Official Newsletter of the Capital District of CKI

All you need to know for DCON!!

VOLUME 51 ISSUE 4 February 2013

Fall service recaps!!

The Capital Courier

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In This Issue…..

Continued

Sections

Message from the

Governor……..3

CKI History

Corner….13

Upcoming Events and

Calendar………….15

Member Spotlight…16

DCKI Contact

Info………17

DCON Insider…...…………………………………...3-4

Spotlight on ELIMINATE……………………...…....6-8

How to Turn in Raised Funds

UMW ELIMINATE Kickball Tournament

VT Eliminate Formal

Mr. and Mrs. Eliminate Pagent

Breakfast with Santa………………………………9

Mount St. Mary’s Update………………………..10

Hampden Sydney Sandy River Clean Up…….11

Free Rice for Service! ………………………….….11

What is Service Hour?.........................................11

Fall Membership Rally Recap ……………….…12

Dues Update……………………………………….14

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Presidential Fall Divisional!

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Greetings Capital!

I trust you have enjoyed a won-

derful Winter Break and I hope

you are looking forward to a

great spring semester which is

well underway! I encourage you

to increase your service to the

community. Poverty rates are at

a 52-year high and roughly 1 in

8 children goes to bed hungry

every night right here in the U.S.

So over the next few weeks,

consider collecting canned

goods and non-perishable items

for food banks, starting a toy

drive for disadvantaged chil-

dren, or doing Free Rice in your

spare time. At this juncture of

the year, communities through-

out our district are in desperate

need of your support.

Thus far this year, we have a lot

of things for which to be thank-

ful. As of mid-November, our dis-

trict has raised over $10,000 for

the Eliminate Project which

places us in a great position to

meet or exceed our goal of rais-

ing $12,600 for the Eliminate Pro-

ject by March 31, 2013.

We have also completed

over 10,500 service hours

which keeps us on course

to meeting our district

goal of 20,000 service

hours by year’s end. I am

grateful to each and eve-

ry one of you for your ef-

forts in support of these

goals. Remember, every

$1.80 raised for the Elimi-

nate Project translates in-

to another four lives

spared on average

(mother and three future

children).

As we are in full swing with

District Convention I hope

that you take full ad-

vantage of all that it has

to offer! There will be

great workshops and ses-

sions to really expand your

knowledge of CKI. Most

importantly have fun!

n Service, Leadership, and Fel-

lowship,

Mikail Clark

Capital District CKI Governor

Message from the Governor

Email:

goveror@cdcki.org

Click the picture for a

link to Mikail’s personal

video message!

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DCON Insider: Vegas Style!

What to do? These workshops are everything a high roller of service needs!

1. ELMINATE– Everything you need to know about Eliminate!

2. CKI-to-Kiwanis/ Ice cream social– High rollers always need ice cream!

3. Fundraising– Bringing in that dough!

4. Professional World– Don’t just be any high roller!

5. Service Ideas– be an innovative high roller of service!

6. K-Family– Serving runs in the family!

7. R&R– Find some more to join your high rolling club!

8. CKI 101– High rollin’ basics!

9. CKI 201– Brushing up on those skills!

10. CKI 301/401– High stakes!

11. Leader in you– learn to show other high rollers how its done!

12. Time Management/Working with Volunteers– learn to be the best high roller you can be!

13. Club Enthusiam– Get pumped for service!!!

Where to be Seen!!!

1. Casino Night/Service Fair

2. President’s Banquet

3. Dance at Club Claw!

4. Kiwanis Family Banquet

5. House of Delegates

6. Opening Session

7. Closing Session

8. In-house Service Projects

9. Caucus Sessions

10. The Pool

Check out Club

Claw on Saturday

night!!

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Who to See!

