informational workshops, hours of House of Delegates sessions, and of course, unforgettable block parties. International Convention would not be complete without attending House of Delegates and electing our new International Board. Our new International President is Amanda Badali from the Southwest District, a past Pennsylvania Key Club Governor! Our newly elected International Vice President is Kaitlin McCann from the New Jersey District. Unfortunately we did not elect a Representative for Sub-Region E,

By Capital LTG Kasey Nye A week in Portland, Oregon lmay not seem like a fun vacation, lbut a week in Portland, Oregon lfilled with Circle K craziness lsounds like a fun summer lvacation. On August 4-8, twenty lPennsylvania Circle Kers joined lhundreds of Circle K members laround the world for the 52nd lfrom Annual International lConvention. Throughout the lweek members attended

Pennsylvania’s Sub-Region. Throughout the week we covered a lot of business, however, we were still able to have a ton of fun. Many PACKers took advantage of the Columbia River Gorge Tour as a part of the convention. Some of the sites included the gorge itself, Multnomah Falls, the Bridge of the Gods, and many more waterfalls along the way.

See “Roses” on Page 6

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InterPACK 2007 Preview!!!

A NEW Fundraising Initiative announced at

International Convention

www.pacirclek.org Volume XLVI, Issue 2

Above: PACK at Multnomah Falls Below: PACK in Washington State for dinner

The Official Publication of the Pennsylvania District of Circle K International

Elizabethtown Circle K and PACK Take on New York City and Other Club

Happenings!

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routine, keep in mind that our first district wide event will be right around corner. Of course, what I am referring to is InterPACK 2007! After InterPACK 2006's record attendance and overall awesomeness, we have been putting together an InterPACK that will surely be the best yet! What exactly are we offering at InterPACK this year? Well, without giving away every detail, I am happy to say that InterPACK 2007 will flash back to a decade most of us hardly knew (but wish we did), the 1980s. That's right, the 1980s, with all the flashy colors, styles, music, and pop culture you can handle. During this flashback weekend, you will have the opportunity to develop your character and leadership skills, as well as perform some awesome service, just as in InterPACK's past! However, we have thrown in some new wrinkles to InterPACK this year! For the first time, teams will not be led by District Board members, but possibly by you! You will learn

about this opportunity on the first night of InterPACK. Also, be pumped for the new team-building activities and icebreakers that will occur throughout the weekend! You also have the opportunity to showcase your skills in InterPACK's first annual talent show. But, if that is not your cup of tea, you will be able to "cut a rug" during our 80s dance, when you will have the chance to moon walk or break-dance your way into InterPACK infamy. While InterPACK is a fantastic and fun-filled weekend, it gives you the chance to meet Circle K members from all over Pennsylvania, as well as some new ideas to take home to your club and the opportunity to develop your leadership skills. Whether you are a new member or serving your third term as club president, InterPACK will surely be a great benefit for you! The registration materials have been sent in the mail to your club president and will arrive in the next few days. The mailing will include costs and other important information about the weekend, so please be sure to talk to him or her for more details. Also, if you have any general questions about InterPACK, please feel free to email me at pack.specialevents@gmail.com. So don’t forget to

By Special Events Chair Dan Aiello

Left: Ship CK works on a service project Above: IUP hangs out and enjoys some Saturday afternoon snacks

Hopefully, you are enjoying a fantastic start to your semester and having an easy time getting back into the swing of things. As Circle K works its way into your

Right: Mansfield CK poses for a picture before Saturday’s events Above: PACKers enjoy the Saturday Night dance

to save the dates, November 2-4, 2007 at Camp Hidden Valley in Loysville, PA! See you there!!!

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Back to school already?! Summertime has come and gone and now we are back to that daily grind on our campuses. Hard to believe, but now that fall is upon us, there are only approximately six months left in our terms as Circle K officers. What does this mean? Remember all those big plans you made when you ran for your office? Remember all the great things you saw for your club? If those aren’t in motion, it’s time to get going!

