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Welcome to the first issue of
Rocky‟s Report! Here at Temple University
we have a very special little mascot — a
stuffed red panda named Rocky, and in his
name we bring you the latest
news about Temple Univer-
sity Circle K. Circle K is a
global organization con-
nected with groups like Key
Club at the high school level
and Kiwanis at the adult
level, as well as many other
branches for all ages. The
mission statement for Circle
K International is to “develop university
students into a global network of responsi-
ble citizens and leaders with a lifelong
commitment to service.” This isn‟t your
ordinary community service club. Circle K is
part of a grand family of some of the
county‟s most dedicated volunteers. At
Temple, we are part of the Pennsylvania
Liberty District which allows us to network
with many of the colleges in Philadelphia
and its surrounding areas. We hold weekly
meetings for club members to
discuss the many events that
we do. We work with organi-
zations like Philabundance and
Books through Bars, among
many other local service or-
ganizations. I personally want
to welcome you to into the
Circle K family here at
Temple University and ensure
you that this year will be full of some of
the most unique opportunities to make a
difference.
Yours in friendship and service, Mariza Esperanza
Temple University Circle K Editor
FreshServe took place on the Sun-
day during Temple‟s Welcome Week. Our
president, Lauren Gess co-lead a group of
about thirty students of all years to clear
a lot at the corner of Jefferson and 26th
street. Sarah Gierhart and Grace Oey were
there to give Lauren a little Circle K sup-
port. Other participants included a dance
troupe, RA's from 1940, and many new
Temple Owls. Together we cut and pulled
weeds, tore down crawling vines, picked up
garbage and took some lovely photos which
are now on Temple Circle K's face-
book. However, the Temple students were-
n‟t alone because there was a little extra
help from some neighbors. Mack, a North
Philadelphia resident helped us the entire
time. He warned us about poisonous plants,
cut down the tree branches and organized
work flow, all the while dressed in a bike
suit because he did not have time to
change; that‟s dedication! We had boat-
loads of fun, so come out next year and
join us!!
Story by: Grace Oey
FreshServe 2010
WELCOME TO TEMPLE CIRCLE K!
September 2010
Volume 1, Issue 1
ROCKY’S REPORT
Inside this issue:
President and
Vice President
2
Secretary and
Treasurer
3
Fundraisign Chair
and Editor
4
District Officers 5
Calendar of Events 6
ING Marathon 6
Temple University
Circke K
Special points of in-
terest:
Welcome to Circle K!
FreshServe 2010 —
students and clubs help
clean up Philadelphia
“Meet the Officers”
Bios
ING Marathon 2010 —
Circle K volunteers at
the annual half-marathon
NAME: Lauren Gess
MAJOR: Health Information
Management
HOMETOWN: Endwell, NY
INTERESTS: Volunteering, volleyball,
basketball, softball (almost every sport...),
going to the movies, putting honey mustard
on every food, traveling
JOB DESCRIPTION: The President of
Circle K is in charge of running officer and
club meetings, delegating duties to other
officers, and keeping them well informed. I
also send emails and reminders about
meetings and community service projects,
coordinate projects, and make sure things
run smoothly.
What made you join Circle K?: I believe
community service is very important. There are a lot of people and organizations that need
people like us to help out and work hard for a good cause.
What interests you about Circle K?: We are a very diverse group of Temple students
that come together frequently to serve
others. We have so much fun doing service
projects together and have created a
'family' over the past few years.
What do you like most about Circle K?:
I like Circle K because it is exactly about
the 3 Tenants : Leadership, Fellowship,
Service. There are many opportunities to
become a leader, whether it is becoming an
officer or chair, or running a service event.
Every meeting allows for fellowship be-
tween other students interested in service.
District events bring PA Circle K clubs to-
gether-- so there are opportunities to
meet Circle K members from other schools
throughout PA. We do a TON of commu-
nity service through weekly events and
larger weekend service projects.
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PRESIDENT:
NAME: Grace Oey
MAJOR: Double Major in Environmental
Science and Anthropology
HOMETOWN: Princeton Junction, NJ
INTERESTS: Scuba diving, snowboard-
ing, reading, watching stuff
JOB DESCRIPTION: The VP is in charge
of finding service projects and helping the
president run the day to day workings of
the club.
What made you join Circle K?: Meryl
What interests you about Circle K?: I
really like doing service projects with other
people who are equally enthusiastic about
helping others.
What do you like most about Circle K?: I
love the people, and I have a great time
whenever I'm with the other club mem-
bers. It doesn't matter where we are. —
although, there is something about sorting
bread at Philabundance that is indescriba-
bly fun.
VICE PRESIDENT:
“The smallest
act of kindness
is worth more
than the
greatest
intention”
~Oscar Wilde
MEET THE OFFICERS!
