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TurKey BreakSummer Volume I, Issue 1June / July 2011

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 mankinds potential.

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Have you been spendingYOUR summer with Circle K?


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From June 22-26, Circle K members

rom all parts of the world traveled to the

56th Annual Circle K International Conven-

on held at the Virginia Beach Resort &

Conference Center in Virgina Beach, VA.

CON is one of the most important events

or Circle K because it is the time in which we

elect the International Board as well as the

Subregional representatives. In addition to

he elections, there were informative work-

hops for club leadership and development,

a great keynote speaker (Jason Barger, theauthor and creator of the Step Back from

he Baggage Claim movement), a dance

ight (interesting choice of music), a talent

how (in which Ryan Ocampo from UNLV

ook part in) and much more. One of the

hings UCLA took a part in was the Service

air. Representing the annual fundraising

and service project Pillow Fight, a colorful

poster board was created. This appealed

and caught the interest of many colleges, in-

piring them to possibly host one themselves.

For many of the Cal-Nev-Ha members,CON turned out to be a great opportunity

o spend quality time with one another; in

short, developing fellowship. For UCLA

students, this was the rst time in which

we spent 4 days getting to know people

personally from outside our division. In my

opinion, if I didnt attend ICON, I dont

think I would have met people some amaz-

ing people like John and Jhaneive Licas

of ASU, David Rozul of CSU San Diego,

or Francis Sakai-Kawada of University of

Hawaii at Hilo. To enhance fellowship even

more at closing ceremony, every Circle K

member wrote down their name and a

goal in life, folded it, and threw it along thesides of the room. Afterwords, everyone

picked one up. Each person was then ac-

countable for supporting and making

that the person they choose will ach

their goal.

The CNH District had 22 members

13 schools in attendance. We received

awards; 5 of which were from UCLA:

1st Place Non-traditional Scrapb

2nd Place Distinguished Club

2nd Place Growth Enhances Membe

2nd Place T-shirt

3rd Place Video

CHN is continuing to grow and ha

mained the largest district. With a year to come, there is no doubt that

will, yet again, dominate at ICON.

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Tami Bi, Fourth-YearPillow Fight Chair

Connie Lam, Second-YearKiwanis Family Co-Chair

Cal-Nev-Ha Receives Top Honors at International Convention

Getting Wet with Metro

doesnt exactly sound like an

event for kids. However, on the

afternoon of July 31st, Metro Division relived their childhood

with a water gun/balloon ght in Wilson Park. This splashtastic

ocial was combined with the divisions monthly DCM, hosted byCal State Dominguez Hills. Not only this, but the continuation of

he team games from last months DCM was incorporated. Jonjon

unpradub, LTG of Metro Division; Brandon Baello, President of

CSUDH; and Connie Lam, K-Fam Chair of UCLA worked together

o bring this event to fruition.

The start of the event was relatively organized and collected,

a misleading calm before the storm. After chowing down on wie-

ers and watermelon, Metro Division started their DCM promptly

at 2 PM. Immediately following the DCM came the team games,

onsisting of a 4-legged relay race and a Grossosity Test. In

this horrendous test of willpower, USC and UCLAs very own

Ung stood side by side on the same team. Both braved a ho

concoctionTapatio, 3 week-old meat, Siracha, lemon juice

egar, blinded maggots, and many other disgusting ingredie

brewed by our very own Jonjon. Surprisingly, it tasted very m

like V8.After the games came total chaos, in the form of over

water balloons. Flashes of bright neon color and victims scre

all aroundthe war had begun. With a stubborn family o

picnic in their midst, Metro tested the boundaries of their div

as they attacked one another with bombs of water. Not a si

patch of clothing was left dry.

In the end, everyone was able to come together to pick up

remains of war-- littered remains of water balloons. They

headed off to Get Shaved for some Monkey Brainsa pe

offering. Until next time, that is

Metro Division Goes All Out with Water Wars


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summer with cki

Jennifer Lai, Third-YearPublications Editor

Reminiscing with Sevice in the Arts: Symphony in the Cities

I love Pacic Symphony. Back in

school, I used to frequently volunteer

them with their family concerts and wha

all the while receiving a free show a

same time. For our club to nally be ab

have a music-related service event and

with them made me incredibly happy.

This event in particular took place in

ange County, of course, at a park in Ir

The symphony orchestra was to perfor

families and locals, as well as meet an

teract with their audience. The concert

a part of their summer concert series,

phony in the Cities.

Aside from our members, there were p

ty of other volunteers, including OCCs C

K! That was certainly a lovely surprise

spent some time after the event talking

bonding amongst ourselves.

