CNH CKI's The Sunburst Volume 55, Issue 3 Volume 52, Issue #1 | Page 9

A Glimpse at Why You Should Pay Your Membership Dues The moment you pay your membership dues will change your life forever. You’re opening the ultimate door of opportunity... • • • • • • • • • Campus and Community Service CKI Magazine Club Mailings Education, Membership Recruitment, Public Relations, Promotion, and Training Information Experienced Counseling Friendship Leadership Development Member Handbook Professional Development Sac State at Pops in the Park Vinh Ke Ton Sacramento State Delicious foods. Warm, almost blistering weather. Very little breeze. Yep! It sure is summer! But that doesn’t stop the people of Sacramento from enjoying their days at one of of the four days of Pops in the Park music festivals! Pops in the Park headlines each Saturday of June. There are various vendors and live bands playing, who wouldn’t want to kick back at their local park? This week’s festival was held at East Portal Park near Sacramento State. The weather was sweatinducing, but smoothies served by Florin High School Key Club did work when it came to cooling down the attendees. Customers lined the tables at the Henna and Face Painting booth operated by Sacramento State Circle K International. Many customers left with large grins as Sac State Circle K body artists transformed them from regular Sacramentans into cuddly pandas and beastly tigers with floral henna designs wrapped around their wrists and ankles. Sacramento is the place where “It’s Pops!” is the only justification ever needed to convince someone to have a blast and chill with the rest of the community on a Saturday, and no scorching summer is ever going to change that! Kiwanis One Day: UC Davis Helps Out at March of Dimes Nhi Tran UC Davis The members at UC Davis Circle K started the morning with a Nutella sandwich in one hand and the directions for Pena Adobe Park in the other. For most of us it would be the first time we would be participat ing in the March of Dimes, an event that promotes the education of childcare to mothers and research the health threats for babies. Once we got on-site everyone started right away with helping set up. The members dispersed and started working of different tasks such as unloading the trucks, working on the balloon arc, helping out with the food station and helping out with registration. Members for Division 8 Key Club were present along with Vaca Valley Kiwanis making the event all the more fun. We cheered with the Key Clubbers throughout the event in celebration of participants who fundraised above and beyond expectations and for partic pants who were crossing the finish line. The Kiwanians grilled hot dogs and hamburgers for everyone while smiling and joking with us. After cleaning up, we took a group picture in front of the balloon arc that we all had a hand in making. We cheered and laughed and said our goodbyes knowing that we had just made new friends. With the efforts of the volunteers, coordinators, and participants I could see how together we can make a difference. 09