Governor Brittany Horton, Secretary Elizabeth Ludlow, Treasurer Virginia Byrd, & Editor Shannon Weaver
These past several months have given great rise to establishing or reestablishing Circle K at college campuses across Georgia. What promising new developments have there been? Well, we are proud to say we have one newly reactivated club hailing from the Mountains Division and sponsored by the Rome Kiwanis club – Berry College! Welcome to this fantastic club! Another school currently in the workings is Ogeechee Technical College, hoping to charter before the end of the CKI year with the help of sponsoring Statesboro Kiwanis club. They are currently holding meetings, electing officers, and finishing up the last bit of paperwork before officially becoming a newly chartered club. With only a delay in paperwork, Atlanta University Center (AUC) is well on their way to reactivating their club. They’ve been to several district events, including Fall SST and FMR, also worked with local CKI and Kiwanis clubs in several different service projects and socials. This club is incredibly active and well on their way to being labeled as such very soon. The University of Georgia is just on the horizon! Lt. Governor Christine Mayfield has been tirelessly working with this club on their reactivation paperwork. They have some officers, some members, and an advisor, but they are still putting on the final touches! With such an amazing sponsoring Kiwanis club, we look forward to seeing this club established before the end of the CKI year as well. Emory University sponsored by Covington Kiwanis is being reestablished after a few years of inactivity. With Oxford at Emory doing so well and the full support of their enthusiastic Kiwanis club, this Circle K club is sure to be up in no time! Some of you have been a part of this process, so I’d like to thank you for supporting the formation of these clubs. Also, I’d like to give a special thank you to the sponsoring Kiwanis clubs of our active and forming clubs. Your guidance and support is always needed and appreciated. Please continue to work with these clubs and countless others in the district to continue our chain of success! Brittany Horton
Secretary
1) 360 Members 2) 65 attendees at FMR & 61 attendees at DCON 3) 4 reactivated and/or chartered clubs 4) 300 K-Family Relation hours & 4,000 service hours 5) Raise $1300 for the Eliminate Project
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Club Dues! December 1, 2014
Interested in working with our District Projects? The projects are Project HEALTHY, HOME, and the Georgia Sheriffs’ Youth Homes. Project HEALTHY stands for Health and Exercise Always Lead To Happier Youth. While at home, you can help out with local charity events that benefit children. HOME stands for Helping Others, Motivate Everyone. Any project that involves helping with homelessness or hunger could be counted toward this project. You could volunteer at a soup kitchen or you could volunteer to deliver Christmas meals to people in need. The Georgia Sheriffs’ Youth Home are youth homes that are sponsored by the Georgia Sheriffs’ Association. If you have any questions about the projects or ways to do service with them, please contact District Service Chair Victoria Byrd at service@georgiacirclek.org or myself at secretary@georgiacirclek.org. Elizabeth Ludlow
I am excited to invite each and every one of you to attend District Convention! Explore the exciting city of Peachtree City, Georgia, during your stay at Georgia Circle K’s 55th annual District Convention! This year, we will be staying at the Wyndham Peachtree Hotel and the theme is the Circle K Olympics. For the first time, registration will be online. You can register at www.georgiacirclek.org/dcon Join us as we celebrate a year’s worth of service on February 21-23, 2014! Date: Friday 2/21/2014– Sunday 2/23/2014 Location: Wyndham Peachtree Hotel in Peachtree City, GA Registration: $170-$360 Registration Deadline: Friday January 31, 2014 Late Registration: +$25 and not guaranteed a t-shirt Virginia Byrd
Tomorrow Fund The Tomorrow Fund is an endowed fund for Circle K International held within the Kiwanis International Foundation. This fund, utilizing the interest earned, helps CKI clubs serve the world through grants for service opportunities. Clubs may request funding assistance from US $200 - $2000. The committee typically funds those clubs asking for a portion of the total cost of the project and clubs who are working with other organization to fund and complete the project. Tomorrow Fund Application form can be found on circlek.org or at georgiacirclek.org/service. The deadline for applications must be received by the Kiwanis International office by December 1st of each year.
Did you know you can submit your pictures and video to district resources like the Kronicle? We don’t just ask for your pictures for great stories. We also compile all photos and videos into a gallery at the end of the year. At District Convention, we present all these photos and videos highlighting what YOUR club has been doing throughout the year! It’s part of our celebrating a year of service together. To get media to our Multimedia Chair Gabriel Dukes, just visit the Media tab on the district website or go to http://www.georgiacirclek.org/media.html. There, you can submit pictures and videos to our district website, the Kronicle, or our end of the year gallery. Or, you can contact him directly at multimedia@georgiacirclek.org. Shannon Weaver
Julie serves in two positions on the district board as Historian and Awards Chair. Since the beginning of April, it’s amazing to name all the stuff she’s been up to. She’s collected our club bylaws from our club officers and provided the standard form of bylaws to clubs that did not have formal club bylaws. She created and maintained our district’s Wiki page which lists our district’s history. She updated all our district’s awards and sent out the awards packet to clubs. She’s also maintained our district’s files to be carried over to next year’s board. On top of all that, she’s helping collect information from all of our past award recipients to be published on the district website. I’m so proud of Julie, and I can’t imagine what I would do without her! Governor Brittany Horton