Ever wonder how Circle K would look as an ice-skating show? Well, Circle K on Ice!...

wasnt exactly a show, but it was the closest the club would get! During the sunny af-

ernoon of June 28, UCLA Circle K headed to KHS Ice Arena, located in Anaheim, to

ttend this Fundraising and K-Fam event. A blast of cold air struck against the summer

eat inside the arena as the doors opened. Circle Kers congregated at the front en-

rance, where UCLA K-Fam Chair, Brian Kan (all suited-up for the occasion), welcomedveryone and passed out waivers for people to sign. The attendees consisted mainly

f UCLA and UC Irvine members, with a handful of others, including OCC and CSUN.

Once the attendees signed the waiver, paid the admission of $10, and put on their

ented skates, Circle K nally gathered on the ice rink!

The rink, previously empty as another group just left, soon had Circle Kers zoom

round everywhere. Many paired or grouped up with their friends, laughing as they

kated to their hearts content. The chilly air became a distant memory as people

lazed around the arena. Those who were tired eventually sat down on the sides,

nd many conversations and introductions there led to a lot of great, new friendships.

A few members even had their very rst skating experience here! Ariana Arestegui,

resident of CSUN, struggled around the rink at rst, as well as I myself. GerardoDel Toro entered the rink late and, like us, also kept close to the walls of the rink.

ut thanks to some caring and patient friends, we slowly edged away from the wall

with more condence and were able to skate slowly by ourselves. Without them, we

enitely would not have enjoyed the event as much as we did. This was perhaps one

f the best experiences of the event; it was very heartwarming to see so many Circle

Kers help and support each other - quite literally, in this case!

Overall, everyone had a lot of fun, and many members agreed to meet for an after

ocial around the area. UCLA Circle K overall made $128 from this event, and its

ll thanks to Brian Kan, who did an excellent job organizing and chairing this event!

After that days performance, Circle K will undoubtedly be able to put on a fantastic

how during the next ice-skating event!

Keeping Cool with Skates:Circle K on Ice

All the volunteers were essentiall

charge of working around the musical p

ground area, where children were give

chance to explore music and become

educated themselves. Our lot was in ch

of distributing Bugs Bunny concert ye

everyone at the event, aiming towards f

lies with children. We were split up into

and guys coincidentally, and it was am

racing against the boys. (We won, of cou

Ive always had a soft spot with Pa

Symphony, as it used to be one of my dre

to perform with them one day. Granted

is, but Im still rather content just being

to work and volunteer with them.

Garvey Su, Third-YearFundraising Co-Chair


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7DoSomething.orgs School Sup-

ply Drive

8Movie Social 9Culver City Ki-wanis Meeting

10Santa MonicaKiwanis Meeting

Alexandria

House Lemon-

ade Sale / UCLA

Tour

11TV Taping: LetsMake a Deal

12TV Taping: LetsMake a Deal

Friday Night

Fever with BCR

Meteor Show

Viewing

13AlexandriaHouse Yard Sale

Reading to Kids

Kiwanis Summer

Picnic

14Second Sundays

at Upper New-

port Bay

15Meal Service

with Union Res-

cue Mission

16 17Santa Monica

Kiwanis Meeting

18 19 20

21Beagles &

Buddies

22Kiwanis Family

Summer

Meeting #2

23Culver City Ki-

wanis Meeting

24Alexandria

House Cook

Night

25Summer General

Meeting #4

Karaoke & Vol-

cano Tea Social

26Habitat for Hu-

manity Commu-

nity Build Day

27Fiesta La Bal-

loona

Stone Creek

Restoration

Calendar of Events : AugustSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

District Summer Service Social

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Name Position Phone E-mail

Neil Yonzon President 310.895.8916 [email protected]

Linzy Bingcang Administrative VP 562.547.1012 [email protected]

Gerardo Del Toro Service VP 562.304.3697 [email protected]

David Limjoco Secretary 619.791.4527 [email protected]

Edwin Tang Treasurer 626.257.0544 [email protected]

Rich Thigpen Advisor 310.490.7325 [email protected]

Gerard Gaw Fundraising 626.251.6713 [email protected]

Garvey Su Fundraising 626.636.6299 [email protected]

Diane Santos Historian 562.334.6311 [email protected]

Connie Lam Kiwanis Family 626.607.9569 [email protected]

Brian Kan Kiwanis Family 818.334.0328 [email protected]

Alexander Pham MD&E 858.610.2773 alexphamster@gma

Tami Bi Pillow Fight 909.963.2179 [email protected]

Jennifer Lai Publications Editor 714.675.5327 [email protected]

Sirivalli Chamarti Publicity 973.462.5432 [email protected]

Jaimie Yap Service 702.839.8773 [email protected]

Jamie Tran Service 714.417.2415 [email protected]

Theresa Phan Spirit and Sunshine 714.383.5496 [email protected]

Elizabeth Ly Social 714.383.0100 [email protected]

Rich Ung Technology 323.712.0668 [email protected]

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