I pledge to uphold the objects of Circle K International,to foster compassion and goodwill toward others through service and leadership,

to develop my abilities and the abilities of all people,and to dedicate myself to the realization of mankind’s potential.

pledge of circle k international

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opening messagesserviceleadershipfellowshipdistrict eventssunny’s spotlightscontact

MRP?

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03calendar: october & november

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

21•October

Weekend in Paradise

•CKI South @ Stanton Park

22 23 24 25•FiFun

Committee Meeting

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28•Awards

Committee Meeting

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Committee Meeting

2•District

Board Meeting

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4 5•Club MRFs

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6 7 8•FiFun

Committee Meeting

9 10•UCSD’s

Masquer-ade Ball

11•Awards

Committee Meeting

12 13 14•Club MRFs

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Fall TrainingConference

Hey Cal-Nev-Ha!I hope everyone had an awesome-ness sum-mer vacation that was super fun, relaxing, rejuvenating, and service-filled. So sum-mer is over, but that doesn’t mean the fun times are gone because the fun don’t stop in sunny Cal-Nev-Ha!

Thank you to everyone who attend-ed and participated in the activities of the District Summer Service Social in Santa Clara, CA! Special kudos to the District Service Committee for hosting such an amazing weekend filledwithinteractiveworkshops,memorableservice,jumpin’socials,andlots of bread! Thank you to everyone who made this event possible: workshop hosts, advisors, and many more.

Congratulations to all of the Cal-Nev-Ha members who were selected to be a part of the Interna-tional committees! You are truly fulfilling my goals of bridging the gap between CNH and interna-tional. Keep up the great work in your committees and show them why CNH is the best!

Fall is known for its changing leaves, pumpkin spiced coffee drinks, and the busiest season for our organization. During this time, clubs undergo a super-charged power up in membership, service, and much more. With new members and returning members hitting the Circle K scene this fall, there are so many memories to be made so enjoy it as it happens! Also, don’t just have these mo-ments with just your home club. Get out there and interclub with the clubs in your division by hav-ing service projects, socials, and much more together, just so you can have fellowship grow within your division! Make some new friends and don’t be afraid to showcase YOU! It’s YOU that makes this organization amazing.

Although we are in the dead middle of the Fall season, let’s look back at all of the wonderful ac-tivities during the summer that we did as a District and what members were up to back at their respective clubs. Check out and love this latest issue of the Sunburst, made by Publications Editor Jennifer Lai! Great job Jenn!

See you later! :]Jonathan Cao-Nguyen

OCTOBER 201204 opening messages

Editor's Notes Hellooooo CNH! I hope your autumn has been going swell, without too much stress from classes and/or allergies from the ridiculous weather! As your District Publications Editor, it is my honor to present to you the second issue of the SUNBURST! :)

Just as J-Cao mentioned above, plenty has happened since the first issue dropped back in August! From DSSS to CKI Welcome Weeks, it’s definitely been a busy two months! We’ve got PLENTY to cover for the third issue, though, but before we get to that, do enjoy this second installment of the Sunburst! It was made with plenty of love~ :)

I want to thank all the writers and photographers behind this issue! It really would not be possible without you - Thank you! Big shoutout to District Board for the support (espe-cially my co Truong!!), UCLA for the love, and my mentee for the little pillow in my picture to the right :) Love y’all!

‘Til the next issue! Hope to see y’all at FTC!Jennifer Lai

Governor's Blurb Have you met the Indiana Circle K Governor Kelsey Gower? She’s awesome!

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Division Name EmailCapital Dan Germain dan.germain@yahoo.com

Central Coast Patrick Ballecer patrickcki@gmail.com

Desert Oasis Linda Marx lmpgh54@yahoo.com

Foothill Camille Goulet administrator@cnhcirclek.org

Golden Gate Phuoc Khong advisor.phuoc@gmail.com

Magic Kingdom Armando Velazquez mondo80@gmail.com

Metro Tom Ramirez tramireztom@aol.com

Paradise Boyd Sauter boydsauter@hotmail.com

Sunset Phuoc Khong advisor.phuoc@gmail.com

Regional Advisors' Contact

Stay Socially Connected!Official Website: http://cnhcirclek.org

International Website: http://circlek.orgjCloud: http://www.cnhcirclek.org/JCloud/index.html

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cnhckiTwitter: https://twitter.com/cnhcki

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/cnhSUNBOX

district updates

Total Service Hours: 33,242.6Total Kiwanis Family Events: 679Total Interclub Events: 784Total Members: 2582

District Totals(as of August)

Keep up the great work, CNH CKI!

find out @ FTC!

Mailing Lists & Sunburst SubmissionsSubscribe to our Member Bi-Monthly Mailing List: http://bit.ly/mbmml

Sunburst Submissions: http://bit.ly/sunburstform

Stay connected with one another through these Mailing Lists!Presidents: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/cnhcki-presidents1213

Vice Presidents: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/cnhcki-vicepresidents1213Secretaries: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/cnhcki-secretaries1213Treasurers: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/ cnhcki-treasurers1213

It was 99 degrees as the sun transcended upon all our faces on the shores of Bolsa Chica, radiating a bright yel-low glow that would remain there through the seemingly short hours of our journey.Atfirst Iwasfilledwithasenseofapprehensionand

dread reminiscing on the distant yet unforgettable past experiences I have had on similar yet equally sandy shores, and yet these fears were overcome by the hos-pitality and company soon exhibited before me. We all soon met up with our fellow Circle K’ers by the junction between Towers 21 and 22, sunglasses on our heads, smiles on our faces, and our hearts eager and ready to give.

