November 2019 Southwest Sun

VOLUME 8 | ISSUE 2 VOLUME 8 | ISSUE 1

NOVEMBER 2019

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Letter from the Governor......................................Pg. 3 Letter from the Bulletin Editor............................ Pg. 5 Recruiting............................................................... Pg. 8 CLE (Club Leadership Education)........................Pg. 9 Fall Rally...............................................................Pg. 10 District Chants.................................................... Pg. 12 Year by Numbers.................................................Pg. 13 Governors Project................................................Pg. 14 Members of the Month....................................... Pg. 16 Contact the Board.............................................. Pg. 17

LETTER FROM THE GOVERNOR Hey Southwest!I hope you all have had a great semester! Kind of crazy it is already December. Back in September we had a shrektastic Club Leadership Education at Kamp Kiwanis. Mariah and Josh (our two Lieutenant Governors) worked really hard to plan the event for your club boards! For those who went I hope you all had a wonderful time, and if you did not go I hope you consider attending our next one (even if you are not a board member)!October was a busy month for us! I started it off by going to Albuquerque to volunteer at the Balloon Fiesta with UNM as my Governor's Visit! Even after spending 6 hours in the ER (with my International Vice President and very own club President), it was so much fun getting to serve with UNM! Then the following weekend NAU and I headed back to New Mexico to have a magical weekend at Fall Rally. Cielo, our Fall Rally Chair, did a breathtaking job at planning and executing Fall Rally. If you were not able to attend you surely missed out, and I hope to see you at Fall Rally in 2020. Lastly, the District Board voted in Promise Lattimore as our new Laws and Regulations Chair. Welcome Promise!I started off November by heading to ASU to volunteer at Feed My Starving Children for my Governor visit with them. We also went to Snakes and Lattes which was a super cool social.

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The next day I headed down to U of A to eat some yummy Mexican food and volunteer at the Celtic Festival. It was so much fun getting to see both clubs and I am so happy they had me visit! I also, attended Key Club Fall Rally as a facilitator and it was so much fun getting to work with the Key Clubbers! The district also opened a suggestion form this month. Please feel free to send us (or International) some feedback! We want to hear from you, and you can get the link from any District Board Member!As for December, we had out first District Forum on December 1st. I hope for those of you who attended, you had a good time. The next one will be January 4th at 7pm!

Other than that we are all working to wrap up the semester, and ensuring second semester is going to be even better! Happy holidays everyone!! <3

LETTER FROM THE BULLETIN EDITOR Hey Southwest!

It's been awhile since a bulletin has been released, so I just want to apologize to you all! School gets a little hectic around midterms and as seniors get ready to graduate, we get frantic about our graduate applications, and then finally all the finals at the end of first semester. The good news is that we are all done with the first semester and hopefully we all have the grades we want!

Now that life seems to be more on track we can get to focusing on the good stuff.... what the Southwest Southbest has been up to! So much has happened, from CLE (Club Leadership Education) to Fall Rally and now DCON (District Convention) is on the way.

All of the chairs have been working round the clock to make sure all these events run smoothly and to their liking! I hope you all schedule some time out of your busy schedules and try and make it to an event or two! I hope to keep you all updated these next few months as we all get ready to start welcoming in our new board! (so get to thinking about something you may want to do and reach out to that person!)

Have a great holiday season and see you all next semester!Â

DISTRICT MERCHANDISE

it's not cact"i" it's cact"us" District T-Shirts $15

Interested in one? Reach out to our Fundraising Chair (Caitlyn)

DISTRICT MERCHANDISE Harry the Horse 1 for $3 2 for $5 CKI Sauce 1 for $3 2 for $5

Socks $12 a Pair

Interested in something? Reach out to our Fundraising Chair (Caitlyn)

RECRUITMENT

Recruitment happens year round, but the beginning of the academic year is when we all take our current members and try and recruit other students on campus and the new transfers and freshman! Our club OReOs and LTG of Recruitment worked hard this summer and continue to work hard!

CLUB LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE It was a SHREK-tastic event! Mariah and Josh worked so hard to make Kamp Kiwanis look like the beloved Shrek Swamp we all know and love. Like the movie Shrek, our weekend was filled with adventures, fellowship, leadership, and service.

FALL RALLY | SERVICE IS MAGICAL

Let us start by recognizing Cielo (SWD Fall Rally Chair), she did an amazing job planning and coordinating the weekend for the district. Our special guest from International was IVP, Billy Hacket!

Finally, Anna (SWD DCON Chair) introduced the DCON theme "Service is Out There!" | February 28- March 1 @ DoubleTree Airport Tuscon, Arizona

CHANT 1 "DANG HORSE, YOU'RE SO SPICY MAKES THIS SOUTHWEST DISTRICT FEISTY MY, MY CKI RAISE YOUR HOOVES UP TO THE SKY"

CHANT 2 "HEY SOUTHWEST! WE BRING THE HEAT YOU CAN'T BEAT WE'REÂ THE DISTRICT YOU CAN'T DEFEAT WE'RE LIKE HORSES ON THEIR FEET SOUTHWEST WHAT? SOUTHWEST WHAT? SOUTHBEST!"

