Excerpts from the Execs: November 2013

Governor Brittany Horton, Secretary Elizabeth Ludlow, Treasurer Virginia Byrd, & Editor Shannon Weaver

Do you know what November is? Yes, it’s Thanksgiving, but it also means spending time with your family...your Kiwanis Family! November is Kiwanis Family month. It’s the perfect time of the year to visit your local Kiwanis club, invite them to your meeting, do a service project together, or have a social meet-and-greet together.

Why not have a Thanksgiving meal together before the holidays?

The Georgia Districts of Kiwanis, Key Club and Circle K joined together to raise money for The Eliminate Project during Kiwanis Family Day on Saturday, November 23, 2013. A Kiwanis Family Day tailgate took place before the game for members, their friends and family to meet each other before heading to the GA Tech game.

A grand total of $800 was raised for The Eliminate Project from our organizations.

Look for next year’s K-Family Day to be even greater! To find out more about Kiwanis Family Day, visit gakeyclub.org/kiwanisday.  Brittany Horton 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

Secretary This month I am going to talk about what a service hour is and how to figure out how many service hours your club is doing. A service hour is defined as 60 minutes of planning, travel to the project, and the actual execution of the project. So, when calculating the time a project takes you have to include how long it took to plan the project, how long it took to get to the project, and how long the project was. Now how to calculate that correctly, suppose Club A has 3 members attend a project that takes 30 minutes to get to and 2 hours to perform. The total number of service hours for that project is 3*2.5 which equals 7.5 hours. If your club does a fundraiser for a charity then those hours spent planning and performing the fundraiser also count as service hours. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me at secretary@georgiacirclek.org.  Elizabeth Ludlow

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 and districts serve the world through grants for service opportunities. Grant applications for 2014 fund distribution are due December 1, 2013.

The Circle K board will review the applications and award grants based on the funds available during its February board meeting. What projects have you thought about doing but just did not have the funds to support the event? One of the great things about Tomorrow Fund grants is they allow clubs to start signature service projects by financially assisting the project during its initial year.

Clubs may request funding assistance from US$200 to US$2,000. The committee typically funds those clubs asking for a portion of the total cost of the project, and clubs that are working with other organizations to fund and complete the project. Complete details about the Tomorrow Fund can be found at the following link: http://www.circlek.org/Service/TomorrowFund.aspx  Virginia Byrd

Submitting for District Convention Slide Show Clubs, would you like pictures of your Service Projects and events included in the end of the year slide show shown at District Convention? If so, go to Georgia Circle K’s website and select media. Then you will be presented with the option to send photos and videos to the Georgia Circle K Facebook page.

On the Georgia Circle K Facebook page you will have option to add photos.

Submitting photos of your club events helps the organization process of the slide show.  Gabriel Dukes, Multimedia Chair

CKI Magazine is the official biannual publication of Circle K International. It highlights various service projects, initiatives, fundraisers, and events across the globe at every level of the organization. CKI Magazine not only offers information about international events, preferred charities and service partners but also serves as a resource to help members develop skills that will carry over into their postgraduate lives. You can learn so much from the experiences of others to make a difference in the world. And it’s a great opportunity to let your voice be heard throughout Circle K International.

If you have a great idea or story or photos you want to share, feel free to send them to ckimagazine@kiwanis.org for consideration! If you want to see the last issue of CKI magazine, visit https://www.circlek.org/fellowship/ckimagazine.

Share your service with CKI Magazine!  Shannon Weaver

Christine Farsi worked tirelessly through school work, service projects, and even a cold to make our beautiful Fall Membership Retreat a wonderful success. In fact, this year was the first year we’ve ever had only positive reviews which is a perfect testament to her wonderful job putting together such a fun and memorable event. Thank you Christine for putting in so much hard work and effort into making this year’s “Share your Story of Service” FMR 2013 a truly great memory for all of us!  Governor Brittany Horton