Stephanie, the ambassador, introduced herself to all of us as well as a bubbly man named Skip, the one in charge of La Mirada’s Kiwanis. We soon found ourselves labori-ously carrying various objects and supplies from his car to the destination of the pits situated before us. In the short time as we were awaiting everyone else’s arrival we got the chance to socialize with our fellow peers, building a strong sense of camaraderie between one another.

Skip and Stephanie soon divided us into various groups, as we roamed the shores from one spot to another looking for various pieces of trash. One person in each group was given the fundamental task of logging each item found – these ranged from traditional items such as

Styrofoam, plastics, bottle caps, and cigarette butts, to someratheruniqueonessuchasfloss,toyparts,andbal-loons.

As we walked through the beach inspecting for distinc-tive pieces of trash, we worked together, dipped our feet into the water whenever our feet became overburdened with sweat, conversed with one another, and made a significantdifference.Bytheendoftwohours,ourtrashbags were full, and our hearts content.

As the morning hours departed and the afternoon raged on, we were provided hot dogs, chips, and drinks by Skip with a smile on his face, proud of what we had just accomplished. Then, free time came as we all faced the shores of the beach, dipped our feet into the water, and bonded over the radiating sunlight before us.Forthefirsttimeinyears,Ifeltasenseofsatisfaction

I hadn’t felt before at the beach, surrounded by people destined for greatness in this world. The echoes of Thom-asJeffersonranginmyhead,“Butfriendshipisprecious,not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of lifeissunshine.“

With the sunshine before me, and friends all around, itwasadaythatwhereI fulfilledmycivicduties,whilesimultaneouslyattainingspiritualandsocialgratification.

service

John TranCSU Fullerton

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Beat the Heat at the Beach: Bolsa Chica Beach Clean-Up

Taste of Westminster: Delicious Way to Begin a Year of Service

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This past August, many Circle K members from UCI, CSUF, IVC, and other schools enthusiastically gath-ered at the Taste of Westminster fes-tival for an evening of service and fun!

Being a large group of volunteers, we were divided and assigned to vari-ous tasks. Some sold tickets, friends and I helped clean up garbage, and others tended to the needs of vendors throughout the evening. Since there was quite an abundance of volunteers at the event, we also got some time to explore the festival and actually get a taste of Westminster. IVC Secretary, Marlene Smith, and I tried samples

from local Italian, Mexican, Asian, and Indian restaurants, which was very en-joyable.

In addition to the eating, I also got to meet Carol, a Westminster Kiwan-ian. While working the ticket booth with her, I learned that Carol lived in Westminster for forty years and has been a Kiwanian for most of that time. I was impressed by how well known she was by the locals and she seemed to thoroughly enjoy the event. It was also really inspiring for me to see how much others respected her, not only as a Kiwanian, but also as someone who has been so involved in her com-

munity for a long time.After my shift at the ticket booth,

I joined the other Circle K members for photo booth pictures and more food! Then at the end of the night, we helped tear down the festival and clean up the booths.

Overall, Taste of Westminster was a successful event. It was very memo-rable for me, because I got to spend much more time with Circle K mem-bers from other schools too. With suchagreateventtostartofftheyear,I look forward to serving with other Circle K clubs and meeting unique indi-viduals, like Carol, at other events!

Samer KhanIrvine Valley College

What is theTomorrow Fund?Do you know about the Tomorrow Fund? TheTomorrowFundisallabout“utilizingthe interest earned and helping CKI clubs and districts serve the world through grants for service opportunities.” You know, like a sort of scholarship/grant to support CKI clubs and their service proj-ects.

The fund is established through a portion of CKI member dues, direct donations, the donation of Carthage-Pullman Soci-ety memberships and the donation of Sapphire Circle honoraries. Clubs may re-quest funding assistance from US$200 to US$2,000.

Tomorrow Fund applications must be received to the Kiwanis International Of-fice by December 1. Applications must be submitted to the Youth Funds Specialist at Kiwanis International, 3636 Woodview Trace, Indianapolis, IN 46268.

For more information on the the Tomor-row Fund, including the application, you can go to www.circlek.org and search To-morrow Fund. Good luck!

Did you participate in Trick-or-Treat with UNICEF during this month of October? We sure hope so! Throughout this Hallow-filledmonth,participantswereencouragedtocollectdonationsfor UNICEF in little boxes by going trick-or-treating (or some oth-er way!). All the money raised would help UNICEF provide clean water, nutrition, education and more to millions of kids in need around the world.

An Update with OurInternational Service

Partners

As a part of their 75th anniversary activities, March of Dimes is petitioning to Light the White House in Purple on January 3, 2013, as a symbol of hope for families whose children are born too soon. Their goal is to secure 25,000 signatures by November 16. Sign the petition today by visiting the following link: http://bit.ly/marchofdimes75

OCTOBER 201208 service

Soup kitchens are a harmonious safe haven for countless needy individuals to enjoy both a meal and the company of others, while being treated with the respect and dignity that they deserve. It is because of this altruistic mission that so many Circle Ks across the world choose to partner with these fantastic or-ganizations; UC Berkeley Circle K is no exception.