NAME: Sarah Gierhart
MAJOR: Public Health
HOMETOWN: State College, PA
Interests: music, piano, CIRCLE K,
sports, basketball, running, rowing
JOB DESCRIPTION: As secretary,
I keep track of all the service hours
and makes sure you get credit for
being a good person!
What made you join Circle K?: I
was a part of Key Club in high school
and thought that giving back to the
city would be a great college experi-
ence. Plus, it's something that gets
you off campus and more involved in
the real world.
What interests you about Circle K?:
Working at the marathons, eating at
the fundraisers (I love food), Phila-
bundance, volunteering and because
I‟m around the coolest people ever.
What do you like most about Circle
K?: I love that we do so many pro-
jects. I love being involved in the city
and making it look a little nicer and I
absolutely love the variety of the
projects we do. There‟s a little
SECRETARY:
“It’s easy to
make a buck.
It’s a lot
tougher to
make a
difference.”
~Tom Brokaw
Volume 1, Issue 1
TREASURER:
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something for everyone and every
kind of job in Philadelphia.
NAME: Meryl Paul
MAJOR: Biology, with a minor in So-
ciology and Spanish
HOMETOWN: Philadelphia, PA
INTERESTS: Traveling, cooking,
learning new things, occasionally hy-
perventilating, sharing good times
with great people
JOB DESCRIPTION: The treasurer
keeps track of the club‟s funds, col-
lects dues, and keeps our activities
within budget!
What made you join Circle K?: Do-
ing service with fun, committed, like-
minded individuals in a structured man-
ner made more sense than wandering
around on my own.
What interests you about Circle K?:
Our mascot Rocky!
What do you like most about Circle
K?: We volunteer at marathons before
the sun comes up, watch energetic five
year-olds dance better than we ever
will, bake cookies for Ronald McDonald
House while occasionally munching on a
few, and sell late-night grilled cheese
sandwiches to party-goers. What's not
to love?
What do you
like most about
Circle K?: I like
Circle K because
it's given me the
special experi-
ences like
DCON, where I
get to spend a
whole weekend
learning about
what other clubs
are doing and I
get to see the
friends I've
made at past
DCONs. One of my best memories is
driving for 8 hours to DCON in Erie.
Everyone always complains about this
one, but I really like road trips and
I got to meet some great people that
I never would have had the chance
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to otherwise. We got
really close on the bus
ride and it definitely
made us so much
closer!
What made you join
Circle K?: I joined Circle
K after 4 years of serving
with the William Tennent
High School Key Club! My
favorite things about
Circle K are, travelling to
DCON, making amazing
friends, helping the Phila-
delphia community, and
making a huge difference!
What interests you most about Circle
K?: It's a great blend of service, leader-
ship, and fellowship, which means that we
serve together, we have so many chances
to hold positions and chair events, and we
get to make amazing best friends!
FUNDRAISING CHAIR:
NAME: Ashley Anderson
MAJOR: Senior Communications and
Public Relations
HOMETOWN: Warminster, PA
INTERESTS: I love knitting, baking,
shopping, talking too much, dancing
randomly, and of course doing lots of
service! My favorites foods are any-
thing with mushrooms, and anything my
my mom makes. I currently work at
the Execute Office of the President
(Ann Weaver Hart is Temple's current
President!) and I also serve on the Hil-
lel Executive Board and as the Treas-
urer of Delta Phi Epsilon Sorority.
JOB DESCRIPTION: I am currently
serving my third year as the club's
Fundraising Chair. I hold events and
develop fundraisers so that the club
can afford to visit state-wide events
like InterPACK and DCON.
EDITOR:
NAME: Mariza Esperanza
MAJOR: Biophysics
HOMETOWN: Hainesport, NJ
INTERESTS: Reading series
books, watching movies, watermel-
ons, and going to A LOT of concerts
JOB DESCRIPTION: I‟m in charge
of creating the Temple University
Circle K newsletter Rocky‟s Report!
My other responsibilities are to
manage the website and take pic-
tures at events.
What do you like most about Cir-
cle K?: I really love having the op-
portunity to attend some of the
most unique service projects in
Philadelphia. Every person in Circle
K has the greatest heart and I‟m
privileged to spend my time making
a difference with them.
What made you join Circle K?:
Sarah Gierhart, actually. Not only did she
recruit me but she nominated me to fill the
position of editor, and look where I ended
up!
What interests you about Circle K?:
There is such a variety of projects that it
is almost impossible to not find a service
event that you like. Circle K basically
keeps you busy having fun with your
friends and helping other people; it‟s per-
fect! There are so many opportunities to
travel around the district and see a lot of
things that you would otherwise miss out
on. It truly is a special organization.
yet! There's something special about
a person who bypasses all the other
organizations and devote themselves
to this one - you know it when you see
it!
What do you like most about Circle
K?: Circle K is unlike any other or-
ganization in that it emphasizes all
the things that makes helping others
so great. Of course there's the ser-
vice component and all the learning
that goes along with it, but there are
also the leadership skills that we
build and the friends that we make.
