Official Newsletter of the Capital District of CKI

SPOTLIGHT ON ELIMINATE!!

VOLUME 51 ISSUE 2 June 2012

The Capital Courier

THE SCOOP ON RELAY FOR LIFE!!

FALL CLUB PLANNING GUIDE!!!

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In This Issue…..

Continued Sections Message from the Gover-

nor……..3

Kiwanis Family Rela-

tions…….16

Message from the Kiwa-

nis Governor…….14

Key Club Corner…….15

Member Spotlight……20

Crabby’s Travels………20

CKI Spotlight……20

CDCKI Contact In-

fo………21

International Updates……..4-5

Service Around Capital……..6-7

Relay for Life…...8-9

Sub-Region F Yeah Event…..10

Shout Outs to Seniors….11

Spotlight on ELIMINATE……..12-13

Fall Planning Guide…...18-19

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Kiwanis International President Gala, May 5 2012

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Greetings Capital! Can you believe that summer is al-

ready here?!? That’s right, time for a

little R&R sipping pineapple juice

under a palm tree, or, if you’re like

me, time for more school work!

Summer is a great time to take

things a little more slowly and enjoy

long warm days, but it’s also the

perfect time to serve others and gear

up for the next school year! Alt-

hough school may come to a brief

halt, the need for service is ever-

present, so encourage your fellow

club members to do service projects

in their spare time so those summer

MRFs won’t be quite so empty. Re-

member, only projects promoted to

each and every club member can

count toward service, so suggest

projects that involve national organi-

zations (e.g. our international ser-

vice partners) or projects one can do

in the privacy of their own home

(e.g. making blankets, jewelry, etc.).

This second edition of the Capital

Courier is jammed-packed with

awesome information. It will in-

clude some updates from your dis-

trict board, messages from our Inter-

national Representative and fellow

Kiwanis family leaders, and recaps

of recent events. It will also high-

light the various activities our clubs

have done for Relay for Life, ways

to promote the Eliminate Project

throughout the year and news on

upcoming events. Please be sure to

check out the Governor’s monthly

message as well!

Also, during this summer sea-

son, I’d like to encourage you

to stay connected to your club

and our district and encourage

others to connect. If you have-

n’t already done so, join your

division’s FB group page

(every division has one: just

type in your division’s name

on FB and it should come up)

and follow us on Twitter

@CDCKI. Join your club’s

FB group as well: if your club

doesn’t have a group, encour-

age your club leaders to create

one! Further, check your

email consistently, as we will

be communicating with you

on a regular basis. Your dis-

trict board will be using FB,

Twitter, and email to keep you

“in the know” concerning dis-

trict and international happen-

ings.

Thanks for being the awesome

servant-leaders that you are

and have a wonderful sum-

mer!!!

In Service, Leadership, and

Fellowship,

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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International Updates!

Farewell to I-Rep Rob Acerra

Thank you to Rob Acerra for an AMAZING year as Capital’s Sub Region F Representa-tive! Your dedication to the District has been phenomenal. You have always been just a phone call away and we cannot thank you enough! Best of luck in your future endeav-ors!

ICON Updates!

Whether you are going

to International Conven-

tion or not, here are a

few things so you can

stay in the know!!

Stay Connected to ICON, whether your

there or not!

Facebook: Visit the Facebook page and join in the

conversation: www.facebook.com/circlekintl

Twitter: Use #ckiICON to tweet, and follow

@circlekintnl

Text Updates: Text NOLA2012 to 63898

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10 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ICON! 1. ICON stands for International Convention and it is held June 27-July 1st 2012 in

New Orleans, LA! 2. This year will be the 57th Annual Convention! 3. At ICON the International Board is elected and many Bylaw Amendments are vot-

ed on in the House of Delegates! 4. ICON hosts many educational workshops including ones on the Service Partners

and Eliminate! 5. This year will be held at the same time and place as the Kiwanis International Con-

vention! 6. This year Kiwanis and CKI will host the first walk for the Eliminate Project! 7. The first ICON was held in 1956 in Philadelphia, PA. 8. It is truly international with many in attendance each year from various Interna-

tional clubs including: Colombia, Norway, Jamaica, the Bahamas and more! 9. Convention sites are chosen 5 years in advance. 10. You truly have the time of your life at each and every ICON!

CLICK THE

PHOTO TO

CHECK OUT

THE OFFICIAL

ICON VIDEO!!

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Service Around Capital!!