The fall season for any Circle K is very important. We’ve all been in the shoes of an incoming freshman, seeing all the possibilities to become involved. Circle K can be that one thing to help make the first year students feel welcomed and before you know it, they’ll be filled with that “Circle K love.” So what are your plans to recruit new members this fall? As we strive to obtain 1000 members across Pennsylvania, is your club growing? Times like these are great opportunities to share ideas and use CKI as your resource. There are over five hundred Circle K clubs around the world, all striving to recruit more members and perform more service. So why not sign onto the CKI website, log in to the member forum, and start to connect with other clubs and share your ideas? We’ve all seen the great things we can do as Circle K’ers, so just imagine how many more great things we could accomplish with more hands helping us! Right now is the best time to help your club grow. And you are certainly not in this alone! Please feel free to utilize your district board in any way possible. We are here for YOU and would be more than happy to lend a hand or give some advice. I cannot wait to start my travels across Pennsylvania this fall where I will get to see each of you. Do your best to make it to your division’s Officer Council Meeting (OCM) and make the most of your experience in Circle K…I can promise you won’t be disappointed! Thank you in advance for all your hard work and dedication to Circle K. You are definitely EVERYDAY HEROES in my eyes!

Welcome back PACK! I am so excited to get our fall semester of service going! I hope you all had a wonderful summer, but remembered to keep up with your service. It is amazing to see the service numbers and projects that you, as members, participated in on your time off this summer. The K-Family participation that I saw on the secretary reports was also outstanding. You never cease to amaze me and I know Pennsylvania will do great things this semester as well.

Service is what makes this organization what it is! Don’t forget to let your club secretary know what service projects you have attended and other volunteer work you have done. If you have a service project idea that you think would be great, let your club officers know. Any new service idea that you have is another opportunity to be out there helping our community and promoting what Circle K stands for. Invite some of your friends to a Circle K meeting, or even better, invite them to a service project to show them what Circle K really is and what we do. Secretaries, do you still need to be trained? Training will help you do your job better, and I am here to help you do that as well. I will be attending Divisional Fall Officer Council Meetings this semester, so make sure you are there! If you can’t make it, don’t fret! We will work something out to make sure that you are trained. I had the pleasure of talking with many of you in the beginning of September and I am glad that I had that opportunity. Remember, I’m always here to help you out. Got a question or problem? Don’t hesitate or be afraid to call, IM, or send me an email. I am also looking forward to meeting more of you, the members, this semester through Fall OCM’s, service projects, and club meetings. Let’s make this fall semester our best yet!

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Hey Everybody!!! I hope your summers wrapped up nicely. I first wanted to say that all of you should consider going to ICON and LSSP next year. It was such a rewarding experience and the more often you go, the more you appreciate the organization that you belong to and represent. All of you should think about going to ICON and LSSP next year in Denver, Colorado. I promise, you won’t regret it!

Another “must do” to put on your list, is to come out to your Officer Council Meeting. Each division in Pennsylvania is hosting its own OCM. These are great places to meet other club officers in your division. At your rally, you’ll be able to

talk about issues your clubs have been having and share solutions to other club’s problems. I’ll be making my way to all seven divisions of Pennsylvania to meet you, train Vice Presidents and Editors, and help with any problems you or your club might have. You’ll also be able to possibly participate in some service projects and some food too! This isn’t just for officers either, bring out eager members who may want to pursue and officer position next year, and anyone who wants to have great afternoon of fellowship, leadership, and service! Be sure to check out the InterPACK article. This is the Pennsylvania District’s premiere event of the fall semester! Also, if you aren’t happy with “The Krier” or just want to say, “Hi!” feel free to drop me an email at editor@pacirclek.org. I’ll be thrilled to read your suggestions and comments and will do my best to address them. Remember this publication represents you and if you aren’t happy, tell me. The next issue of “The Krier” will be available in late November. This will be our Kiwanis Family edition. Check in with the different branches of the Kiwanis Family and learn about the projects and goals they are pursuing for the 2007-2008 year! As always there will be club updates, an InterPACK wrap-up, and other articles too! See you next time!!!

