Hot Stuff | June 2016

JUNE

2016

HOT STUFF

THE OFFICIAL GOVERNOR’S NEWSLETTER | VOL 2. ISSUE 1

IT’S HOT IN HERE....

Hola, Southwest! If I have not said it before, my name is Banna Tesfay, and I am extremely honored to serve you as your Southwest CKI District Governor for the 20162017 year!

What’s ‘Hot Stuff’, you might ask? ‘Hot Stuff’ is a newsletter put out by the Governor, keeping our members updated on the district board, events, changes that might effect you, and just general updates of what I’m doing as your governor. When I ran, one of the platforms I stressed was direct communication from me to our general members, and I plan to uphold that.

So, enjoy, and please reach out to me if you have any questions or concerns!

IN THIS ISSUE

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HERE IS YOUR

DISTRICT BOARD BANNA TESFAY GOVERNOR

ANIKA LYNN

ETHAN PALKO

AUBREY RENAKER

SECRETARY

TREASURER

BULLETIN EDITOR

LAURA BELMONT

CIERRA CARRILLO

LTG AT LARGE

LTG AT LARGE

ASHLEY FEMRITE

TIEN TRAN

JOSHUA MCGUIRE

NAU PRESIDENT

ASU PRESIDENT

GCU PRESIDENT

MICHAEL ZIMMERMAN

SARAH CRISCUOLO

U OF A PRESIDENT

UNM PRESIDENT

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( IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BEING A CHAIR, THERE ARE STILL VACANCIES FOR TECHNOLOGY AND LAWS & REGULATIONS!)

CHANTEL LEON

ASHLEY FEMRITE

ANNA LEE

MICHAEL ZIMMERMAN

FALL RALLY

SERVICE

FUNDRAISING

DISTRICT CONVENTION

ANDREA MADRIGAL

SYDNEY YAEGER

TRANSLATIONS

HISTORIAN

RILEY JANDREW

BANNA TESFAY

K-FAMILY RELATIONS

ON-TO CONVENTION

AND DON’T FORGET YOUR

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MARCH OF DIMES

AUTISM SELF ADVOCACY NETWORK

At their District Officer Training Conference, your district board voted to change lives through service. After a detailed discussion, they were able to support a vote towards a District Project; something our district will collectively work with through the year to support, aid, and raise funds and awareness for.

Along with that, they event decided on a Governor’s project: something I am so excited to support. I chose this project as a personal goal, and will give the district ideas and incentives to raise funds, and even think of a creative bounty for DCON. March of Dimes is this year’s District Project. MoD is the leading nonprofit organization for pregnancy and baby health. Founded in 1938, their mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality. If you’d like to learn more about the project with CKI and how your club can help, click here.

Autism Self-Advocacy Network (ASAN) seeks to advance the principles of the disability rights movement with regard to autism and mental disabilities. ASAN believes that the goal of advocacy should be a world in which developmentally disabled people enjoy the same access, rights, and opportunities as all other citizens. To learn more about them and what you can do, click here.

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FROM THE DESERT TO THE MOUNTAINS As your Governor, I get the amazing opportunity to travel a whole lot in order to create and strengthen connections to our family. These past three months, I think I’ve eaten one to many airplane meals and has spent quite a bit on gas. But, all in great company!

This past weekend, the Southwest Key Club board so kindly invited me to attend their Summer Board meeting in Prescott, AZ. While it was so nice to get away and relax and a camp for a few days, it was even nicer to witness the true commitment and hard work these students put into what they do. I mean, really. High school students, and I watched them do Parli Pro better than I ever could.

While me and Anika cooked a mean chili and pancakes, these students were setting the foundation for what I can only see as an unforgettable year of service. I hope to watch them grow as leaders through my term, as well as my amazing counterpart Alisa.

WHERE IS

GOVERNOR BANNA? JUNE 22ND - 27TH | CKIX TORONTO AUGUST 5TH - 7TH | SWD KIWANIS DCON, ALBQ OCTOBER 14TH - 16TH | SWD CKI FALL RALLY

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CONNECT WITH ME!

CONTACT US Banna Tesfay

Windy Zachek

GOVERNOR bt363@nau.edu

Ethan Palko

Anika Lynn SECRETARY

Aubrey Renaker

TREASURER

AnikaLynn247@live.com

Laura Belmont

DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR WZachek@OakCraft.com

BULLETIN EDITOR

cki.district.treasure@gmail.com aubreyrenaker@email.arizona.edu

Ashely Femrite

Cierra Carrillo

LTG AT LARGE lbelmon1@asu.edu

LTG AT LARGE

NAU PRESIDENT/ DCON

ccarrillo@email.arizona.edu

arf239@nau.edu

Sarah Criscuolo

Tien Tran

Michael Zimmerman

UNM PRESIDENT sncriscuolo@unm.edu

ASU PRESIDENT tttran12@asu.edu

UA PRESIDENT/ SERVICE mzimmerman1@email.arizona.edu

GCU PRESIDENT

Riley Jandrew

K-FAMILY RELATIONS

Sydney Yaeger

propresenter96@gmail.com

riley_jandrew@yahoo.com

syaeger2@email.arizona.edu

Josh McGuire

Anna Lee

FALL RALLY 213.anna@gmail.com

Chantel Leon FUNDRAISING

HISTORIAN

Andrea Madrigal TRANSLATION

ccleon@email.arizona.edu andreamadrigal40@gmail.com

DISTRICT STATISTICS As of June 15, 2016

835 Total Service Hours | 163 Active Members CONNECT WITH SOUTHWEST CKI!

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