Among the soup kitchens that we regularly fre-quent are Street Meal, the Youth, Engagement, Ad-vocacy and Housing (YEAH!) shelter, St. Mark’s Soup Kitchen and Loaves and Fishes. Each is unique, spe-cial, and meaningful in its own way. For example, at Street Meal, we as Circle K volunteers help every step of the way: in cooking for over 300 folks, setting up the silverware and tables, serving all of the soup kitchen’s guests, and cleaning up afterwards.

On the other hand, at the YEAH! Shelter, we are entirely responsible for choosing the meal to cook, bringing all of the ingredients, and lastly cooking for homeless youth at the shelter.

St. Mark’s, on the other hand, provides a peace-ful atmosphere for homeless individuals to feel at home and dine while volunteers serve as their wait-ers and waitresses. Finally, Loaves and Fishes allows volunteers to actually dine with the guests and get to know them on a close and sociable level; further-more,itprovidesnumerousrafflesandprizeoppor-tunities for its guests while entertaining them with life performances.

Ultimately, it is our hope that through Circle K, both new and old members will encounter the won-derfully rich and rewarding experience of serving and befriending disadvantaged people, who are happy to have our company, through the soup kitchens we collaborate with.

Stephanie YuUC Berkeley

Meals LoveMadewith

On the early morning of Sep-tember 23, El Camino College woke up ready to serve. We volunteered at an event call Alive and Running, a 5k walk for awareness and prevention of suicide. We were all excited for this event, because we lie to cheer and keep the walkers mo-tivated, especially for this event.

At the event, we helped out with registration and got to meet many of the groups that come out for this walk. Many of the groups were formed by peo-ple who knew someone that committed suicide and walked in their memory; other groups were formed by people who deal with people trying to com-mit suicide like the SWAT team and Fire Fighters.

After registration, we went to cheer for the walkers. We out- cheered the cheerleaders that

went. ^_^ It was very moving to see so many people come out and walk for this event. There were many parents that came with their children and many people that came with their dogs.

The most moving part was when the walkers got to share their stories, and the reasons why they walked. It was a bit-tersweet event because there were a lot of shared stories, but it was a fun event. We even got the chance to take pictures with the firemen and a member ofthe SWAT team.

We ended the event with a big WE ARE PROUD OF YOU to the event coordinator for all their great work. It was a great event, and even though we had to wake up at 5am, we were all very glad to have participated in it.

Francis Sakai-KawadaUH Hilo

Jannette AlvarezEl Camino College

Game On!‘Aha Pai‘ea Keiki Sports Challenge

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On Saturday August 25, 2012, many university athletes and coaches, several K-family volunteers, and the Vulcan Ath-letic Club came together to put on the 2012 ‘Aha Pai‘ea Keiki Sports Challenge. This clinic drew in over 70 children from the ages of 7-12 to participate in a seven-hour event, where they would immerse themselves in a variety of sports.

The day broke down into two halves. The first half consisted of a rotation ofvolleyball, basketball, and cross-coun-try. The second half consisted of soccer, tennis, softball, and baseball. The keiki learned the basics – from proper running formtodribblingabasketballtofieldinggrounders.

Many smiles were brought out through-out the day, as these children worked hard and played harder. Many valuable lessons were taught beyond sports fun-damentals such as, the importance of staying hydrated as well as developing proper work ethic in anything you want to excel in – whether it sports or academ-ics.

The children were not the only ones working hard throughout the event. Circle K members from the University of Hawaii at Hilo were dispersed as supervi-sors to each group and were given the task of assisting their group in any way. Tasks included keeping the group hydrat-ed, fetching stray balls for the athletes, demonstrating proper form in many of the sports, and much more.

Although this event was very strenuous to say the least, it was also very reward-ingtoteachthebenefitsoflivinghealthyand living life. Ke Ola Pono!

Cheer to the Finish Line:Alive & Runing 5K

OCTOBER 201210 leadership

Major: English / Spanish (double ma-jor); Gender Studies (minor)Favorite Meme: High Expectations Asian Father and Socially Awkward PenguinWho (or what) inspires you and why?: Dreams, because everything begins with and is inspired by a dream.

Fiona ChengCapital

Major: Mass Communications & Journalism -Advertising (major); Art (minor)Favorite Animal: Dachshunds!Who (or what) inspires you and why?: A lot of inspiration actually comes from fellow Circle K members. I know we all get burnt out with school, work, and life but I am always shocked at how much spirit I see around me whenever I do anythingwithCircleK.Itisdefinitelyinfectiousand keeps my passion for service alive! :D

Kevin GordyCentral Coast

Major: Undeclared scienceFavorite Movie: Dead Poet SocietyWho (or what) inspires you and why?: Since 8th grade, I’ve been a huge fan of Taiwanese idol Rainie Yang. She began as a hard-working singer, actress, and hostess who was known to be the princess of cute in Taiwan. Over time, she was able to break awayfromthebelittlingstereotypesof“cute”andestablish her own strong and distinct presence. There was a quote she lived by during her earlier years,whichwas,“Ifyouworkhard,itdoesn’tmeanyou’llsucceed.Butifyoudon’tworkhard,youdefi-nitely will not succeed.” What was inspiring was that she didn’t just sit around and mope, she took action. That’s the kind of motivation that keeps me going.