Hello again everyone! Summer is quickly fading, and this edition of “The Krier” will find many of you back in school and taking on the excitement and challenges of a new year. With a fresh perspective and after-summer enthusiasm, I would encourage all of you to get a big jump on the new Circle K year. While “selling Circle K” and collecting dues is always an important part of the new school year for Circle K’ers, I would like to offer a suggestion. As you search for, and recruit new members, keep in mind the reasons why you joined Circle K. Of course, it was for service, but maybe also to meet new people (for our guys out there, maybe girls), join a club that was not just at your school, but other schools in the area

and the world. Maybe it was to work on your leadership skills. Whatever the reason, be sure to promote all aspects of Circle K to your potential new members, and do so in the spirit of service, leadership, and fellowship, which makes our clubs so special. Show them the best of what our Circle K clubs have to offer besides our excellent service- you, a great bunch of men and women who seem quite normal on the outside, but who are Everyday Heroes on the inside! Let them see our spirit, dedication, and servant hearts, and the rest will surely follow. Best wishes for the start of a successful school and Circle K year!

Left: Don’t feel blue about paying your Circle K dues!!!

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By Kiwanis Family Chair Amanda Marfisi The District Board has been diligently working on starting up some new Circle K Clubs in PA, to make us louder and prouder than we already are! If you have any friends at other schools who are interested in joining Circle K at the following schools, let them know! The schools are below (Circle K Divisions are in parenthesis): The K-Family Committee has also worked hard to present you with the 2007-2008 Kiwanis Family Directory! The directory will be split up into the Circle K Divisions and have all the most up to date contact information for each club including: K-Kids, Builders Club, Key Club, Circle K, Aktion Club, and Kiwanis. Be on the look out for this to start planning events that will lead to a fun year with the Kiwanis Family. The Kiwanis Family Committee is proud of their newest project, “The K-Konnection.” The theme of the special newsletter is “Uniting Under of the Spectrum of Service.” Each issue will feature a new color of the rainbow and different branch of the Kiwanis Family. There are a multitude of facts enclosed in every issue, and it encourages you also to look at the different branch’s projects. Complete the cross- words and send them in, you might get a prize! If you aren’t getting the K-Konnection and would like to receive a copy contact your Club’s President or K-Family Chair Amanda Marfisi at kfamily@pacirclek. org.

By Service Chair Mindy Bozick As we approach the

start of the new school year, I hope all is well and that this new year proves to be exciting, not too stressful, and full of service. For those of you who may have never heard about our Governor’s Project until now, or for those of you who just need a little bit of a refresher course, I’ll give you a short recap on this year’s Governor’s Project. This year, it is PACK’s goal to raise five dollars per member and spread awareness about Multiple Sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis is a debilitating disease that leaves many people handicapped every year. We have decided that this was our year to make a difference. We have set up an MS Can Collection where each club gets a can that is decked out in the Gov’s Project logo and we have set four collection dates throughout the year. They are:

October 1, 2007 for April-September

November 2, 2007 (At InterPACK)

for October February 1, 2008

for November-January March 15, 2008

for February and March You can send the money into the District Office at:

Kevin E. Thomas 800 Corporate Circle, Suite 102

Harrisburg, PA 17110-9346 Keep a lookout, especially the officers out there, for upcoming emails dealing with collection dates and reminders! We really need you to send your money in, and the MS Society would like you to be doing your best to collect money!

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Wilson (Capital) Mount Aloysius

(Center) Grove City (Erie) Slippery Rock (Erie) Villanova (Metro)

Bloomsburg (Appalachian)

Bucknell (Appalachian) Franklin and Marshall (Capital) Kutztown (Capital) Penn State-Berks

(Capital)

Above: K-Family Members learn how to swing dance at Kiwanis DCON in State College, PA.