Layli Miller-Muro is the Founder and Executive Director of the Tahirih Justice Center, a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting women and girls from human rights abuses through the provision of legal aid and public policy advocacy (www.tahirih.org). Since 2001,

she has led the organization in its service to over 14,000 women and girls, growing it from a staff of 6 to over 30, and expanding its offices to Houston and Baltimore in addition to the Washington, DC area. In recognition of its sound management and innovative programs, under Layli’s leadership, Tahirih won the Washington Post Award for Management Excel-

lence and its innovative use of pro bono attorneys to quintuple its resources was featured in

the Stanford Social Innovation Review.

Layli founded the organization in 1997 following her involvement in a high-profile case that set national precedent and revolutionized asylum law in the United States. Fauziya Kassindja, a 17-year-old girl who had fled Togo in fear of a forced polygamous marriage and a tribal

practice known as female genital mutilation, was granted asylum in 1996 by the US Board of Immigration Appeals. This decision opened the door to gender-based persecution as grounds for asylum. Using her portion of the proceeds from a book she and Ms. Kassindja co-authored about the case (Do They Hear You When You Cry? Delacorte Press, 1998), Ms. Miller

-Muro established Tahirih.

Keynote Speaker!!!

Amelia Ahnert

International Trustee

Representing Kentucky-Tennessee,

Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virgin-

ia districts

Amelia attends the Pennsylvania State

University-University Park.

<— That’s her with you guessed it, Lauren Potter,

AKA Becky Jackson, from Glee!!

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Spotlight on ELIMINATE

District Goal: For the Capital

District of CKI to raise $12,600 for

the Kiwanis ELIMINATE Project,

saving the lives of 7,000 mothers

as well as their future babies,

through district events and club

donations by March 31, 2013.

$12,600 Current District To-

tal: $12,500

Did you raise money for

Eliminate? Turn it in!!

All money must be sent as a check. Kiwanis In-

ternational wants to streamline the collection of

funds and make the process as accommodat-

ing as possible for Kiwanis family members

around the world.

Please make your gift payable to the Kiwanis In-

ternational Foundation and designate the gift to

The Eliminate Project. Please send your gift to:

Kiwanis International Foundation

The Eliminate Project: Campaign Office

3636 Woodview Trace

Indianapolis, IN USA 46268

Learn more about individual and club recogni-

We are

$100 away

from our

goal!!

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Submitted By: Kelly Griffith

UMW Club President

University of Mary Washington's

CKI held an Eliminate Kickball

Tournament on Sunday, Sep-

tember 30th. Although we had

more teams and individuals

signed up in the beginning,

three teams showed their sup-

port and came out to play

some kickball! We had free

food for the teams including ham-

burgers, hotdogs, chips, cookies,

and lemonade thanks to our local

Fredericksburg Kiwanis. We had a

few raffles for gift certificates and

gift baskets from various business-

es. In the end, our first place was

the Disney Princesses and second

place went to Happy Birthday Ben

from our very own James Madison

High School Key Club. We also

had a table set up on the main walk for

the Eliminate Project. Students walking

across campus were able to learn more

about this cause and what the K-Family is

doing to help people around the

world. Students were also able to buy

bracelets for Eliminate. All proceeds went

to the Eliminate Project. In the end, we

raised a total of $446.67 to donate.

UMW Kickball Tournament for Eliminate

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VCU Mr. and Mrs. Eliminate Pageant! Submitted by: Kimberly Corrigan

The Mr. & Ms. Eliminate Pageant was an amazing experience

for me. I’ve never been a contestant in a pageant of any sort.

Alll of the other candidates were so nice and I’m glad that

they were my fellow competitors. We really bonded in the

changing room and supported each other fully and really got

to know each other. It was more bonding with the other con-

testants than it was competing. The Eliminate Project is a won-

derful project and as an aspiring elementary teacher; Helping

innocent children and their mothers afford the care to elimi-

nate this MNT is something that really means a lot to me. The

event as a whole was a huge success, especially for it being

our first annual Eliminate Pageant. It was really well put togeth-

er and our Service Chair for this year, Kelsey McIntyre, her sub-

committee, and our President Dani Shibla collaborated togeth-

er to help make this a huge success. The devoted club mem-

bers of CKI at VCU did an amazing job supporting, advertising

and helping out with and at the event. If I could describe the

success of this event in one word, it would be “teamwork,” be-

cause this event wasn’t about a title or winning, but rather rais-

ing money to reach our goal, which we did, no doubt! It is an

honor to represent the club as the first ever Ms. Eliminate and to

VT Formal for Eliminate!!