Major: Business Entrepreneurship and Engi-neering Computer ScienceFavorite Color: Bright Forest GreenWho (or what) inspires you and why?: Derek Furukawa, because he’s busier than me, but still manages to be successful. He proves to me that a full-time career and Ki-wanis involvement can be balanced. While still being true to the ideals of being a good person.

Kevin GobleDesert Oasis

meet your

Chloe ShihFoothill

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Major: Computer EngineeringFavorite TV Show as a child: PokemonWho (or what) inspires you and why?: People, because people seem to have the ability to be happen even in the most downtrodden of times.

Mikael MillerGolden Gate

Major: Psychology and Social BehaviorFavorite Color: Purple, Teal, Royal Blue, MagentaWho (or what) inspires you and why?: People who stay optimistic and incredibly positive throughout even the toughest of circumstances. I know a good handful of people like this and they truly inspire me to keep pushing forward.

Stephanie NguyenMagic Kingdom

Major: FilmFavorite Meme: It’s hard to pick just one, so it’s a tie among TROLLFACE, ME GUSTA, AWWW YEAH, and NYANCATWho (or what) inspires you and why?: People who go above and beyond the call of duty.

Sean NguyenMetro

Major: General Biology/BioinformationFavorite Movie: Pursuit of Happyness, Coach CarterWho (or what) inspires you and why?: MyParents,fortheircontinuedsacrifice.The rest of the Bamboo Crew who are all pursuing their dreams to the best of their ability. Bea, for teaching me to never be satisfiedwithmyself.

Azhar DeenParadise

Major: Computer ScienceFavorite Animal: TurtleWho (or what) inspires you and why?: My father - because he works so hard to provide for his family, and I want to be like him when I grow up.

Tony WangSunset

lieutenant governors

OCTOBER 201212 leadership Requirements Bronze Silver Gold PlatinumDues Paid Yes Yes Yes YesService Hours 40 hours 80 hours 120 hours 160 hoursAdditional Requirements 8 of 12 9 of 13 10 of 16 12 of 16#Socials (SE) 3 4 5 6#MD&E Events (MD) 2 2 4 4# Fundraisers (FR) 2 2 4 4# Circle K Hosted Events (CK) 2 2 4 4# events with Kiwanis Family (KF)

1 2 3 4

# Interclubs (IN) 2 3 4 5# Divisional Events (DV) 2 3 4 5# District Events (DE) 1 2 3 4# International Events (INT) 1 1# Articles Submitted 1 1 2 2# Webinars Attended 1 1 2 2Chair of an Event 1 1 2 2Host District Workshop or Webinar

Yes Yes Yes

Club Committee Member Yes Yes Yes YesDistrict/Divisional Committee Member

Yes Yes

Club or Leadership Position Yes Yes

Schools with 45 members or less

What

Recognition Program?

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Requirements Bronze Silver Gold PlatinumDues Paid Yes Yes Yes YesService Hours 50 hours 100 hours 150 hours 200 hoursAdditional Requirements 8 of 12 9 of 13 10 of 16 12 of 16#Socials (SE) 4 4 5 6#MD&E Events (MD) 2 2 4 4# Fundraisers (FR) 2 3 4 5# Circle K Hosted Events (CK) 2 3 4 5# events with Kiwanis Family (KF)

2 3 4 5

# Interclubs (IN) 4 4 5 6# Divisional Events (DV) 4 4 5 6# District Events (DE) 1 2 3 4# International Events (INT) 1 1# Articles Submitted 1 1 2 2# Webinars Attended 1 1 2 2Chair of an Event 1 1 2 2Host District Workshop or Webinar

Yes Yes Yes

Club Committee Member Yes Yes Yes YesDistrict/Divisional Committee Member

Yes Yes

Club or Leadership Position Yes Yes

Schools with 46 members or more

The Membership Recognition Program (MRP) recognizes members of CNH Circle K for their hard work and dedication towards the organization, as ex-pressed through the three tenets of service, fellowship, and leadership. This

year, our Membership Development & Education chair Lauren Kim has imple-mented a number of changes to the program, as outlined on these two pag-es. It has changed from last year’s program, so look through them closely!

Stay tuned for more information on these MRP changes from our District MD&E Chair in the future. In the meantime, continue being awesome and

reaching these four levels of awesomeness!

James HuiUC Davis

OCTOBER 201214 fellowship

T h e Interdivisional

Hunger Games was an all-out free-for-all bloodbath

that could not have been won without carefully planned strategies.Capital Division entered as the sec-

ond underdog in this competition with only seven tributes (all of which were UC

Davis exclusive) against ten tributes pro-vided from both Sunset and Golden Gate division each. Central Coast Division was the true underdog of this game as they only had three tributes.

As such, Capital Division formed a tempo-rary alliance with Central Coast, but Central Coast was unable to endure the mayhem withinthefirstcrucialminutesofthegame,returning Capital back to its initial unallied state. Fortunately, the vicinity of Sunset’s and Golden Gate’s forts had a greater proximity relative to Capital, so Sunset and Golden Gate would inevitably eliminate each other one by one, evening the odds for Capital. Never-theless, Capital was still under attack by the opposing divisions, but all the attacks were fendedoff.