JMU Autism 5K Submitted by: Caitlin Francis

On Saturday April 21st the 5th annual 5k Walk/Run for Autism took place at Eastern Mennonite University. What was originally predicted to be a rainy day turned out to be warm and sunny as members of JMU and the Harrisonburg commu-nity united to raise awareness for autism spec-trum disorders. Circle K International, Gamma Sigma Sigma, and FIJI all worked together to vol-unteer for the event that raised money for the Shenandoah Valley Autism Partnership. SVAP is a support group in Harrisonburg for families with a member who has an autism spectrum disorder or for professionals working with individuals with autism. They work to improve the quality of life for all individuals with an autism spectrum disor-der, support advocacy and education, and plan social opportunities for families and profession-als. CKI helped out by checking runners in, help-ing set up, or marking the course for runners.

Although getting up to meet at the bookstore at 6:40 am is not something most college students would agree to, it was worth it. During the race, as I stood along the course with a sign that said “Smile, you can do it!” runners would stop and tell me thank you for all I was doing. I didn’t think I was doing anything that difficult and that it was the runners who needed to be thanked, but I was happy to take part in the event and get involved with the local community. It was inspiring to see how so many differ-ent groups and organizations got togeth-er for such a good cause, especially since the money raised would directly benefit the local community.

JMU’s THE BIG EVENT! Submitted by: Carly Starke

On April 14, 2012, JMU Circle K International participated in JMU’s The Big Event. Sixteen members met early in the morning for a day full of service. We were as-signed to help downtown Harrisonburg in their Blacks Run cleanup. We were given a section of Country Club Road to pick up trash. We spent the morning cleaning up the area and having fun while doing so. It was a fun experience and rewarding to have a Harrisonburg community member pull over to the side of the road just to thank us for the work we had done. We even were offered free Blizzards from Dairy Queen for our work. We finished up the morning visiting the downtown Farmer’s Market. JMU supplied us with free lunches and free t-shirts from the event!

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The Bread and Cheese Creek Clean-

up

Submitted by: Sana Waheed

Who knew the day would end with us drenched and barefoot in a Wendy's? Early morning, we pile into the car laden with snacks for the road. Snaking through the streets of Dundalk, Maryland, our path curves suddenly into a narrow street lined with small houses. Venturing further, we arrive outside the entrance to the stream, a buzz of volunteers visible below the tree-line. Excited hosts check our names, hand us name tags, and offer us breakfast coffee and snacks. Nibbling on donuts, we survey the situation: dumpsters filling quickly with the most absurd pieces of household fur-niture and random appliances, simply in-credible. Boys barely over the age of 12 wear heavy duty gloves and suits, carrying garbage bags half their size up the hill, laden with trash previously floating in the stream. Girls from a church group struggle togeth-er to pull a large piece of cardboard out of the water, dragging it from the mud. The number of shopping carts tossed into the creek are unbelievable. We pry the plastic from the metal, discarding the pieces in separate dumpsters. The part I anticipate is the climb down-wards, deep into the stream. Each step is gentle, testing the mud, trying to avoid sinkholes. We take turns stepping in the wrong spot, slipping into the water with a shriek, feeling the iciness slosh into our rainboots, drenching the layers of socks.

.And yet, it is strangely satisfying. I hold the garbage bag open as my partner in crime climbs out of the creek and over a ledge of clay. It begins to melt as the water touches the clay and she grapples to stay up. With our encouragement, she reaches the tumbleweed of plastic bags, extricating them from nearby foliage and tossing them down to us. An ad-venturess if I have ever seen one. Together, we navigate down the creek, following the growing piles of ciga-rette butts, soda cans, lighters, and styrofoam. We reach the entrance to a dark

tunnel twice as large as us, barely seeing the tiny pinpoint of light on the other end. After some hesita-

tion, our brave president steps up, climbing into the tunnel with her cell phone light as protection. We feel spiders, cobwebs larger than Kansas, and have a run-in with the loch-ness monster before we make it to the other side. But it is gratifying when we see the litter of glass bottles ready for our helping hands. The sun and our grumbling stomachs call us back to the starting point. We stand in the courtyard, surveying the stream. Before and after overlap in our minds, reminding us how far the stream has come to cleanliness since the early morning. We exchange looks of satisfaction with fellow volunteers.

Want to see your club service project featured? Send your articles to edi-tor@cdcki.org by July 30th!

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RELAY FOR LIFE!!