OUR YEAR BY THE NUMBERS GOAL

ACHIEVED

PERCENTAGE (%)

MEMBERSHIP

250 MEMBERS

112 MEMBERS

44.8%

SERVICE HOURS

4,000 HOURS

2,085 HOURS

52.1%

INTERCLUB EVENTS

25 EVENTS

29 EVENTS

116%

KIWANIS FAMILY RELATIONS EVENTS

50 EVENTS

35 EVENTS

70%

GOVERNOR'S PROJECT

Founder, Jamie Tworkowski, didn’t set out to start a nonprofit organization. All he wanted to do was help a friend and tell her story. When Jamie met Renee Yohe, she was struggling with addiction, depression, self-injury, and suicidal thoughts.

He wrote about the five days he spent with her before she entered a treatment center, and he sold T-shirts to help cover the cost. When she entered treatment, he posted the story on MySpace to give it a home. The name of the story was “To Write Love on Her Arms. You can read the whole story on their website!

To Write Love On Her Arms is a non-profit organization that directly funds treatment and recovery for those suffering depression, suicide,addiction, and self-injury. The goal is to encourage, inform,inspire, and invest directly into treatment and recovery

Our goal this year is to raise $4,000 as a district to support TWLOHA. This organization uses this money to point people to credible national, local, and community resources which address a variety of mental health issues and illnesses, create a positive community that believes in the reality of recovery by providing encouragement and inspiration through creative campaigns, online media, and events, promotes education and awareness through merchandise, speaking, tours, social media, and various programs, and offers grants to organizations and treatment centers and support counseling through scholarship funds. They have given more than $2.3 million to treatment and recovery so far, let's help with that!

Want to join us in making a difference? Any donation made to To Write Love On Her Arms will help make an impact. Thanks in advance for your contribution to this cause, means so much to us!

GoFund Me: https://www.gofundme.com/f /mfr69-to-write-love-on-herarms? teamInvite=RxqEnUUEfhIJUA 3IhqG0oLqQpeN2I6i5kDfcq MiV54P2WBNbdQEcsJ8QZk puds8s

OUTSTANDING DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER WNMU PRESIDENT AND K- FAMILY CHAIR- BRE ANNE SPRINGER

Bre Anne has done an excellent job and balancing her Presidential position, and killing it at k-family chair. She has been working very hard at building her club, and all her hard work shows. I am always impressed by her dedication I improving her club, and along the way, the district. Also, she has done amazing work for our k-family relations this year. She was made for the role. Her passion for service and CKI in general is so much appreciated. I am so lucky to have her on the district board this year.

OUTSTANDING SOUTHWEST DISTRICTÂ MEMBER NAU -NATALIE CREPEAU Meet Natalie! She is one of Northern Arizona University's most involved member.

She comes from Buena Park, California and is planning to get her Bachelors in Criminal Justice. One of her favorite things is her dog, Bernard. (Pictured to the Right) Thanks Natalie for everything you do for NAU and for CKI as a whole.

CONTACT THE SOUTHWEST Taliah Gorman Steph Floe SWD Governor floesteph@gmail.com Amber Luu SWD Secretary ambertohao@gmail.co, Vincent Huber SWD Treasurer vhuber@unm.edu Hannah Broyles SWD Bulletin Editor hlbroyles@unm.edu Mariah McMurren SWD Recruitment LTG mcmurrenmariah@gmail.com Joshua Burgett SWD Retention LTG jburget1@asu.edu Alissa McIntyre Northern Arizona University President nauckipresident@gmail.com Frida Moreno Grand Canyon University President frida.mf.99@gmail.com Alexis Mendez University of New Mexico President amendez18@unm.edu8 Tim Wysocki Ottawa University President wysockitimothy036@gmail.com Kajal Dave Arizona State University President kajal 601@gmail.com

University of Arizona President taliahg@email.arizona.edu Estefani Trieles Eastern New Mexico University- Roswell President flor.tirelesgamboa@students.enmu-roswell.edu Bre Anne Springer Western New Mexico University President/ SWD KFamily Chair breannespringer@hotmail.com Caitlyn Kachelmeier SWD Fundraising Chair ckachelmeier@unm.edu Anna Barrett SWD DCON Chair amb2453@nau.edu Cielo Barrios SWD Fall Rally Chair CBarrios2@my.gcu.edu Promise Lattimore SWD Laws and Regulations Chair promiselattimore@gmail.com Alissa McIntyre SWD DLSSP Chair alissajae8@gmail.com Sarah Montano SWD Service Chair Sarah.montano11@gmail.com James Phelps District Administrator jphelps1146@gmail.com Bob Carson Assistant District Administrator bob@swdkiwanis.org