District Service/Fundraising Initiatives
Each year, the Cal-Nev-Ha District of Circle K International endorses a Service Initiative in order to focus service efforts across the district towards one unified
cause. For this year, the District Board has chosen to adopt Living Healthy, Living Life as the official District Service Initiative. The focus of this initiative is to
promote healthy lifestyles through exercise, smart food choices, education, and
much more. Our main goal of this initiative is to educate and assist children and
adults to change unhealthy habits and replace them with healthy lifestyle.
Aside from the District Service Initiative, the CNH District of Circle K also endorses
three DFIs in order to focus fundraising efforts across the district: Pediatric Trauma Program (PTP), The Eliminate Project, and Not For Sale.
The Pediatric Trauma Program’s mission is to develop local projects, which will
reduce the number of children in our district who are killed or injured by trauma.
With the Eliminate Project, Kiwanis International and UNICEF have joined forces
to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus. Not For Sale is a California non-profit
organization determined to educate, advocate, and take action to endmodern-day
slavery.
Arjun Gupta
UC Berkeley
As hundreds of dedicated Circle
K’ers shuffled in through the double doors of UC Davis, the bright
sun above them shone down, acting as a warm embrace. The attendees who piled in excitedly to sign in
and start the ‘Toy Story’ themed
Spring Training Conference North
(STC), chaired by Berkeley’s very
own Ruben Ruiz.
While for many this as their second, third, or even fourth STC,
there was a plethora of first timers
who looked forward to the program that STC offered. STC North
only lasted one day, but in that day,
much was learned and gained by all
who were present.
At STC, there was a large
amount of workshops that were
held through various blocks of
time, ranging from position specific workshops to workshops that
taught how to stay motivated, and
improve speech making. Of course,
in addition to the workshops, the
presence of the District Service
Project made STC feel complete.
During STC, not only newly installed board members, but also
general members were able to attend various workshops that were
all held in separate time blocks.
The workshops not only taught
skills which could be applied to everyday life, but also were ripe with
interactive activities that everyone
could partake in to test out newly
learned skills/lessons.
All of these productive and exciting workshops were possible
thanks to many hosts, countless
volunteers, innumerable Kiwanians and the chair, Ruben Ruiz.
During STC, the three divisions,
Capital, Golden Gate, and the
newly formed Sunset all had their
individual DCMs. During each, new
divisional board members were introduced and short term, as well as
long term goals were put forth and
set. Golden Gate capped off their
DCM by shouting popular divisional
cheers, getting fired up for the final
session of STC that was about to
take place.
As STC winded down, the enjoyment only grew as many rushed to
last minute workshops and panels
so as to maximize their time and
experience. By the end, there was
not one person who could be found
in the hall ways. Everyone was either leading or attending a workshop. After everyone was seated
at closing session, the enthusiasm
reached a fever pitch as che