Submitted by: Chelsea Stallworth

Virginia Tech CKI raised $450 dol-

lars towards Eliminate through

their Annual VT Formal. Over 60

members from around Capital

were in attendance as this was

actually a Foothills Divisional

Event! It was a night on the red

carpet and filled with fun and lots

of dancing!

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Breakfast with Santa Submitted BY: Tameka Glover and Adela Mahmutovic

Families from the Charlottesville area came

out to celebrate the holiday season with Circle K

International at their annual Breakfast with Santa

event on Sunday, December 2, 2012. The entirely

free event, which lasted from 9am to 12 pm, was

intended to provide holiday cheer to less privileged

families, while integrating them into the larger com-

munity in an event that encompassed families of

different economic dispositions. Over 250 children

and families came to eat breakfast and participate

in a variety of activities. From playing “Pin the Nose

of Rudolph” to decorating Gingerbread Men and

making their own ornaments, children were able to

fill up their stockings with prizes and their own hand-

made creations. Santa’s arrival, however, signified

the highlight of the event. Children and parents

alike lit up at the sight of the jolly old man in the red

suit as they lined up to take a photo on his lap and

receive a toy.

The event was a huge success, which was in

large part due to the help CKI received from vari-

ous organizations. Food donors such as Bodo’s,

Panera, UVA Catering, Little John’s and Dunkin Do-

nuts provided a bountiful and delicious meal, while

Sam’s Club, Walmart, K-Mart, Harris Teeter, Kroger

and an array of individual donors made monetary

contributions to fund everything from craft supplies

to stocking stuffers. 50 Fishburne Military School, Al-

bemarle High School, and Western Albemarle High

School Key Club members as well as over 25 CKI

members and 5 wonderful Kiwanian sponsors volun-

teered to help at the event. From setting up to

leading games and crafts stations, our helper elves

proved to be an indispensible contribution to the

event’s success.

Through all the hard work and planning that

went into creating Breakfast with Santa as a gift for

the families of Charlottesville, the smiles on the fac-

es of children and parents in attendance were an

even greater gift to everyone who contributed to

the event.

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Mount St. Mary’s

Hampden Sydney Sandy River Park Cleanup Submitted By: Fred Antoine

On Sunday, September 30th, over twenty mem-

bers of the Circle K International Club of Hamp-

den-Sydney College deployed to the Sandy River

Reservoir to participate in one of the year’s ser-

vice projects on behalf of the institution. The

cleanup project was sponsored by Clean Virginia

Waterways, an award-winning, statewide, non-

profit organization dedicated to citizen steward-

ship of Virginia's water resources. The focus of the

project was to clean and dispose of any litter in

the area. Students participating in the cleanup

effort divided into seven groups with different

equipment to tackle the assignment. The experi-

ence also benefited the while actively cleaning

the area, also surveyed and tallied what they col-

lected. The data will be used in classes that are

taught by Dr. Goodman. The temperature outside

allowed for a swift and effective cleanup. Circle K

spent at least two hours on the task. The total of

students that volunteered recorded one of the

highest attendance records for a Circle K service

event on a Sunday morning as well as for a ser-

vice project centered on performing a cleanup

effort.

The value of the cleanup was centered on

the surrounding college environment and

community. Prevalent litter found during the

cleanup was aluminum cans and cigarette

butts. Members of Circle K learned and expe-

rienced how "the little things matter," words in

which were used by Dr. Goodman to begin

the cleanup. Other found items included sy-

ringes, tires, alu-

minum and a 4-

foot hole that

was filled with

trash over time.

