“Run Blue to Beat It” Recap…..…….…………………….…….
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Key Leader 2015 Recap…...….…...…………………………….
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Membership Awareness Conference (MAC)………….…….
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Where in the WUM Are Your Mascots?..................................
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Midnight Masquerade Ad……....…………..…………………..
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Kiwanis Family Service Day (KFSD)….………………………….
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Preview and Registration Form
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The Tomorrow Fund………………………….……………………
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Apply for Assistant Chair Positions….…………………………..
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District Goals Updates……………………………………………
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Happygrams………………………………………………………..
Pages 17-18
Navigate Your Way: Upcoming Events……………………….
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Letter From the Editor…………………………………………….
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District Directory……………………………………………………
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On Sunday, September 27th, UW-Parkside Circle K hosted the “Run Blue to Beat It� 5K walk/run in order to raise Awareness of POTS and to raise funds for POTS Research. The event was family friendly and included: a welcome from Maria Patrizzi (President of UW-Parkside Circle K), a short speech from a local physician about POTS, and a reading of a Mayoral Proclamation from the city of Kenosha. After this, everyone gathered on the track and we started the walk/run with a balloon release of 170 blue balloons. All POTS patients present were at the starting line and broke the starting ribbon together. This event was a huge success with 165 registered attendees ranging in age from 9 months to 83 years old. This turn out allowed UW-Parkside Circle K to raise about $5,000 to be donated to Dysautonomia International specifically for research for POTS.
"I just wanted to say that this is beyond awesome!! It's very exciting to see that there is starting to be more awareness for POTS, which is much needed."
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Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome is a form of dysautonomia, a malfunction of the autonomic nervous system. While many people have never heard of it, POTS is not rare. Mayo Clinic researchers estimate that POTS impacts 1 out of 100 teens, and a total of 1-3 million Americans including adult onset patients, and millions more around the globe, making POTS more common than well-known conditions like multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease. The majority of people living with POTS are young women between ages 12 and 40, although older adults and males can be impacted too. POTS symptoms include tachycardia upon standing, blood pooling in the extremities, blood pressure dysregulation, fainting, dizziness, brain fog, lack of concentration, dilated pupils which cause a sensitivity to light and frequent migraines, chest pains, shortness of breath, gastrointestinal motility problems, peripheral neuropathy, and many other symptoms. Autonomic disorders cause so many symptoms, because the autonomic nervous system controls so many different bodily functions. 25% of people living with POTS cannot work or attend school, resulting in a substantial economic and social impact to families and our country as a whole.
out this event (happy tears of course!) OTS for a while and the fact that's it's ed AND a walk for it is beyond me! he person behind this, I am so grateful.
“It was an amazing event!! We are thrilled with our success as it was our first attempt. We are planning to make this an annual event and continue to grow bigger and bigger each year. This was a great opportunity for POTS patients and their families to connect, share resources, and support each other.�
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33 students from 20 different schools gathered on September 25-27 to embark on a leadership weekend like no other. This was made possible because of the 18 Kiwanis Clubs, Runzheimer International, Kiwanis District Foundation, and the Kiwanis International Foundation, all of whom sponsored each of the students in attendance. Key Leader changed the lives of many students that weekend through its focus on service leadership as the most meaningful leadership-development experience. Students attended large and small group workshops, discussions, and team-building activities throughout the course of the weekend. They had opportunities to learn leadership skills that will help them to change their schools, communities, and world for the better. While exploring leadership in a whole new way, participants made amazing new friends and had experiences they will never forget. Our lead facilitator, Carol Clyde, was phenomenal and changed the lives of each and every student in attendance. This year, we were fortunate to have a participant who was in a wheelchair and was only able to communicate through a computer device. This was a first for Key Leader in our District. The inclusion of this young man into the group and the respect and patience that the rest of the participants had for him was inspirational. He even challenged everyone in attendance to invite and recruit at least one person with disabilities into their respective organizations. I have never been so moved by a group of students in my experience working with youth.
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It is stories like these that make me excited for Key Leader year after year. I want to send a huge thank you to Ken Saville. Ken has served as Co-Site Coordinator for the last 11 years and has retired from this role this year. His involvement and dedication to Key Leader has been nothing short of amazing. Fellow Co-Site Coordinator, Lyssa Leege, will be taking over the Site Coordinator role and has already done remarkable things. Because of her efforts, many local donors supplied this year’s conference with snacks and souvenirs. Start planning now for September 16-18, 2016 when Key Leader will take place once again at Camp Wawbeek in Wisconsin Dells, WI. I look forward to many more successful Key Leader events and if you have any questions or want to know how to get more involved, please don’t hesitate to contact Key Leader Coordinator Justin Hahn at justinhahn1128@gmail.com. Let’s reach record breaking attendance next year!