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Greetings and Salutations! For those freshmen seeing this for the first time, I would like to be one of the first people to welcome you to the Pennsylvania District. For those returning members, I would like to be one of the first people

to welcome you back. I am honored to be working along side of you as a member of the Kiwanis Family. This year, with the help of the District Board, you have the opportunity for greatness. Will you be there helping us or on the outside looking in? As I say all this, you may be wondering, “who is this person saying this to me?” Well let me tell you about myself. My name is Jason McConney, the PA District Administrator. I’m the PA Kiwanis District Liaison to Circle K. I’m a sixteen year member of the Kiwanis Family. I started my Kiwanis career in Key Club in the New Jersey District. I then continued my Kiwanis Family experience as a Circle K member of the New Jersey District. I didn’t join Kiwanis immediately after graduation, but once I moved to Pennsylvania, I knew that I needed to return to my “other” family and I joined the Kiwanis Club of West Chester. Once I returned, I immediately got involved with Circle K again, first by just attending West Chester University Circle K Club meetings and then by becoming their Kiwanis Advisor the following year. A couple years later, I was given the greatest opportunity when I was appointed your District Administrator and it’s been an honor and a privilege ever since. When I’m not working with the District Board, I’m a senior software trainer for an electronics manufacturing company in Pennsylvania. The job allows me to travel all over the United States and sometimes around the world. For fun, I love playing with my three year old niece and traveling. I hope that you all have a great and enjoyable experience in Circle K. I love meeting people so please feel free to come up and introduce yourself when we are both at Circle K events this year.

“Roses” continued from page 11.

At the Service Fair we unveiled bracelets that said “PACK vs. MS” and sold nearly one hundred of them (look for these bracelets at your OCM, they are a must have)! Something that was also unveiled was the new fundraising initiative, “Six Cents to Save a Life.” For more information, look in this issue of “The Krier!” Pennsylvania can not wait to get started on this great new service project. Throughout the entire week, the PACKers who attended International Convention formed indescribable memories and everlasting friendships. Many are excited to return next year for the 53rd Circle K International Convention in Denver, Colorado. Hopefully you can all join us next time!

ICON 2007 Awards Club Newsletter Award

2nd Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

Growth Enhances Membership Award Ruby Division

4th Thiel College

Diamond Division 5th Elizabethtown College

Traditional Scrapbook Award 2nd University of Pittsburgh-Oakland

Distinguished District Secretary Kady Snyder (2006-2007)

Elizabethtown College

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These are Pennsylvania’s District Goals. The tracking period will be from April 1, 2007 until March 31, 2008. Each issue of “The Krier will include an update of Pennsylvania’s progress.

1. The Pennsylvania District of Circle K International will strive to obtain 1000 members. Pennsylvania currently has 871 members, making it the third largest District in

Circle K International. This is 87.10% of our goal.

2. The Pennsylvania District of Circle K International will perform a total of at least 45,000 reported service hours for the 2007-2008 Circle K year.

Pennsylvania has completed 13,017.75 service hours so far this year. This is 28.93% of our goal.

3. The clubs of the Pennsylvania District of Circle K International will earn an average of 10 PERK

Points per member. Pennsylvania currently has 3.57 PERK points per member. This is 3.57% of our goal.

4. The clubs of the Pennsylvania District of Circle K International will raise an average of $5 per

member for the Governor’s Project. The total amount raised of the Governor’s Project will be unveiled at District

Convention 2008. The determination of this goal will not be considered until the end of the year.

5. The Pennsylvania District of Circle K International will see a 15% increase of membership

attendance during the 2007-2008 Circle K year at District and International events. The determination of this goal will not be considered until the end of the year.

By Appalachian LTG Mike Castrignano Has your club been looking for a new project but haven’t quite figured

out what you want to do? Well, look no further because have I got a great project that will help, not only your club, but also another club somewhere else in the world. The World Link Program, relatively unknown to most members, promotes a strong Circle K Club “adopting” another club that is struggling or just starting out and helping them come up with service projects, increase membership, or just give them someone to talk to. Given the strength of clubs in Regions 1 and 2 (the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean), the typical club that you would “link” with would be from outside the these regions; such examples are Australia, Taiwan, or in any other country where Circle K can be found. Each strong club will have a World Link chairperson to organize the relationship between their club and the struggling club. He or she will be placed on the World Link e-mail reflector, which will provide tips and suggestions for their relationship with their partner club. The World Link chairperson also will have a list of suggested activities, along with the responsibilities of the position, available to him or her. For more information on the World Link Program, please go to the following page on the Circle K website, http://www.circlek.org/resources/club/worldlink.asp, or email Mike Castrignano at appalachian@pacirclek.org or Brett Cutright at editor@pacirclek.org.