Members of Cir-

cle K found a

Coca-Cola can

that was dated

back to the late

90s and a DVD

from a show

that was can-

celed back in

Submitted By: Emily Rau

Our club participated in includ-

ed Three Oaks Encourage Hope

day, where we did more

grounds clean up, Campus Farm

Volunteering where we helped

tend the plants at our college’s

farm, and Crop Hop which in-

cluded helping out at a local

bike race. As well, 5 members of

our executive board attended

Fall Membership Rally! They had

a great time and found it helpful

in improving our club!

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Have you recently seen the commercial where a man gets out of a battered SUV

onto a dry, cracked bed of land, puts down an electronic device, and turns the

dial making it rain? Well that commercial, which says “We can’t make it rain in

West Africa but we can help”, is for the World Food Programme (WFP) the United

Nations food aid agency (www.wfp.org). We can help by freericing (Yes, I made

up a new word!) on the website www.freerice.com!

Freericing involves answering questions in a variety of categories, such as World

Landmarks, Famous Paintings, English Vocabulary, Multiplication Tables, Periodic

Table Symbols, Foreign Languages, etc. So there is a variety of subjects to choose

from to suit your talents and knowledge. For each question you answer correctly

10 grains of rice is donated to the WFP.

We created our own group for freericing: Capital District CKI. You can join the

group either by searching for the group name or via this link: http://freerice.com/

frog/join/1768742/74e9158d2fda56fc59bfee009761b595

Freericing is so much fun, addictive, uber competitive, something you can even

due while watching TV, and can increase your repertoire of common knowledge!

Plus you have the added advantage of earning service hours as 1,500 grains = 1

Service hour!

To earn service hours take a screen shot of the total grains donated and send it to

your club’s secretary at the end of the month. Make sure to remember to deduct

the grains previously earned!

What is a Service Hour?

Free Rice for Service!!! Submitted by: Amsley Pietranton

A service hour is any hour of time dedicated to service whether it be

travel time to or from an event, planning time for an event, event that

raises money for a cause, actually participating in a service event or a

donation of an item(s) that a club wishes to dedicate service credit

for. Make sure that all of these types of hours are accurately recorded

in your club MRF!

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FMR Recap

Fall Membership Rally 2012 was one

of the largest yet with over 120 reg-

istrants and an awesome theme of

superheroes! There were many fun

and educational workshops and

even a fun scavenger hunt. Camp-

fire, s’mores and even a

carnival were enjoyed by all! Don’t

miss next

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History Corner

Carthage College is home of the first ever Circle K International club founded

in 1947. The founding group pushed for events on their campus, showed mov-

ies, and published their student directory among other things. Some of their

early projects included making Thanksgiving baskets for the needy, the Big

Brother Project, established a scenic bike route throughout their city, and hold-

ing an annual Christmas tree lighting. Carthage College is located in Kenosha,

Wisconsin and is home to 3,400 enrolled students. It is a four-year private col-

lege of the arts and sciences and is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran

Church in America; however, it welcomes students of all faith backgrounds.

Some of the projects the 25-member club holds today include donating funds

and time to the First Steps Homeless Shelter, the Girl Scouts of Southeastern Wis-

consin, and helping the Ridgewood Care Center of Racine. They also hold a

Prom Dress Drive through Belle of the Ball.

In honor of Carthage College and the Kiwanis club of Pullman, Washington,

who helped shape the concept of a campus service organization, the Car-

thage-Pullman Society was created. The donations of the Carthage-Pullman

Society build money for the Tomorrow Fund, which is used to help Circle K

clubs everywhere with large service projects.

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Membership Update Center

Is your club having trouble with the new membership update center? Need to register

new members? Read this!!

t is important that you are aware of our new online Membership Update Center and know how to

process the club roster, generate an invoice and pay dues. We want all of our members to receive

their benefits from Circle K International-and updated membership rosters are the first step to re-

ceiving them.

Here are some key steps to updating your club's membership roster and dues information on the

new Membership Update Center.