Membership Awarene By Stephanie Van Kampen
Fun was had by all at this year’s social media-themed Membership Awareness Conference (MAC), held at Camp Wawbeek in the Wisconsin Dells. The event, which took place October 9th-11th, offered various activities, workshops, and service projects to the 63 attendees throughout the weekend. New this year, MAC attendees had the opportunity to volunteer at the local Culver’s to fundraise money for Camp Wawbeek, which was a huge success! Service projects were offered to clubs that arrived early, which included making blankets, \slip-resistant socks, and cards to Denny’s employees who would be serving our large group later that evening. After everyone arrived, everyone participated in a few icebreakers to get to know each other, followed by a competition that involved running around camp in groups to complete various tasks. Later that night was a showing of “The Social Network” and the late-night Denny’s trip tradition.
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ess Conference (MAC) Saturday began with hard work, as attendees completed service projects around camp. Camp Wawbeek hosts children and adults with physical and cognitive disabilities, so our goal was to help camp complete much-needed work after their busy summer of camps. These projects included organizing the craft building, raking leaves, picking up trash, and many more! After lunch, attendees were able to learn more about Circle K through two sessions of workshops, including officer training, CKI 101, Leadership, and many others. Many attendees took advantage of attending district committee meetings, in which they were able to share their ideas and help plan upcoming district events. On Saturday night, everyone went wild over the MAC ‘n cheese bar for dinner. To kick off the school skits and mascot auction, four attendees showed off their talents at the WUM’s Got Talent show. The three acts included a fabulous trumpet solo, an entertaining dance duet, and a hilarious comedy skit. After each school shared their skit and was auctioned off, attendees chose from evening activities including a tractor ride, Zumba, and a bonfire.
Finally, on Sunday, after breakfast and camp cleanup, we ended the weekend by sharing our favorite parts of the event and coming in for a giant group hug. Thanks to all of the hard work and generous donations over the weekend, we raised a total of $1,292.27 for Camp Wawbeek and $180 for the ELIMINATE Project! To those who attended, I hope you had a magnificent weekend! To those who weren’t able to, I hope you’ve already marked your calendar for the next district event, because it’s guaranteed to be a blast!
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Where in the WUM Are the Mascots‌ Wondering where you need to visit to rescue your mascot? Wonder no more!
School Mascot
Where do you need to go?
How far do you need to go? (One way)
Alverno College
UW-Platteville
153 miles to Platteville, WI
Bay de Noc College
UW-Whitewater
250 miles to Whitewater, WI
Edgewood College
UW-Stevens Point
199 miles to Stevens Point, WI
Governor’s Cup
Monica Wang
80 miles to Milwaukee, WI
Ken Saville/Wawbeek
Lena/Metro-Southeast
80 miles to Milwaukee, WI
Marquette University
UW-Madison
80 miles to Madison, WI
Michigan District
UW-Madison
392 miles to Madison, WI
UW-Green Bay
Five Yang
145 miles to Madison, WI
UW-Madison
Michigan District
392 miles to Ann Arbor MI
UW-Oshkosh
Edgewood College
97 miles to Madison, WI
UW-Platteville
Five Yang
76 miles to Madison, WI
UW-Stevens Point
Edgewood College
120 miles to Madison, WI
UW-Whitewater
Edgewood College
48 miles to Madison, WI
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Thank you all for your support for Camp Wawbeek. From this auction we raised $530 for camp!
Alverno Circle K invites you to our annual Midnight Masquerade Halloween Party. We will be having multiple activities such as a costume contest, photo booth, service activities among other things. All proceeds will be going towards the Eliminate Project to combat maternal and neonatal tetanus. This deadly disease steals the lives of nearly 49,000 innocent babies and a significant number of women each year. We hope you can join us! See you soon.