Relay for Life is an event put on by the American Cancer Society ever year in thousands of commu-

nities. Many CKI clubs often participate. It is an overnight event that raises money and awareness

about the reality of the many types of cancer. Relay starts with a Survivors Lap – an inspirational

time when survivors are invited to circle the track together and help everyone celebrate the victo-

ries we’ve achieved over cancer. After dark, we honor people who have been touched by cancer

and remember loved ones lost to the disease during the Luminaria Ceremony. Candles are lit in-

side bags filled with sand, each one bearing the name of a person touched by cancer, and partici-

pants often walk a lap in silence. Last, there is a Fight Back Ceremony, where we make a personal

commitment to save lives by taking up the fight against cancer. Many have a personal connection to

cancer, whether personally being a survivor, battling it or by knowing someone who has battled it.

VTCKI Relay for Life Submitted by: Rob Kuczmarski The Virginia Tech Circle K International participated as a team of 30+ members at this year’s Relay for Life at Virginia Tech on April 20th – 21st. The Virginia Tech Relay for Life has been the largest collegiate Relay in the nation for several years now, and this year was no differ-ent with over $750,000 being raised for cancer research. Leading up to the event, the VTCKI team held a “Drunk Purple Bake Sale” from 10 – 2am in Downtown Blacksburg with a varie-ty of purple-colored goodies in the spirit of Relay. All money collected went towards the team’s donations. For the first time in recent memory, the CKI team reserved a spot on the track for a fundraising table during the event and continued to fundraise for the cause throughout the night. We put up a large A-frame in front of our table to advertise for CKI and when and where our meetings are. At the table, we had a number of fundraising oppor-tunities. We had three jars filled with candy and allowed people to pay $0.50 to take a guess at the number of candies within a particular jar, with the closest guess winning the jar and its contents. We also sold necklaces for a dollar that could be used to keep track of the num-ber of laps you completed on the track throughout the night. We provided beads in colors related to specific types of cancer to anyone who bought a necklace to put on them as counters. Finally, our biggest fundraiser of the night was a raffle for a pair of custom-painted Virginia Tech themed Toms shoes, with each raffle ticket costing $0.50. The event was very successful and brought in a lot of money to be donated by our team, and we even got a couple of signups on the CKI interest sheet we had available on our table.

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JMU Relay for Life Submitted by: Caitlin Francis I have been participating in the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life event since I was a Freshman in High School. I always found the cause extremely worthwhile, but I nev-er had a personal connection or saw the immediate effects of my actions. Co-leading the team this year for our Circle K International club was a whole new experience. I got to spend time with many of our members hanging out and enjoying the experience of “staying up to fight cancer”. The performance acts throughout

the night were extremely entertaining and seeing so many people come together for such an awesome cause was really amazing. I also got to spend some time with one of our mem-ber’s family who has been directly affected by cancer. Seeing the effects of our actions di-rectly affecting a specific individual made staying up for the entire night completely worth it. I have a whole new respect for the cause of Relay and I really enjoyed the opportunity to spend some time with so many of our active members. It is an event and a cause I am very happy our CKI supports and participates in annually.

St. Mary’s College of Maryland!

Submitted by: Emily Wavering

From 6:00pm on February 11, 2012 until 6:00am on February 12, 2012, St. Mary’s College of Maryland Circle K International participated in SMCM Relay for Life, an annual, college-wide event to raise money for cancer research and to show support for local cancer survivors and warriors. The CKI Relay for Life team, the “CKI Superheroes,” had 9 registered members whose combined efforts raised a total of $1,296.01 for the American Cancer Society. The night fea-

tured a date auction, a drag Ms. SMCM pageant, an eating competition, and plenty of baked goods, all to raise money for cancer research; the CKI Superheroes contributed to the festive fundraising by selling bead necklaces that allowed walkers to count the laps they walked by stringing a bead after each lap.

This year, SMCM Circle K International relayed for their Kiwanis sponsor, Ms. Glynnis Schmidt; at the time of the SMCM Relay for Life event, Ms. Schmidt was battling bone cancer. As the Kiwanis sponsor since the inception of SMCM CKI, Ms. Schmidt played a huge role in creating the club, and in providing continuous, amazing support to the club. Devastatingly, Ms. Schmidt lost her battle

with cancer in May, but her memory will live on, as next year’s SMCM CKI Relay for Life team will proudly walk in her memory. Photo Caption: St. Mary’s College of Maryland CKI members Emily Wavering, Jay Massey, Erika Schmidt, and Lyndsay Fournier (l-r) at the CKI Superheroes table at St. Mary’s College of Maryland Relay for Life.