1. To register: Access the Membership Update Center at: www.circlek.org/MUC Select "Register/

Reset Password." Enter your email address (must be the same email address we sent this letter to),

and we will email the final steps to create a password. Be sure to check your spam filters. If you do

not get the email within 12 hours, please call us at 1-800-549-2647 , ext. 411.

2. Once you have set up your password, please return to www.circlek.org/muc and log in. You will

now be able to add and delete members from your membership roster. If you need additional help,

check out this brief tutorial video.

3. Please review all membership information to ensure the roster is accurate.

4. Click on the "Roster Complete--Print Invoice" button. Print the invoice and mail with your pay-

ment. (In the near future we will offer online payment methods.) You're done!

Keep in mind:

- The person registering must be listed as the current faculty advisor, and his or her email must match

what we have in our database.

- In order for your club secretary to have access to the Membership Update Center, he or she must

be listed in our database. You can add your club secretary to our access list by

logging in first, then adding your club secretary's name and email address.

- If you are no longer the faculty advisor: Email our member services department atmemberserv-

ices@kiwanis.org. (The new faculty advisor can also email us.) Please include the name of the Key

Club, club number, school name (if different from the club name) and the new faculty advisor's name

and email address. We will update the information in our database and provide access to the

new faculty advisor. Please note that it could take up to 2-3 days to process this change.

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Upcoming Events!

Zumba to Eliminate, March 2, 2013

Northside Middle School Gym, Hollins VA

Starts at: 6:00PM, $7 per person

Facebook:

JMU CKI Eliminate 5K

March 24, 2013 @ 9AM

JMU Festival in Harrisonburg, VA

Facebook: JMU Circle K International presents the Eliminate 5K

GMU Eliminate Benefit Gala

March 27, 2013 @ 7:30 PM

GMU Fairfax Campus, Johnson Center Cinema

Facebook: Eliminate Benefit Gala

Spring Officer Training Conference

March 29-30, 2013

Hospitality House of Fredericksburg, VA

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Member Spotlight THIS COULD BE YOU!!! Clubs should submit members they want to feature by email-ing a blurb and picture of the member to editor@cdcki.org /

Member Spotlight: Stacy Shih,

GMUCKI

Nominated by: Molly Patrick,

GMU President

Stacy is an asset to the GMU CKI Club!

Since joining the club in Fall 2011 she has

attended just about every service project

or club event! Stacy is a sophomore at Ma-

son studying business

management. Stacy currently serves in the

club as the Eliminate Fundraising Commit-

tee secretary. She always sends out prompt

minutes and reminders with friendly touch-

es. Stacy is one of the friendliest people

you will meet and always volunteers to

drive for club events. One of her favorite

quotes is:

All life is an experiment. The more experi-

ments you make the better.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Member Spotlight THIS COULD BE YOU!!! Clubs should submit members they want to feature by email-ing a blurb and picture of the member to editor@cdcki.org /

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Contact the 2012-2013 District Board

Governor Mikail Clark

governor@cdcki.org

Secretary-Treasurer Ben Durham

Sec-treas@cdcki.org

Editor Catie Dugan

editor@cdcki.org

Battlefield LTG Stephanie Areizaga

Battlefield-ltg@cdcki.org

Del-Mar LTG (VACANT)

Delmar-ltg@cdcki.org

Foothills LTG Chelsea Stallworth

Foothills-ltg@cdcki.org

Metro-Richmond LTG Heidi Imperio

Metrorichmond-ltg@cdcki.org

NoVa LTG Amsley Pietranton

nova-ltg@cdcki.org

Potomac LTG Janelle Hope

Potomac-ltg@cdcki.org

Presidential LTG Tameka Glover

Presidential-ltg@cdcki.org

Tidewater LTG Kimberly Bond

Tidewater-ltg@cdcki.org

District Administrator Jennifer Wolff

administrator@cdcki.org

Assistant District Administrator Derek Dupuis

Asst-administrator@cdcki.org