You can't go to a Circle K meeting,
project, or event without seeing all of
these aspects so perfectly inter-
twined!
JOB DESCRIPTION: As the Pennsyl-
vania District Governor, I am the
Chief Executive Officer for the
Pennsylvania District.
What made you join Circle K?:Some
time ago when I was in high school I
stumbled upon an organization called
Key Club because my history teacher
promised extra credit to the stu-
dents that joined the group he ad-
vised. Not knowing anything about
the Kiwanis Family and caring little to
nothing about community service, Key
Club opened my eyes to the impor-
tance of caring for others. I knew I
wasn't done when I got to college, so
I built a Circle K at my old school
USP. When I transferred to Temple,
I joined here, too!
What interests you about Circle K?:
I think it's amazing that you can al-
ways pick out a Circle K'er in the
crowd, even if they haven't joined
TEMPLE’S OWN — DISTRICT GOVERNOR
“There’s something special about a person who bypasses all other organizations and devote themselves
to this one.” ~Richelle Pittella
Circle K is a billion times more fun...
and I am not just saying that!
What interests you about Circle K?:
I really like seeing the impact that a
few hours of volunteering each week
can have on the community! We really
have made some great connections
with different organizations through-
out the Philadelphia area!
What do you like most about Circle
K?: What other organization gives
you the chance to be in Erie one
weekend, Harrisburg on a Wednesday
morning, and then be back in Philly
that night for a Kiwanis meeting?!
NAME: Audra Kelly
MAJOR: Finance
HOMETOWN: Cranberry Twp, PA
INTERESTS: Reading, listening to
my lime green iPod mini, volunteering
(obviously), making delicious food
dishes, and MegaBus-ing.
JOB DESCRIPTOON: The District
Secretary is responsible for doing
things like keeping track of service
hours for the district PACK and pre-
paring minutes of District Board
Meetings.
What made you join Circle K?: I
was in Key Club and I loved it, but
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TEMPLE’S OWN — DISTRICT SECRETARTY
NAME: Richelle Pittella
MAJOR: Business with an Entrepre-
neurship concentration
HOMETOWN: Norristown (soon to
be Valley Forge), PA
INTERESTS: Animals, purple, es-
presso, smiling
1755 N. 13th Street #157
Philadelphia, PA 19122-6011
Howard Gittis Student Center
Office #347 in The Village
Temple University
Circle K
there too, as well as an army of UPS
trucks. The empty trucks would soon
be filled with loads of running gear
that the marathon participants
checked-in before the start of the
race. Two volunteers and a driver
“It‟s „refreshing‟ waking up at
4:30 in the morning,” said Amelia
Hock, a junior, as she met up with
other Circle K members on the morn-
ing of the of the ING Half-Marathon.
On Septemer 19, a dozen volunteers
from Temple University‟s Circle K
made their way to the Philadelphia
Museum of Art to volunteer their
services at this annual Philadelphia
event. After donning our bright or-
ange t-shirts, we worked in the pre-
dawn chill to set up the gear-check in
for the runners. There were other
community service organizations
worked together to ensure that no
runner‟s possessions were misplaced.
After organizing the bags in
preparation for the runner‟s return ,
we had a quick bite and raided ING of
their free orange giveaways.
Throughout the day, many of the run-
ners and their family members
thanked us for our time and service.
Junior classman, Jodi-Ann Lewis pro-
claimed, “You get so inspired seeing
people of different ages running the
marathon.” Overall, it was another
Saturday well-spent with Circle K!
Mariza Esperanza
Temple University Circle K Editor
Phone: 609-870-1868
E-mail: [email protected]
ING MARATHON
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 UC Kiwanis
Scavenger Hunt
3
Kidney Walk
4
5 Officer Mtg
Philabundance
6 Career Wardrobe
Philmont
7 MTG
Trevor’s Place
8
Caring Center
9
North Philly Clean-up
10 11 12 Officer Mtg
Books Through Bars
13 Career Wardrobe
14 MTG
Trevor’s Place
15
Caring Center
16
Philly Cares Day
Spaghetti Dinner
17
AIDS
walk
18 Qdoba
Fundraiser
19 Officer Mtg
Philabundance
20 Career Wardrobe
Philmont Kiwanis
21 MTG
Trevor’s Place
22 23
InterPACK
24 25 26 Officer Mtg
Books Through Bars
27 Career Wardrobe
28 MTG
Trevor’s Place
29
Caring Center
30
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October 2010
Schedule of Events
MTG — General club meeting to
discuss events. Includes a mini-
service project
Philabundance — Help sort food for
distribution throughout Philadelphia
Books Through Bars — Pack books
to send to prisoners
Philmont Kiwanis — Dinner with our
local Kiwanis sponsor
Trevor‟s Place — Babysit kids at a
homeless shelter while their moth-
ers take wellness classes
Caring Center — Volunteer at a local
day-care center
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