Eventually, all of Golden Gate’s tributes were eliminated. Sunset’s tributes had con-sequently diminished to fewer than Capital’s numbers, giving Capital the upper hand for the first time throughout theentiregame.Also,Sunset’s ammunition had greatly depleted while Capital’s seems to have been untouched since Capital strategically waited patiently for the opposing forces to weaken, ultimately in-creasing Capital’s chances at victory.

With very few tributes left in the game the outer boundaries of the playing field nar-rowed. Sunset division remained with only two tributes while Capital had an advanta-geous six (one tribute was lost due to his foolishdecisiontorush intothebattlefieldearly in the game). It wasn’t long until Capi-tal eliminated the last remaining tributes of Sunset,withthefinalblowgivenbyme.

Nowcamethefinalchallenge;thegamerequired a single winner, and I had used

the last of my ammunition on the last Sunset tribute. Thus, I had to ac-

quire some sort of weapon, so I dashed back to the Capital

division base in des-

All hope of obtaining any kind of weapon immediately went out the door. My only

option left was to literally run for my life, and so I did.

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per-ate need of any weapon. As I approached the base, a fellow teammate (now considered an enemy) standing guard of the weapons. All hope of obtaining any kind of weap-on immediately went out the door. My only option left was to literally run for my life, and so I did. I was dodging water (the main source of ammunition) left and right, running around trees and any other obstruc-tionsIcouldfind.Ievenmiraculouslyescapeda few water balloons thrown at me from point blank. In the process of escaping death, I hurt my knee, but my adrenaline rush was an in-stant remedy for my pain.

Finally, I had found myself in a relatively safe zone, and tried to create an alliance with one of the teammates who had possession of a weapon. At this point, I had no hope of winning anymore, so I bargained with him to takeouteveryoneandfinishmeofflast.Al-though he didn’t quite agree with me, I was far away enough from him to avoid any dan-ger to myself from him. As such, I watched the rest of my former teammates eliminate each other as I maneuvered around the play-ingfieldtosecuremyself.

A few moments later, I had discovered that everyone had been eliminated, and the last person (the one who I tried to ally with) had slipped and essentially eliminated himself, which resulted in me becoming the cham-pion. I can’t say that it was the most glorious victorysinceIdidn’tprovidethefinalattack,but I did manage to dodge everything that was thrown at me, which I think is something worthy of a champion. In the end, it was a well played game, and as mentioned previ-ously, it could not have been won without a well thought-out strategy.

As the winner of the Hunger games, I was given the honor of donating all of my win-nings to any charity of my choice. After long contemplation, the money was donated to the Eliminate Project, a suitable char-ity considering the relation of its name to the Hunger Games. Also, all of the canned food that was used as sub-stitute entry fees was donated to a local charity in the city of Davis.

Are theOdds in

Your Favor?

Four months of summer seems like a long time. As June, July, and August slowly creep by us, Septem-ber rolls around almost as if out of nowhere, and we’re dreading the day our classes start. In order to make the good bye to summer a little less sad, we hosted an End of

SummerBonfire!Ronnie and I camped out at Coro-

na Del Mar at 10 AM in order to save aprimespotatthefirepits!Asthesun grew higher and the day became hotter, it was proving to be a perfect day for the beach! There were plenty of old and new members that joined us at the beach, and everyone had a good time whether they were play-ing in the water, making sand alliga-tors, playing Monopoly Deal, or even taking pictures at our outdoor photo

booth (courtesy of Alan Chung from OCC!) The best part was definitelythat members from OCC, Chapman, and IVC came to celebrate the last Friday of summer with us!

After the sun set, everyone sat around cooking hot dogs and s’mores, basking in the cool sum-mer night, making new friends! The bonfire proved to be a successfulevent and I hope to see more mem-bers come out to our other socials as well!

Lany DaoUC Irvine

Summer’s Over?! End of the Summer Bonfire

OCTOBER 201216 fellowship

From September 21-23, the Paradise Divisional Board along with the District Governor paid a visit to Hilo, Hawaii to bond and check in with Circle K at the University of Hawaii at Hilo.

Throughout these 3 days, the group got to meet with many of the members of the club as well as the local Kiwanis Family. Activities included going to many local points of interest such as Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut Factory, Kuhio Grille (Home of the 1-Pound Laulau) as well as a Kiwanis family service project at the local YMCA. The group also got a private lesson in the Hawaiian Language and the beautiful art of Hula.

Towards the end of their visit, they attended a Disney and Development Social held by the Circle K at UH-Hilo. There they participated in skits, sing-ing and group activities.

The club greeted the Divisional Board with open arms and at the end of the visit, accepted them into our extended ‘Ohana (family). UH-Hilo hopes that many more visits will be made in the future and encourage members from other Circle K clubs to pay Hawaii a visit! Until next time, A hui hou!

Exploring

Hawaiiin

Dennis LinUH Hilo

Paradise

17Welcome to CKI - SFSU Edition!