Information Technology Chair Hello everyone, my name is Bryan Brown. I'm a senior majoring in chemical engineering from the main campus of the University of Pittsburgh. This year will be my fourth year in Circle K. I have been secretary of

Pittsburgh-Oakland and I was also the District IT chair during the 2005-2006 year. I'm looking forward to meeting everyone and having another great year on the District Board. If you have any major events going on at your clubs please shoot me an email (it@pacirclek.org) and I'll be sure to add it to our calendar so that everyone in the district will know about it.

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Kiwanis Family Chair Hello PA! I would like to

take a minute and introduce myself as your new K-Family Chair! To tell you a little bit about myself, my name is Amanda Marfisi, I am majoring in Psychology and Business and one day hope to use these degrees in

a Human Resource Management position. I love long walks on the beach, the outdoors, volleyball, and eating with my hands. I am so excited to be working with each and every club. Good luck with the beginning of school!

By Vice President Kristen Loy At the end of May, several PACKers traveled to New York City for the Circle K Today Show Invasion in order to increase America's awareness of Circle K. Along with our fellow PA Circle Kers and one lone New York Circle K

member, Elizabethtown ventured into New York City in the early morning to get a spot in line. Despite the morning chill and severe lack of sleep, much fun was had by all. Once we cracked the barriers of Rockefeller Center, we attached ourselves to the front row to up our chances of being featured on national television. Thanks largely in part to our homemade signs, vibrant red t-shirts, and overwhelming personalities, the Circle K crew was shown on television several times throughout the morning. ECCK’s Secretary, Bethany Horner, was interviewed on the air by none other than Al Roker. By taking over the Today Show, Elizabethtown and the rest of PACK were able to pass knowledge of Circle K to the entire country.

By Vice President Katie Lowery On August 29, Allegheny College Circle K participated in the school’s Activities Fair with many other campus clubs. Allegheny students came out to see what our school had to offer. Interested students learned more about ACCK’s mission and activities. The fair was a successful event; Circle K signed up more than thirty new members. The officers are hopeful that many of them will become members of our club. Everyone was looking forward to the first meeting. At the first meeting of the school year, members continued planning for the Cook Off that is scheduled for sometime this month. All proceeds from the Cook Off are going to be donated to a charitable organization. With so many enthusiastic members and exciting activities planned, it is sure to be a great year!

In the beginning of May, West Chester Circle K members got together to bake a variety of delicious baked goods, including chocolate covered pretzels, chocolate covered Oreos, pizzelles, biscotti, and many other treats. We then donated them to the bake sale at our local Kiwanis Club’s spaghetti dinner. We all had great fun baking, and we were exceptionally proud of the fancy dessert items that we whipped up. Since they were fancier, and more time consuming items, Kiwanis decided to sell baked goods at a higher price, compared to the more traditional bake sale items.

Later that week, our club volunteered at the actual spaghetti dinner. Our members engaged themselves in duties such as setting up for the dinner, making tossed salads, preparing the spaghetti, cutting Italian bread, setting the tables, serving people, and cleaning up afterwards. It was a worthwhile experience for us all, and we are proud to say that our service to the Kiwanis' spaghetti dinner benefited a local senior center.

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By Vice President Erica Croce

By Vice President Erica Croce Saturday, August 18 was a busy day for the Hempt Farm off of the Mechanicsburg Pike in Mechanicsburg, PA. The Second Annual Polo Match to benefit the National Multiple Sclerosis Society attracted spectators from around the Harrisburg Area. Gleaming cars streamed in through a grass field, while the other spectators lined up their lawn chairs ready to see some action. Not only did everyone seem to be happy to be helping such a great cause, but there was an excitement in the air over the events to come, which aren't commonly found in central Pennsylvania.

The day started with Jack Russell Terrier races, and then the horses took to the field. The action was intense, as was anticipated, and goals were scored quickly. At half-time, the spectators took to the field to stomp the divots. Then, the last of the chuckers (the term for the periods in the match, each lasting seven minutes) were played and everyone began to leave, still talking excitedly about what they had just seen and glad to have raised a significant amount of money for the MS Society.