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Sub-region F Event: F Yea! Submitted by: Nicole Tardif May 18th marked the 5th Subregion F Event ever in New York City. This event was well attended by 7 Districts, including all 5 of the Subregion. The very first ever Subregion F Event was held in Washington D.C., in our very own District! This year the event coordi-nator was Joesphine Lukito, the Immediate Past Governor of the New York District. Fri-day's opening session was held in Central Park where attendees played ice breakers with their group members and made new friends from all over the subregion and beyond. Sat-urday Morning and Afternoon included an array of different service projects from a Craft Fair at the Lexington School for the Deaf to It's my Park Days in Harlem and Manhattan. The evening held one big dinner for all of the different teams at Olive Garden in Times Square. After dinner everyone headed back to Team Leader and New York District Lieu-tenant Governor Kelly Chan's house for some smores and fellowship. Sunday included volunteering and walking in New York's massive AIDS Walk! Not only was there service, but also a lot of new friends from all over Sub F, Capital even made friends with some of the leaders from the Eastern Canada District! Capital's very own NoVA Lieutenant Gover-nor Amsley Pietranton was the Fellowship Chair for the event and Con-Con Chair Nicole Tardif served as a team leader. Capital was well represented by 5 attendees from all over the district who received some awesome Sub F Yeah Swag including shirts and wrist

bands.

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Shout Outs to the Seniors!!!

St. Mary’s College of Maryland

Submitted by: Marie Rau

We are so proud of our Senior CKI members who gradu-

ated on May 12, 2012 from St. Mary’s College of Mary-

land. Among them included 4 officers: Jay Massey, Erika

Schmitt, Steven Morris, and Jessy Schroeder. Over the

past four years they have contributed immensely to CKI,

allowing it to truly exert its influence on campus, in the

community, as well as at the district level. These four

graduates joined the St. Mary’s Circle K club when it was

just a small number of people. Through their hard work

and dedication the club has grown not only in number of

members, but in the number of service hours completed

and the overall well being of the group! We would like to

congratulate these seniors on their hard work, thank

them, and wish them the best of luck in their futures!!

Congrats to our 2012 Howard University CKI Grads!

Natalie, Darian, Charletta, & Billie, we love you all and can’t wait to see what the future has

in store for you!

Love Always,

The Circle K Club of Howard University

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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 Total:

$5,517.77

Historical Note

Submitted by: Phil Evans As we step into the 2012-2013 year and we continue our efforts on the ELIMINATE project the history committee wants to remind you of the impact of our service. The first example of these global service projects was the iodized salt initiative. Just like Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus, Iodine Deficien-cy Disorder is 100% preventable and curable. This project was the first initiative to be officially implemented by Kiwanis in1994. More than one-hundred million dollars were raised in the fight and has almost completely rid the world of the disease. Kiwanis was able to take the percentage of people getting iodine from twenty percent to a staggering seventy percent; such a large change makes it one of, if not the most effective global health initiative. Today more than eighty-nine countries are working together against Iodine De-ficiency Disorder, and Kiwanis was the starting point for it, along with UNICEF. With the help of the entire Kiwanis family, all of the world's UNICEF supporters, and a passion to serve, the ELIMINATE Project will be successful. As history shows, Kiwanis International will rid the world of Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus.

10 Project Ideas for your Club to Help Reach the District Goal

Submitted by: Brian Cofransesco

1. Happy change 2. Donate your Birthday Causes on Facebook 3. Dance to Eliminate 4. Eliminate Benefit Concert 5. Better World Books Drive 6. Donate your $1.80 lunch money 7. M&M’s challenge: Fill a M&M’s mini canister with quarters. It equals $20!! 8. Waller Zeller Fellowship to recognize someone’s individual service to Eliminate Questions? More Info? Email Brian at: bcofran@gmail.com

Photo links to a cool video!!

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How the ELIMINATE Project Came to Be

The Seven Day Death Submitted by: Lincois Ewers Sub Region G Representative In the bible it was known as the seven days death. Did you know that $ 1.80, less than the cost of a cup of coffee at your local Star-

bucks is the cost of vaccinating a pregnant woman and her child against maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT)? Did you know that

over 60,000 infants each year die from MNT with the nearest nation to the US with MNT cases being the Caribbean nation of Haiti?

In much of the developed world this life threatening disease has been eliminated and so the Kiwanis family in the ultimate stand is

saying that no child should have to die from MNT, a disease that is both treatable and preventable. Imagine yourself, having to

have care in a hospital that lacks proper hygiene and the amenities of western medicine, now consider that in much of the devel-

oping world – these are the lucky ones as many will give birth in remote villages miles from hospital care using instruments such as

bamboo sticks to cut the umbilical cord making the child susceptible to MNT from spores in the soil.