While everyone was packing up their backpacks with school books, pencils, and their new schedules, I was packingupfliers, a laptopwitha signupdocument,and a strong will ready for rejections! I was all set for thefirsteverattemptofawelcomeweekforCKISFSU.We had it all planned information nights, games, scav-engerhunts,bonfires,andsomuchmore

I wanted to spread the word of CKI at SFSU as much as I can in hopes that the club grew. Each and every dayforthefirsttwoweeksofschoolwastablingandthen run to class, then back to tabling, then to the wel-come week event! Oh gosh, just talking about again makes me miss the chaos and all the times I explained to others what Circle K International was. I was so hap-py with the lists and lists of names that we had after each day. Of course, there was much heartbreak as peoplelookeddownandignoredthecallsof“Wouldyou like to do community service with us?” Afterthefirstwelcomeweekevents,Iwassurprised

how fast people came back to CKI! After a simple in-formationnight,therewerealreadyfirstyearssittingwith us at tabling eating, laughing, and acting like they were in the club for their whole life already! It was an amazing feeling, and it reassured me that CKI brings out the best in people. Sure enough, at the same time I knew that expanding our membership from the thir-ties is going to be a tough job.

Finally, itwasthedayoftruth-thedayofthefirstgeneral meeting. I was nervous on the turn out, and had my doubts on the turn out. I started to group everyone that was in CKI and interested in CKI in the quad. At first, therewere only about 20, thenmore

and more people came. As I led the group to our meet-ing, I had a huge grin on my face. I led them into the classroom, and my President looked at me with huge eyes and a dropped jaw. The whole room was packed andmanyhadtositonthefloor.

At the end of the day, I was ecstatic! There were over 50 people in our meeting, and most of them were of new faces! I can’t wait for the next general meet-ing (second general meeting) to come by. This turn out goes to show that depending on how much you put in to recruiting and making a welcoming environ-ment will determine the outcome of new membership in your club. Keep spreading the happiness of CKI and keep recruiting!

After a simple information night, there were already first years sitting with us at tabling

eating, laughing, and acting like they were in the club for their whole life already!

“

Robert LinSan Francisco State University

Jerry BaoDiablo Valley College

OCTOBER 201218 district eventsBack in high school, I never even considered joining any

club, let alone even join some sort of group, and even whenIfirststartedmycollegelifestyle,Ineverthoughtthat I would take part in anything extracurricular in the college. But here I am now, a part of Circle K International (morespecificallyDVC’sCKI),somethingthatreallyhaschanged my life.

A year ago, my best friend Matt had been having dis-cussions with me about CKI, and believe it or not, the entire time I had thought they were having meetings at theCircleKgasstation.Ithought,“Whatkindofbizarreclub meets at a gas station and is all about community service?”AtthetimeIwasstillfiguringoutthingsinmylife and what my future held for me, so I just shrugged offthetimeshe’saskedmetojointheclub.Afterayear,a lot had happened to me and I was going through a re-ally rough patch in my life and this was when he really persuaded me to join DVC’s CKI. He said it was fairly new and, remember, I still thought at this time this was some club where meetings were held at a Circle K gas station, soIfiguredwhynotI’lljoin.What’stheretolose?

Boy was I surprised when I found out that the meetings were actually held AT the college and not at a gas station, and that Circle K is the collegiate version of the Kiwanis In-

ternational Organization. Now since this was a fairly new club,notmanypeoplewerethereandIthought,“Thisisa really small club. I wonder what this club is all about?” It wasn’tuntilIwenttomyfirstserviceproject,ChinatownYMCAHealthyKidsDay,didIfinallyrealizewhatthisclubis all about, and boy did I have fun at that service project.

Now at that time, I still had reserved thoughts about the club and whether it was worth my time or not, but it waskeepingmymindoffofthingsatthetimeandkeep-ing me productive, so I continued on with CKI. It wasn’t untiltwodistricteventslaterdidIfinallyrealizewhyMattkept rambling on and on to me about CKI.The first district event was STC. This was a one day

event and it was fairly small compared to the other dis-trict events, but even in that one day I had met a bunch of new people, learned a lot about leadership, and became VERY confused about a lot of the things that people were talking about in regards to CKI (I still didn’t know every-thing regarding CKI and the Kiwanis organization.) After that day, I thought, this club really has a lot more to it than I thought, and decided I’d stick it out for the year and see what it brings me.

The second district event was DSSS, and this event was really the event that sealed the deal for me regarding

CKI really helped me bring out the leader and voice in myself. The entire environment surrounding

CKI is just extraordinary. . . I really still can’t explain what had happened to me, and if I had to give a reason, the only reason I could give would be CKI.

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CKI. It was three days long, and they were the most fun three days I’ve ever had in a long time. Those three days I had met a ton of people, grew closer with the friends I already had, and made a bunch new friends. On top of that,Ireallygotfiredupforserviceandleadership.Mymost memorable moment was at the end of the confer-ence where there were spirit battles going on between divisions.TheyfiredmeupcompletelyandIknewIhadfound a club that was pure amazing and awesome. If DSSS was this amazing, I really can’t wait to see what FTC and DCON have in store. I hear the overall atmospheres there are just 10x crazier and exciting.

The best part about both these events? I had devel-oped a part of me that I thought would forever haunt me: my shyness. For those who don’t know I used to be an EXTREMELY shy guy and I always was nervous to meet anyone or do anything. CKI really helped me bring out the leader and voice in myself. The entire environment surrounding CKI is just extraordinary. I really still can’t explain what had happened to me, and if I had to give a reason, the only reason I could give would be CKI.