By Vice President Erica Croce

By Vice President Dara Dihran

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By District Editor Brett Cutright Circle K

has joined with UNICEF to help with the new Fundraising Initiative, “Six Cents to Save a Child.” The program was unveiled at ICON in Portland last month. CKers seemed very anxious to take on the new initiative. This program helps families and communities in ninety countries get clean water, improve sanitation facilities, and teach children and communities about healthy hygiene regiments. There are currently 2.6 billion people, or forty percent of the world’s population, who don’t have access to clean water. Five thousand children die everyday because of water born illnesses. Your six cents will be able to pay for Oral Rehydration Salts, collapsible water containers, micro-filters, and basic family water kits. Oral Rehydrations Salts can be mixed with water and help rehydrate the body if it has lost a lot of water because of diarrhea. Basic Family Water Kits contain supplies for ten families. In these kits are twenty ten liter containers, ten fourteen liter buckets with lids, seventy-two bars of soap, and five hundred water purification tablets. A helpful brochure that was available at International Convention can be found at www.circlek.org/lit/ download.asp?id=615. If you or anyone in

By District Editor Brett Cutright Since 1993 Circle K International has had the same Service Initiative, “Focusing on the Future: Children.” This aligns nicely with Kiwanis International’s Service Program, “Young Children: Priority Number One.” “Focusing on the Future: Children” can be broken down into three areas: After-school Programs, Literacy, and Health and Safety Issues. These areas focus on children from six to thirteen years of age.

The After-School Programs project is called, “Turn Off TV, Turn On Life.” Circle K Clubs can help start an after school program or participate in an established one. Clubs can also make lists of activities that don’t involve

the television and video games. or put on a reenactment of a favorite children’s story for children in school. This project coincides with last year’s DSP, “Promoting Literacy Among Youth (P.L.A.Y.),” so any project that your club did for that would also work for this area.

Finally “On Call for the Future,” deals with Health and Safety Issues. Some ideas are going into classrooms and teaching kids about healthy eating. Members could also create treat bags which would include health snacks like raisins, peanut butter crackers, and carrots. You could also do a Bike Derby which will help kids learn how to ride a bike safely and how to prevent accidents. This article should have opened your eyes to some International service projects. If you have any questions about this or any other projects please contact District Service Chair Mindy Bozick at service@pacirclek.org.

To help with the Literacy emphasis project (“Open a Book, Show Them the World”), clubs can put on a book drive, volunteer at a local library for a reading of a children’s book,

Above: Basic Family Water Kit

your club has any questions about this new project please contact anyone on the District Board. We will be happy to help you find the answers you need!

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By District Editor Brett Cutright This year’s Large Scale Service Project, or LSSP, continued

its seventh year to serving the area surrounding the host city of International Convention. Since this year was no different, we paired up with the Oregon State Parks System and removed evasive plant species (English Ivy and Blackberry Bushes) to protect native trees around the Portland Metropolitan Area. Over one hundred and fifty CKers from the United States, Canada, and Jamaica each completed twenty four hours of service! Other projects included painting a pavilion, building a bridge, and picking up trash at Dabney State Park. One of the days during a heat wave, CKers took the

afternoon off and enjoyed the scenery and swam in the Sandy River.

Each night was a different themed night with seventies games, a sock hop, and swimming. To help meet more people from different districts, CKers from the same district were split up into fellowship teams. These teams came in handy at the end of LSSP

1) PACK at Fellowship Day

2) Brett, Kady, and Paula tackle ivy!

3) CKers from La-Miss-Tenn, PA, Mo-Ark, and We-Can pose for a picture in the Sandy River

4) LSSPers after a day of ivy pulling

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1 Above: PACKers (left to right): Chad, Jodi, Andrew, Brett (front), Kady after a hard day of ivy pulling

Below: The Sandy River in Dabney State Park

for the Fellowship Day games. Teams competed in different relays against each other for first place. PACK would like to thank the group leaders

See “LSSP” on Page 12

“MS” continued from page 5.