In 1988, WHO estimated that 787,000 newborns died of neonatal tetanus (MNT). Thus, in the late 1980s, the estimated annual

global NT mortality rate was approximately 6.7 MNT deaths per 1000 live births - clearly a substantial public health problem. In

1989, the 42nd World Health Assembly called for elimination of neonatal tetanus by 1995. The following year, the 1990 World

Summit for Children listed neonatal tetanus elimination as one of its goals, and the goal was again endorsed by the 44th World

Health Assembly in 1991.

Due to slow implementation of the recommended MNT elimination strategies, the target date for MNT elimination was postponed

to 2000. In 2000, when the global elimination goal had still not been reached, the Initiative was re-constituted and elimination of

maternal tetanus was added to the goal with a 2005 target date.

Now the Kiwanis Family has joined the fight, Kiwanis International and UNICEF have joined forces to eliminate maternal and neo-

natal tetanus. This deadly disease steals the lives of nearly 60,000 innocent babies and a significant number of women each year.

The effects of the disease are excruciating — tiny newborns suffer repeated, painful convulsions and extreme sensitivity to light

and touch. This requires vaccines, syringes, safe storage, transportation, thousands of skilled staff and more. It will take US$110

million — and the dedicated work of UNICEF and every member of the Kiwanis family.

What can you do in your local CKI clubs? Host meetings to educate students and faculty of MNT and its crippling effects and the

family- let them imagine having a child they could hold or touch, a child that will day within seven days of birth from a painful or-

deal or have fundraisers for the fight against MNT. Now, imagine being the parent of such a child- a child you could not help. But

imagine that each time you get gum, coffee or even go to the movies you could instead save the life of dozens of children.

Lets unite as one K-Fam and fight MNT, no child should have to die from a preventable disease, no parent should have to suffer the

loss of a child with even having the chance to hold them. Each year thousands of future lawyers, doctors, nurses and teachers will

die of a preventable disease.

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Kiwanis Family Messages

Message from the Kiwanis Governor Jeff Wolff

Greetings Capital Crabs! I wanted to take this opportunity to ask you to stop and think about why you are a member of CKI. As I have traveled around visiting Kiwa-nis clubs throughout our District, I've been speaking about the idea that when we talk about Kiwanis we need to speak personally about why we joined and why we are still a member. Don't focus on how your club functions, explain what motivates you to stay involved. This holds true for all branches of the Kiwanis family. You should be extremely proud as members of CKI that you perform the most service per member of any branch of our family. But there is probably one particular project or moment that you experienced which keeps you as a member of the organization. This is what you should tell other students when they ask you what CKI is or why you are attending a meeting about a gas station. For those of you that don't know me, before I was a Kiwanian, I was a member of both my high school's Key Club and my college's CKI club. It was my Key Club faculty advisor, who truly served as my mentor and who is the real reason that I'm a Kiwanian today. She never knew the full impact of her guidance, just like as members, you will never truly know the impact of the service you perform today. I encourage you to take advantage of all that CKI and the Kiwanis family have to offer you, leader-ship education, career networking, scholarship opportunities, not just the fun service and fellowship. More importantly, I ask that you make it your mission to serve as a mentor to someone else, perhaps on your campus, or even at a nearby middle or high school and educate them on why you are a member of CKI and why they should be too. I also ask that when you graduate and move on, that you look up the Kiwa-nis club in the community that you land in so that you can continue your career as a servant leader. Together we are "Increasing Hands for Service" - Jeff Wolff

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Message from Key Club Governor Bowden Saunders

My name is Bowden Saunders and I am the 2012-2013 Key Club Governor. I am here to tell you a little about the Key Club Governor’s Project this year called Super K. Super K is an initiative for the Capital District Key Clubs to strengthen their K Family ties; furthermore, we need your help for this project to be a success. Key Clubbers, like me, are anxious to serve with all of you in Circle K and we are always willing to help with anything you need. We look up to everyone in Circle K. You are in college! You can participate in this project in more ways than just Key Club too. You can attend a local Kiwanis Club meeting, do service projects with a Key Club or Aktion Club, or help sponsor a Builder’s club or K- Kids; moreo-ver, you can raise money with a K-Family partner for one of your service partners! This pro-ject is sure to make us a stronger district throughout all of K Family. I know this year is go-ing to be amazing and I am ecstatic to be working with all of you! If you have any questions about the project or anything else, email me at bosun20@gmail.com