In addition, CKI has bled over into my personal life and my overall attitude in life. I’ve never been more moti-vated to do things and take initiative. I’ve never felt so alive and excited about my future. In addition, I’ve never been so excited to meet people inside and outside of CKI. I never imagined that a club such as CKI could do such

things for me. Between then and DSSS, I had grown a hugeaffinity towards theclub, service, leadership, andfellowship with others and had developed my individual-ityandconfidence.IabsolutelywanttodoEVERYTHINGCKI related, and I even want to eventually take up a posi-tion in the district and make an impact within CNH. While that is quite a goal I’ve set for myself, I intend on doing my best to make it as far as I can in CNH CKI.

Life for me has never been the same, and it won’t ever be the same. It’s incredible what a chain of events does to someone. I can’t wait for this upcoming year of CKI. If I had to describe how I feel right now, it would be this:

I FEEL GOOD, OH I FEEL SO GOODI FEEL FINE, ALL OF THE TIMEA BOOGA BOOGA, BOOGA WOOGA WOOGA

(By far my favorite cheer. I don’t know why, it just is!)

Thanks Matt for really pushing for me to join this club. You have no idea how much of a life changer it has been for me.

Thanks everyone at CKI for being amazing. You’ve all affectedmeinsomanydifferentways,andIwishIcouldpersonally thank each and every one of you.

service social !!

OCTOBER 201220 sunny's spotlights

Name International CommitteeKevin Chiong Large Scale Service ProjectKevin GobleBrandon ThomasDavid TruongSharon HuieCristina Magdaleno Language SpecialistSandra MateoFelicia GradyCurtis Wu Membership & MarketingAndrew TomRyan OcampoDavid Limjoco Social Potential Innovative Club

EnhancementMichael Saechao

Watch out, CKI! Cal-Nev-Ha is here! Congratulations to the following individuals for their acceptance to their respective Circle K Inter-national Committees. You are all bridging the gap between CNH and International!

CNH is Reppin’ it Internationally!

The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, aka AFSP, is the nation’s leading organization for un-derstanding and preventing suicide through research, education, and advocacy. Not only that, AFSP als focuses on reaching out to people with mental disorders and those who have or are impacted by suicide. Circle K clubs can work with AFSP in many ways! The biggest project AFSP is known for is their Out of Darkness walk which is to raise awareness about issues pertaining to mental health and suicide preven-tion. Its aim is to bring these issues to light and let people know early on on how to prevent related situations. Circle K clubs can look for Out of Darkness near them and volunteer. A major thing about this service spotlight is that it is related to our District Service Initiative: Living Healthy, Living Life - in which this spotlight focuses on the mental and emotional side of the DSI.

The Service Spotlight is a bimonthly display of information on a cer-tain service organization that the district has chosen to highlight to help promote and educate members about its cause.

what is the “service spotlight”?

Service Spotlight for September & October

We would love to recognize and hear about your amazing service projects your club has done relating to this ser-vice spotlight! Please send in articles to service@cnhcirclek.org. Stay tuned for the November-December Service

Spotlight in the next Member Bi-Monthly Mailing List (MBMML)! Subscribe if you haven’t already!

Fu nd ra is ing : E l Ca m in o Col lege

Have you thought about holding a fundraiser at a res-taurant or a quick grab-and-go snack? What if one of-fers more percentage? Then maybe you can get higher donation from them, right? Well, that depends on who they accept donations from and if they require to bring aflyerornot.Iamwritingthistosharesomethoughtsand compare these two great fundraising experiences we had.

We have had a fundraisers at Veggie Grill and Yogurt-land.Therewere somebigdifferencesbetweenwhatbothhadoffered.Yogurtlandofferedtogiveus15%,andVeggieGrillhadofferedtogiveusawhopping50%.Veg-gie Grill was on Thursday, June 21 from 5pm to 10pm. Yo-gurtland was on Wednesday, June 20 from 4pm to 7pm.

So far Veggie Grill has more hours and percent to give, butthemaindifferencethatseparatedthemwashowfrom who they would get the percentage from to do-natetous.WithVeggieGrill,youneededtheflyerorhadto tell them you were there for the fundraiser. Then for Yogurtlandtheygaveus15%fromeveryonewhomadea

purchase within the time frame.Now, that you know the percentage, hours of fund-

raiser, and from whose purchase, which do you think gave a bigger contribution? We were really shocked to findoutthatitwasYogurtlandwithabiggercontribu-tion!

After some thought, there were some possible rea-sons why we thought Yogurtland was more successful, although we deeply appreciate both contributions. The weather lately has been high most of the time so frozen yogurt would seem more appealing. Another was that you didn’t have to sit down and wait for your order to come to you so more people probably went to Yogurt-land. But the main possible reason was that Yogurtland didnotneedaflyerforthefundraiser.Theydecidedtoseta3hourtimeframeandtake15%fromanyonewhohadmadeapurchase.WefirstdidthinkthatVeggieGrillwas going to contribute more but it depended more on how many people you tell about the event. I think that Veggie Grill’s way of contributing has to do more with how it is publicized. If we could have gotten more peo-ple to go then it would have been even more success-ful. In the end we made $127.07 from Veggie Grill and $210.86 from Yogurtland.