In addition to our MS Can Collection, the board has decided to introduce a crazy and cool new fundraiser for MS! PACK vs. MS bracelets!!! They’re orange, awesome, and sold like Cabbage Patch Dolls at International Convention! In the very near future they will be on sale throughout the district for two dollars each. So, keep a look out for those. You’ll also be able to buy one at your Fall OCM! Well, that is all I have for now. If I come across any cool events happening with the PA MS Society, I’ll let you all know. And, if any of you hear of anything that is going on, or if you are hosting something, let me know, and we can make it a happening event! You can contact me, at service@pacirclek.org.

By Journalism Committee Member Jenna Leverknight Did you ever wonder

how organizations like Circle K International with 12,000 members on more than five hundred campuses around the globe got their start? CKI has a unique history that dates back to 1936 from a Pullman, Washington Kiwanis member, Jay N. Emerson. Emerson bought a house, later known as the “Circle K House,” for young men to stay in while they were attending a local college. It evolved into a service fraternity organization (Kappa Iota Phi). Later in 1947, the Circle K Club we know today was established at Carthage College in Illinois. As Circle K interest started to grow, it held its First (unofficial) Annual International Convention in 1953 in New York City. However, debates arose on whether or not to become an international organization. The final vote was given in 1955, and Circle K was officially recognized with the addition of clubs in Canada. CKI was agreed upon only with the assurance that Kiwanis would oversee the actions and bylaws of the organization; hence Kiwanis still has an influence on Circle K today. The organization increased in size tremendously in its first ten years. In turn, districts started to emerge. Now, the clubs were not just separate entities but united with others. CKI reached its 500th club milestone in 1964. Another dilemma surfaced in the 1970s. Up to this point, the organization consisted of only male members. There was debate on whether or not to allow women to join. Effective in 1973, Circle K became the first branch in the Kiwanis Family to grant women membership. Pennsylvania became to first District to have a female governor in 1973. Currently, CKI has 12,288 members on more than five hundred campuses around the world with only room to expand. In 2007, the first Circle K member not from North America represented her club from Taiwan at the International Convention in Portland, Oregon. Circle K International grew out of a small act of kindness into a huge international organization based on community service and leadership.

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“LSSP” continued from page 11.

of the Mangos Kristen Aitkens (New Jersey) and the Papayas Amanda Badali (Southwest) for their positive attitudes and leadership. We would also like to thank LSSP Chair Jennifer Doles (Southwest) and committee for their hard work and time they put into LSSP. LSSP is one of those projects that truly embody what Circle K International is all about!

Above: The Island in the Sandy River.

Above: The new CKI logo was unveiled at the 2006 International Convention in Boston, Massachusetts.

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From District Dinners and crossing Interstate 5 to musical chairs and the eleven and half hour House of Delegates, the Pennsylvania District came out to take on the Pacific Northwest!

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Stay tuned!!! Answers will be in the next Krier.

Look out for:

Kiwanis Family Remarks

and much, much more!

an InterPACK Wrap Up

Club Updates

Shippensburg

Elizabethtown

Drexel

IUP

Pittsburgh-Oakland

La Salle

West Chester

Millersville

Pittsburgh-Johnstown

Penn State-University Park

Millie the Dalmatian

Curious George

Petey the Blue Penguin

Milton Cow

Piglet

Bobo the Bear

Burl the Squirrel

Koala

Stitch

Scorch the Dragon

District Editor -Brett Cutright

Journalism Committee -Kara Baxter, West Chester -Emily Claus, Shippensburg -Rebecca Eddinger, Penn State-University Park -Amanda Lengel, Millersville -Jenna Leverknight, Pittsburgh-Johnstown

2007-2008 Class of PACK Vice Presidents

2007-2008 PACK District Board

Disclaimer: The Krier is the Official Publication of the Pennsylvania District of Circle K International. This publication is supported by the district dues. All members are encouraged to submit articles. They may be edited for length and clarity. Please submit articles to District Editor Brett Cutright at editor@pacirclek.org. Circle K’s Mission Statement: Developing college and university students into responsible citizens and leaders with a lifelong commitment to serving the children of the world.