**Contact President Alesia Milliner at alesiamilliner@gmail.com to reserve your tickets! Facebook Event Here
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Kiwanis Family Service Day By Kirstie Polzin
Are you looking for an easy way to get some service in for you and the other members of your club? Why not join us for Kiwanis Family Service Day (KFSD)? This one-day event will be held in Oshkosh, Wisconsin on November 7, 2015 from 9 am to 2 pm. We will be meeting at UW-Oshkosh for registration in the morning, and going out to various service projects around the city. We have a number of projects ready for you, ranging from helping out at the YMCA, working at a homeless shelter, and garbage clean up! During service, each member will receive a snack, and lunch will be provided when we are finished, if you’d like to join. This is a great opportunity for you to not only do some service, but to meet tons of people from all over the District, from different branches of the Kiwanis family. If you have any questions, please contact Janet DeGroot at janet.degroot@gmail.com. Don’t forget to get your registration forms sent by October 29th for pre-registration! See you in November!
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KIWANIS FAMILY SERVICE DAY SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2015 9:00AM-2:00PM
OSHKOSH, WI What is Kiwanis Family Service Day? This is an event for ALL branches of the Kiwanis Family to come together and serve. This event is open to current Kiwanis Family Members and their friends. We will be doing several different service projects and there will be an optional social after the service projects are finished.
Registration
Although we do take on site registrations, in order to make sure we have enough service projects we suggest that members interested should register by October 29th. The day of the event, registration will open at 9:00am and the service will begin at 10:00am. Social will follow after projects end around 2:00pm. Registration will be held in the Reeve Union Ballroom 227 AB1 at UW-Oshkosh (748 Algoma Blvd, Oshkosh, WI 54901). Registration for service only is $2.00 for both service and social is $5.00. Please fill out the bottom of this form and enclose money for the service and/or social by October
29th.
Name: ______________________________________ Club:____________________________ Email: _________________________________ Cell Phone Number: ___________________ Please Check One (Your Club): Kiwanis _____ Circle K ______ Key Club ______ Builders Club ______ K-Kids _______ Aktion Club_______ Guest ________
Service Day Registration Only: Enclose $2.00
Yes____
No_____
Will you be attending the Social? (if Yes Enclose $5.00)
Yes_____
No_____
PREFER INDOOR PROJECT_______ PREFER OUTDOOR PROJECT________ *We will do our best to accommodate your preference but cannot guarantee a project Make checks out to: WUM Circle K Send checks to: Janet DeGroot 207 23rd Street DR. SE. Cedar Rapids, IA, 52403
Any Questions? Contact Janet DeGroot janet.degroot@gmail.com Cell: 608-347-7865
The Tomorrow Fund
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Assistant Chair Positions
Do you enjoy MAC, Spring Fling, and District Convention? Would you like to learn more about organizing large-scale events? Then apply for the Assistant DCON or Special Events Chair positions! As chair of one these positions, you will get to propose a theme and plan activities for your events. The Assistant DCON chair works with Casey Scheibengraber to plan and organize the 2016 District Convention. The Assistant Special Events Chair works with Stephanie Van Kampen to begin planning the 2016 Spring Fling in late April. You can contact Governor Five for an application or complete it online
HERE! Feel free to message him with questions! *Applications due November 8th.
Available Positions: Assistant District Convention Chair Assistant Special Events Chair
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Membership and Hours Goal: 600 Members
Goal: 12,000 Service Hours
Goal: 1,200 Kiwanis Family Hours
Goal: 100 Interclub Events
36.5% 32%
26.7%
Progress: N/A
Progress: 3199.25 hours
Progress: 438.25 hours
Progress: 32 events
Fundraising Goal: $750
Goal: $5,500
Goal: $3,000
Goal: $6,000
30.2% 44% 15.4% 0% Progress: $0
Progress: $2,418.37 Camp Wawbeek
Camp Bay Cliff
Progress: $905.56
Progress: $923.98 The Eliminate Project
Other Charities
Attendance Goals Goal: 120 Attendees
Goal: 100 Attendees
Goal: 100 Attendees
Goal: 250 Attendees
52.5%
Progress: 63 attendees Membership Awareness Conference (MAC)
Progress: N/A Kiwanis Family Service Day (KFSD)
Progress: N/A Kiwanis Family Hockey Night (KFHN)
Progress: N/A District Convention (DCON)
District Goals are set to help our members and district strive and grow. Together we know it is possible to obtain all of this goals! With the help of all of you, we can continue to be a powerhouse district in Circle K International. Here is a break down of some of our goals: 
If we reach our goal of 600 members, it will only take 20 service hours per member to reach our total service hour goal.
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If we reach our goal of 600 members, it would be an average of $10 fundraised per member to reach of fundraising goal for the Eliminate Project.
Together as WUM, we can achieve anything!
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HAPPYGRAMS
Your dance at MA
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AC made me smile!
Letter From the Editor
Casey Scheibengraber
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