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Serv ic e : UC Berk eley

4 AM. That’s right. UC Berkeley Circle K members woke up that early (or stayed up that late) to gather at a bus stop by campus at 4 AM to do service at Lake Merritt. The event? Out of the Darkness Walk, a one-of-a-kind event that touches the hearts of Americans all around the world. According to the American Founda-tion for Suicide Prevention, the sponsoring organiza-tion, a person dies by suicide in the United States every 15 minutes and it estimated that a suicide attempt is made every minute. The Out of the Darkness Walks raise money to provide funds for research on methods to prevent suicide as well as to increase awareness about suicide prevention. At the event, the fourteen of us Cir-cle K members joined several other volunteers from the

community to help out with a variety of tasks including setting up and manning the food tables, registering vol-unteers,collectingdonations,givingoutraffletickets,cheering on all the walkers, and cleaning up when the event ended! All the attendees had a great time helping out and the event coordinators were extremely appre-ciative of our help. It was fantastic event and we looked forward to coming back next year!

Ken TaoUC Berkeley

Sunny’s Spotlights is a corner where CNH recognizes the clubs and/or individuals that stand out and go above and beyond in the areas of service and fundraising. Stay tuned for the next issue to see if your school is featured!

what is “sunny’s spotlights”?

Joseph MontesEl Camino College

OCTOBER 201222 shoutouts & announcem

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You are cordially invited to join UCSD Circle K’s 15th Annual Masquerade Ball for a night of magic and romance.

This November 10th, UCSD’s Circle K will be holding their annual Masquerade Ball fundraiser. For $30 we shall take you all into the seas as we sail along the waters of the San Diego harbor in the Inspiration Horn Blower, the LARGEST yacht in Southern California.

This year we shall dive into secrecy and romance as we bring the world of James Bond’s Casino Royale to all of you. From the mysteries of being a spy to the romantic encounters in the starry night we hope to charm you all with an amazing display of class and enchantment. We will provide the perfect setting so that you all can enjoy yourselves and dance the night away!!

All proceeds go directly to Pediatric Trauma Program, one of our District Fundraising Initiatives. Ask your presidents today on how you can attend!

If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at roger.w.pan@gmail.com.

I asked Chris Kawaguchi (Fresno State’s president) how his club is doing, and Igotthis:“Itthrivesthroughthemysteriousforceofservice.It’sleadershipa continuous adventure of college chaos held together by building fellow-ships. Like a Circle of harmonious uncertainty it thrives under this mysterious force.SomanyunknownanddarkfiguredpathsbutintheendIknowitwillprevail... For Circle Ker’s know where the playground in the land of chaos is. It’s a dirty job but somebody has to make it fun.” When asked why, he said, “ItwasthesimplestanswerIknew.”Chris,Iloveyou,man!

Roger PanUC San Diego

Roger PanUC San Diego

Mikael MillerSan Francisco

State University

This is a shout out to all the new members in Circle K Interna-tional,allofyouaremakinganeffectinyourcommunity,city,and the world by just participating in your home club. Remem-beryoucanmakeadifferenceandkeepondoingservice!

Robert LinSan FranciscoState University

23Earlier this month, the Los Angeles Business Journal presented its 3rd Annual Corporate Counselawards.Individualswereselected“notjustfortheircontributiontotheirorganiza-tions, but also for their contributions outside the workday.” One of the recipients was none other than our CNH District Administrator Camille Goulet, who was recognized in the gov-ernment sector! You deserve it, and we’re grateful for all you do! Thanks for your contribu-tions to the beautiful district of Cal-Nev-Ha!

CNH DistrictCKI/Kiwanis

Congratulations Camille!

Your #1 resource to building and developing your club to great heights.

Jonathan Cao-NguyenDistrict Governorgovernor@cnhcirclek.org

Hans MeimbanDistrict Treasurertreasurer@cnhcirclek.org

David LimjocoDistrict Secretarysecretary@cnhcirclek.org

Chloe ShihFoothillfoothill@cnhcirclek.org

Mikael MillerGolden Gategoldengate@cnhcirclek.org

Stephanie NguyenMagic Kingdommagickingdom@cnhcirclek.org

Sean NguyenMetrometro@cnhcirclek.org

Azhar DeenParadiseparadise@cnhcirclek.org

Tony WangSunsetsunset@cnhcirclek.org

Fiona ChengCapitalcapital@cnhcirclek.org

Kevin GordyCentral Coastcentralcoast@cnhcirclek.org

Kevin GobleDesert Oasisdesertoasis@cnhcirclek.org

Ashley ValdezAwardsawards@cnhcirclek.org

Stefanie ChowDistrict Conventiondcon@cnhcirclek.org

Ruben RuizFall Training Conferenceftc@cnhcirclek.org

Andrew TomKiwanis Familykfamily@cnhcirclek.org

Lauren KimMembership Development& Educationmde@cnhcirclek.org

Brett ButlerOn To InternationalConventionicon@cnhcirclek.org

Jennifer LaiPublications Editoreditor@cnhcirclek.org

Leonne ChungServiceservice@cnhcirclek.org

Truong PhamTechnologytechnology@cnhcirclek.org

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