all the best with your studies and your exams. I am graduating this semester, so I know how hectic everything can get and how much stress you can easily fall under, so please never forget to stop and smell the roses; take care of yourselves. Before you know it, your time as a student will be over, so make sure to experience all that you can here at UF. Don't miss out on those beautiful things that can't be seen or touched, but felt with the heart. Enjoy the rest of this awesome newsletter!"
Here are some movies that Alexia recommends! Pretty Woman (1990) Over the Moon (2020) Your Name (2016) The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity (2020) The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) Volume 13, Issue 9
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Member Spotlight
New Member Spotlight JoJo Scurry JoJo is a first-year student who joined our CKI family this semester. She joined CKI because she "thought it would be good to do community service and a nice way to meet people." So far, her favorite memory was when some of our members had their own Led Zeppelin show in the parking lot after getting locked out of the Santa Fe Planetarium. Fast Facts: Major: History Favorite Tenet: Fellowship Favorite TV Show: Seinfeld Favorite Food: Pizza What she enjoys in her free time: Playing softball
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Member Spotlight
Returning Member Spotlight Isabelle Southern Isabelle is a third-year student who joined CKI during our COVID year. She loves to see how much of an impact we have on our community. Her favorite memory is "meeting Albert and Alberta at the volleyball game. Kendall wanted to meet them so bad and right when she left and had the pretzel incident (rip) Albert and Alberta came and sat down right next to us." Fast Facts: Major: Sustainability and the Built Environment Minors: Environmental Science and Anthropology Favorite Tenet: Service Favorite Artists: Tangerine and Led Zeppelin Hobbies: Traveling! Volume 13, Issue 9
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DCON
DCON This month we went to Daytona Beach for our annual District Convention, planned by immediate past Conventions Chair, Amber Morgan. At the end of the service year, clubs from all across Florida and the Cayman Islands come together for a grand celebration. Here is a recap of our weekend at DCON!
We started our weekend with an Opening Session on Friday night. We heard introductions from members of the Florida District of Circle K and Kiwanis International. Later that night, District Board candidates caucused, answering any questions that CKI members had. We ended our night with a competitive game of Jeopardy for our fellowship activity. Page 6
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DCON
We started our Saturday with a morning of service. The majority of us volunteered at Derbyshire Food Pantry, assisting them with various tasks around their property.
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DCON
Later, we attended the House of Delegates where we elected our new District Board. Congratulations to District Governor Anthony Perez from UCF and District Secretary Madison Burt from our home club!
After House of Delegates, we had lunch on the beach sponsored by the Florida CKI Alumni Association. We also attended a series of workshops before free time.
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DCON
During our free time, most of us went on a club trip to Buc-ee's! This is where we bought our matching St. Patrick's day shirts that we wore at our themed meeting! This was a highly anticipated portion of our day.
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DCON
Finally, we ended our weekend at DCON with banquet and awards! We won a ton of awards including: Outstanding President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Editor; Outstanding Club Member; Outstanding K-Fam Relations; Club T-Shirt; Total Club Achievement; and Florida District of CKI Club of the Year!
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Member Induction
Member Induction After missing out on two years of inductions due to COVID, both new members and old-new members were finally inducted! Patrick Rougraff, 2019-2020 UF CKI President, even made a special appearance to induct members from the 2019-2020 and 20202021 school years!
Our old-new members from the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school years were finally inducted! Volume 13, Issue 9
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Member Induction
Our new members from this year were inducted as well! The EBoard and I are beyond proud and impressed by your dedication to this club. We are so excited to see where CKI takes you! Page 12
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March Recap
March Recap Although Spring Break cut this month a bit short, we still had tons of service opportunities, socials, and other fun events! March 3 Child Advocacy Center Wild Game Feast We helped work the Wild Game Feast event, which benefits our community's youth and elderly by raising funds for park projects. March 4-6 DCON We went to DCON!
March 15 Rock Painting We decorated rocks with CKIthemed messages that we later distributed throughout campus.
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March Recap
March 16 St. Patrick's Day GBM We decked out in green and, most importantly, our Buc-ee's shirts to celebrate St. Patrick's Day!
March 16 SweetBerries After the meeting, we had ice cream at SweetBerries, a social planned by Nick, the socials shadow!
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March Recap
March 18 Days for Girls We helped assemble feminine products for girls who would otherwise miss school during their periods. March 18 World's Greatest Baby Shower We joined our local Kiwanis International club, assisting them with their annual World's Greatest Baby Shower event. All care packages will be handed out to new and expecting mothers! March 19 CKI Olympics We went to Flavet Field where we participated in our annual CKI Olympic Games!
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March Recap
March 20 Adopt-A-Street As always, we had our monthly Adopt-A-Street cleanup where we picked up trash along the street!
March 20 Try-A-Coffee-Shop After Adopt-A-Street, we grabbed coffee with some local Kiwanians at Kava Gator.