Sincerely, Bowden Saunders

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Kiwanis Family Relations Submitted by: Jen Wolff

Capital District Leadership Academy Scholarship Winners The Annual CKI Leadership Academy is an investment in the members of CKI. The six-day event is intense and focuses on the E6 Framework—envision, enlist, em-body, empower, evaluate, and encourage. This program takes members of CKI through an adventure, starting with the CKI amazing race and ending with a plan in place to serve. The most unique part of the program—and what sets it apart from others—is that students and facilitators have an opportunity to do a service project during the program. This year, Leadership Academy will be held July 30-August 4, in Morgantown, Indi-ana. Each Year, the Capital District Kiwanis Foundation is able to give scholarships to worthy members that would like to participate in this unique experience. This year, Amsley Pietranton (Northern Virginia Community College: Alexandria) and Tippy Tongvichit (Virginia Commonwealth University) are the recipients of the Leadership Academy scholarship (which covered registration), and $175 stipends for travel to and from the program. It is not to late to participate in this year’s Leadership Academy! Members can still register at www.circlek.org/leadershipacademy. Registration is $145 and covers your room and board for the entire program.

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Your Partnership with Kiwanis Advanced Budget Planning and Kiwanis District Convention

Make life easier on you and your Kiwanis Club--ask for funding for this year’s up-coming events in advance… BEFORE your Kiwanis Club approves their budget for the year. If they have a heads up of funding you need, you may be more likely to get it. Most Kiwanis Clubs plan their budgets in August. Events that you may need assistance with: Fall Membership Rally (October 5-6, 2012 – Front Royal, VA) Last year’s cost: $25/member* (includes room and meals) Capital District CKI District Convention (February 22-24, 2013 – Fairfax, VA) Last year’s cost: $120/member* (registration includes meals); $106++/night* (hotel room sleeps 4)

Spring Officer Training Conference (March 22-23, 2013 – Location TBD) Last year’s cost: $45* (includes room and meals) 2013 CKI International Convention (June 26-29, 2013 – Vancouver) Last year’s cost: $195/member* (registration); $125++/night* (hotel room sleeps 4) *The costs above are from last year, and are subject to change. Prices do not change dramatically year to year.

Come join Capital District Kiwanis Family members at the Annual Capital District

Kiwanis Convention! This “Passport to Service” themed convention will be held August 24-26, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Reston. Registration for CKI members is FREE! Stop by and mingle, take a look at the exhibit tables and participate in workshops. Learn more about the convention by visiting www.passporttoservice.org.

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Fall Planning Guide!!

Hey Capital!!

School is out and summer is

in! While you lounge by the

pool and go on fabulous sum-

mer adventures, don’t forget

about CKI!!

Now is the time to start plan-

ning to make sure your club is

off to a great start this fall!

Check out the information on

these pages to help guide you

this summer!

5 Tips to Keep in Mind During Your Planning!

1. Remember and visit your club smart goals. 2. Secure meeting space for the whole semester! 3. Plan your Budget! How much money do you need and where will

you get it? See the Kiwanis Relations section on securing Kiwanis funds!

4. Plan an Eliminate fundraiser! See ideas in the Eliminate section for ideas!

5. Plan events and projects to keep your members involved. Pre-planning theses helps to keep stress low during the semester!

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Recruitment Planning Guide 1. Remember PEOPLE join

PEOPLE! 2. Pursuit to Recruit every-

one and anyone! 3. Wear CKI Gear! 4. Use your elevator speech.

Talk about service pro-jects and socials and how much FUN you have!!

5. Have a recruitment table during your school’s wel-come week!

6. Post flyers and chalk the side walks around campus with your first meeting!

7. Talk up the great member benefits! Leadership op-portunities!

8. Have ways for new members to get involved. Committees and just fun socials so PEOPLE MEET PEO-PLE!

District Events to Plan for: Fall Membership Rally (FMR) October 5-6, 2012 District Convention (DCON) February 22-24 2013 District Large Scale Service Project TBA Total K Day TBA

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Member Spotlight

THIS COULD BE

YOU!!!

Clubs should submit

members they want to

feature by emailing a

blurb and picture of the mem-

ber to editor@cdcki.org once

a month! There were no en-

tries submitted this month,

so enter by July 30th for the

next issue!

CKI Spotlight

Crabby’s Travels!

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CKI Spotlight

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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