NEW YORK DISTRICT OF CIRCLE K INTERNATIONAL – VICE PRESIDENTS POWER PACK
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The Spirit Committee! The Spirit or social committee is responsible for the tenant of fellowship. They can encompass multiple names, including spirit, social, sunshine, megaphone and fellowship committees. There are several responsibilities (hence why the position may be split): Socials – A social committee will be responsible for organizing socials, such as ice cream socials, dances and bowl-a-thons, in order to facilitate fellowship. This is another situation where members can get involved in the event planning process of a club. Spirit – A spirit committee would also handle “spirit,” including club t-shirts (or other club swag), club cheers and anything that is meant to invigorate members of a club. This can also include ice breakers at the beginning of each meeting or Historian/ Photographer – A historian or photographer would be responsible for taking pictures at various events. Members who are historians or photographers should be very active, as they will have to take pictures at most events (particularly the larger ones). These pictures can be later utilized for scrapbooks or promotional material for CKI. Really, the spirit/social committee is responsible for anything that regards bringing your club together as a family. This is a LARGE responsibility, and so you may want to consider splitting it into various committees or positions. Goals for this committee should include having a percentage of a club participating in a fellowship activity. Directives should include having a number of fellowship activities, or socials, over the courage of a semester or a quarter.
Service Committee The service committee, as its name suggests, is responsible for helping find service projects for the club. This does not mean that the president and other officers are off the hook… every member should be helping find new and exciting service projects. However, the service committee is often tasked with managing large service projects or service projects that are continual. For example, if your club wants to tutor kids in a weekly afterschool program, your service committee should be going out and working to find a place to volunteer. Furthermore, the service committee is also responsible for handling transportation to and from events. Service committees are also responsible for incorporating the district and international projects into their service projects. Currently, the New York District typically has 2 projects (a Gov Project and a District Project), and Circle K International has 3 projects (UNICEF, STUFH, and March of Dimes). These projects should be focuses for your service committee to find service projects to do. Typically, service committees should be made up of active CKI members who want to take the next leadership step in finding service projects to do around campus and around the community. They often have to work closely with the fundraising committee and the executive board to find projects and make sure that the CKI calendar is not getting too filled up within your club. Membership should learn how to lead and organize events, thereby helping them in the future if they will to run for executive club office. If your service committee runs out of service projects to do, there are many suggestions for volunteer projects that can be found online.