What's Happening?

April 22, 2009

1.  "Backpack Across Georgetown" Backpack Drive

When: Now through Fall of next academic year

With: Boys and Girls Club of Georgetown

Goal: 50 backpacks and $100 in monetary donations to stuff the backpacks with various school supplies and other academic necessities

2.  "CKIesta - A Circle K International Fiesta!" Fundraising Dinner

When: Sunday, April 19th, [6-9pm]

Where: Howry Center

3.  Organization Fair

When: Saturday, April 18th, [1-1:30pm]

Purpose: Recruitment of current high school seniors into CKI that have been accepted to Southwestern University

4.  Canned Food Drive

When: The Month of April

5.  End of the Year Banquet

With: Sun City Kiwanis!

When: Sunday, May 3rd [5pm]

Where: Souper Salads in Georgetown, Texas

As you can see, April is a very busy month for CKI. We're excited and pumped to serve the community!

Kelsey Kurth

President of Circle K International

Southwestern University

 

January 27, 2009

Happy New Year!

Circle K International of Southwestern University was re-chartered last fall and we wasted no time in helping out the community.  We participated in Texas Mission of Mercy, which provided free dental care for over 800 patients, Coats for Kids in Round Rock, and several members collected cans on Halloween.  In November, our club hosted an Italian themed dinner open to our campus and we sold 85 tickets.  Thank you so much to the Kiwanians who came and supported us!  Our club really appreciates all that you do for us.

Our club also adopted Upward Bound as our year long after school program.  Upward Bound is a federally funded educational program that aims to prepare selected low-income and first-generation high school students for a postsecondary education.  Members of CKI mentor Georgetown area high school students during the week.  Additionally, CKI of SU even led a campus tour for those specifically involved in the program. 

Last November we also did a food, toy, and clothing drive that was called Piratas para Matehuala (Pirates for Matehuala).  We received collections from the campus community for poor families in the city of Matehuala, which is in the Mexican state San Luis.  Many of the families live in shacks and they make things out of what they can find.  The collected goods were gift wrapped and then our president, Juan Juarez, treasurer, Roberto Juarez, and their family delivered the goods the day before Christmas Eve.  We hope this becomes an annual event that will continue long after we have all graduated.

We are also participating in the Governor’s Project this year which is called Rejoice Charity.  This organization serves children who are living with HIV in a province in northern Thailand.  Each club is asked to raise $200 which would provide one child’s school fees for an entire year.  More information can be found here: http://www.rejoicethailand.org/. 

Finally, we are prepping for our first ever district convention.  The convention is March 6-8 in Irving, Texas.

It should be an exciting year and we can’t wait to begin!

-Laura Romer

Photos

President Juan Juarez and Treasurer Roberto Juarez with

Texas-Oklahoma District Governor Nancy Miller the the

Division 24 (Austin) Governors Luncheon on January 10th.