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March 22 Baseball Game Social We supported our baseball boys in their midweek game against Bethune-Cookman! March 23 Bento Fundraiser After the meeting, we had dinner at Bento to support Philanthropy's Relay For Life fundraiser!
March 24 Boba Social For our monthly boba social, we tried Tyummi Cafe, a new Gainesville boba shop! This was also a crossover event between Recruitment and Socials.
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March Recap
March 25 Chomp Cancer Carnival We helped run carnival games, made cards for hospital patients, and worked food tables at the Chomp Cancer Carnival in Plaza of the Americas. March 26 Kanapaha Botanical Gardens We volunteered at our local botanical garden, helping to remove exotic and invasive species. March 26 Bob Ross Painting This month, we had another Bob Ross fundraiser, where we followed along with Bob Ross-led instructional videos to create our masterpieces.
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March 26 Led Zeppelin Laser Show We went to the Santa Fe Planetarium to view their Led Zeppelin laser show!
March 28 School Supply Shopping We bought school supplies for elementary school students in Gaineville!
March 29 Chalking We chalked in the North Lawn area in front of Reitz, advertising and spreading information about our club!
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Picture of the Month
March Picture of the Month
"Love is real. <3" Thank you Jason for your submission!
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Shout Outs
Shout Outs Shout outs are a way to show your appreciation for literally anything inside or outside of CKI! Send in your shout outs to ufcki.org! shout out to each and every one of you who participated in and read my newsletters throughout my term. you guys mean the world to me, and getting to serve as your editor was the best decision i could have made. lots of love - alex Shout out to Shanyn for getting accepted into UF’s PhD program (at the Baseball social btw)!!!! SO PROUD! - Destyni Weiss Shout out to Rachel Eloy for winning Member of the Year award at DCON! - Destyni Weiss
Shout out to Deanna for being the best predecessor!!! - Madison Burt
A final shout out to everyone for such a great CKI year - Your Current President
Shout out to Olivia, the only barista that continually goes out of their way to get my name wrong - Aidan
Shoutout to Sam for holding this club together this year and putting up with me as VP. Happy retirement, old. - Olivia
Shoutout to Alex for putting together these newsletters and capturing the memories!
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Shout Outs
Shout out to Jason and Kyle for planning the CKI Olympics! They did a wonderful job :) - Amy Shout out to UF CKI for being THE BEST CKI :) - Destyni Weiss shoutout to Alex for all her amazing work on the newsletter this year. I hope to follow in your footsteps, queen - Emily Shoutout to the Senior E-Board and committee chairs! All the best going forward in your new chapter of life. Nick H Shoutout to my successor and little, Rachel! You're going to slay as VP this year, and I'm so lucky that I get to be here to see it!!! Olivia Shout out to all the new members (and the returning) that got inducted this month :) - Destyni Weiss Shout out to olivia for saying hi to me at dcon!! Hope you had a great birthday :) Shoutout to our new District Secretary, Madison! - Nick H
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To my twin Madison and my mom Selin for making sure I attend fun events and always making me feel better :)! - Olivia Packham To my twin Madison and my mom Selin for making sure I attend fun events and always making me feel better :)! - Olivia Packham Shout out to Amber for planning a great DCON! Shoutout to Ailish for slaying as secretary this year. You are a truly incredible bestie. Happy retirement, old. - Olivia
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Shout Outs
Shoutout to Alex for being such an awesome Editor and for being my amazing CKI family head! - Archana T. Shoutout to Kendall for being the absolute money queen this year. I genuinely could never. Happy retirement, bestie. - Olivia Shout to Madison for being elected as District Secretary! Congrats and you’ll do amazing! - Amber Morgan Shout out to Ailish for being the best nominator! - Madison Burt Shout out to ADORE, the best new e-board
Shoutout to Tracy for giving me the book :) - Nick H Shout-out to Amber for planning a great DCON! Shoutout to Alex for creating awesome newsletters this year. Love you, bestie! - Olivia Shout out to Buc-ee! Shoutout to Kendall’s PB and Jelly Jason shout out to adore. i know yall are gonna kill it this coming year. live to slay, love to slay - alex shoutout to my new eboard besties who are going to absolutely kill it!! ailish Shoutout to the new e-board.!!! I'm so exciting to work with y'all this year! - Olivia
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Shout Outs
Shout out to our 2021-2022 E-board for winning EVERY award at DCON. Y’all slayed - Destyni Weiss shoutout to my old eboard besties shoutout to ASOKA, forever and for an amazing year - ailish always in my heart - kendall shoutout to this year’s E-board for Shoutout to the old e-board! We making this year of CKI so much fun slayed this year. Happy retirement!!! and welcoming:) cannot wait to see Olivia you all SLAY the real world!! isabelle southern shout out to my asoka besties. it's really the end of an era :( i love yall. we slayed this year - alex
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Shout out to ASOKA, the best outgoing e-board
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ASOKA 5ever <3
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