T-O Today Issue 5. 2018-2019.

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03 Editor’s Notes

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03 Letter from the Governor

04 District Convention

05 What is DCON? 06 Scholarship Recipients 07 Awards 08 Awards

09 Awards 10 Awards 12 District Governor’s jljlljljjProject

13 CKIx Promotion 14 District Goal Updates

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I pledge to uphold the Objects of Circle K International, to foster compassion and goodwill toward others through service and leadership, to develop my abilities and the abilities of all people, and to dedicate myself to the realization of mankind’s potential.

EDITOR’S NOTES Might T-O, It’s been quite a year and I have all of you to thank for that. I still can’t believe that my term as District Editor is over but I’m incredibly excited to see what the next editor and Board do.

CKI has changed my life and I’ll never be able to express how grateful I am. The friendships I’ve made and the memories I’ve gathered will always be dear to me. Thank you all.

Yahaira Arneros, UTA ‘19 editor@txokcki.org

LETTER FROM THE GOVERNOR Hello Mighty Texas-Oklahoma District!

As I reflect on the year’s successes, I am blown away by your passion to service and the dedication you have shown to your communities. It has been an honor to serve the best members in all of Circle K International. I am thankful to have been impacted by the conversations I have had throughout my term and the truly inspirational things you have done in your community. I will never forget the year and all the memories. I am so humbled to be able to have served the District that has given me so much throughout my time in the organization. Remember that no matter where we end up at, “There is No Place like T-O!” Let's DO BETTER than ever, Dylann Lowery

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DCON 2019!

DCON is annual district wide event where a unique group of individuals gets together to celebrate a year’s worth of service, leadership, and fellowship.

It’s at this event where we connect with fellow CKI members from around Texas and Oklahoma, where we give away scholarships to our deserving members, present awards for our members outstanding service achievements, honor our past district board, and elect our following district board. This year’s DCON expressed how “There Is No Place Like T-O!” and was held at the Holiday Inn Hotel in Austin, TX from March 1st to 3rd.

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Scholarship Recipients During DCON we hold interviews for our members after receiving applications. These members go through a competitive interview with Kiwanis Members and from those, a few are chosen to receive scholarships. Below are the following scholarship recipients.

Burwell “Burr” Southern Endowed Scholarship Tristan Adams, Cameron University.

Chris Estrada Endowed Scholarship Alexander Le, University of Houston.

Gary & Linda Hicks Endowed Scholarship Sean Dempsey, Texas A&M University.

Joe Stillwell Endowed Scholarship Ishan Paranjape, The University of Texas at Austin.

Colleen Biggerstaff Scholarship Rayquan Lewis, Cameron University.

T-O Kiwanis Past Lieutenant Governors Association Scholarship Cecilia Nguyen-Do, University of Houston.

Jack Frost Endowed Scholarship Yahaira Arneros, University of Texas at Arlington.

T-O Kiwanis Past Lieutenant Governor’s Association Scholarship Isabel Hurtado, University of Houston.

Don Wilson Endowed Scholarship Viana Phan, The University of Texas at Austin.

Andy Estrada Endowed Scholarship Dylann Lowery, Oklahoma State University.

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AWARDS We are so proud of our members and all their accomplishments in the 2018-2019 CKI year. Below are the awards and their recipients!

Stan Soderstrom Outstanding Chapter Achievement

University of Houston Hunter Faubion Outstanding Chapter Improvement

University of Texas at Austin Outstanding New Chapter

Angelo State University

Outstanding Single Service Project University of Houston Outstanding District Project Involvement University of Houston Outstanding Governor’s Project Involvement University of Houston Outstanding Service Partners Involvement University of Houston

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AWARDS Outstanding Memmbership Development & Education University of Houston

Patrick Sims Outstanding Newsletter Joy Cappelan, University of Houston

Outstanding Scrapbook University of Houston

Outstanding Non-Traditional Scrapbook University of Houston

Outstanding Video University of Houston Outstanding T-Shirt The University of Texas at Austin Outstanding Website University of Texas at Austin Outstanding Public Relations & Outreach Universitry of Houston Teguila’s Meme of the Year University of Houston

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AWARDS Tim Clipson People Builder

Mikki Bandelaria, University of Texas at Arlington Outstanding New Member

Gabrielle Nguyen, University of Houston Oratory Contest

Hunter Dentino, Baylor University Impromptu Essay

Ishan Paranjape, The University of Texas at Austin T-O Hall of Fame

Bay Bolen, Oklahoma State University Talent Contest

University of Houston

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AWARDS Howard H. Hendrick Leadership Award Alexander Le, University of Houston

Outstanding Vice President Cecilia Nguyen, University of Houston

Outstanding Secretary Sammie Chen, University of Houston

Scott Kimball Outstanding Treasurer Ozone Kafley, The University of Texas at Austin

Outstanding Editor Joy Capellan, University of Houston

Outstanding Committee Chair Steve Le, The University of Texas at Arlington

Fred & Dottie Seals Circle of Service Jarrod McLaughlin Clinton Althaus Award Colleen Biggerstaff, Allison Prisco-Macias, and Bay Bolen.

Dennis Hodgkiss Advisor of the Year Michael Paul, Kiwanis Advisor to University of Houston Outstanding Sponsoring Kiwanis Club Kiwanis Club of Tyler-Rose City, The University of Texas at Tyler Walt Parker Outstanding K-Family Relations Baylor University The Humanitarian Award

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Tillie Burgin, Mission Arlington

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District Goal Updates Here is our progress so far on the District Goals we have set for the 2018-2019 CKI year!!

Membership Goal: 497/600 Members Goal Fall Retreat Goal: 131/80 Members Goal DCON Goal: 118/150 Members Goal

New Chapter Goal: 2/5 Chapters Goal Inter Chapter Goal: 73/300 Events Goal

Service Hour Goal: 5475.5/8500 Hours Goal K-Fam Relations Goal: 162/225 Events Goal

CKIx 2018 Goal: 12/10 Members Goal District Project Goal: 11 signature projects.

2 Signature Projects per Chapter Goal.

Governor’s Project Goal: 12 Projects.

3 Signature Projects per Chapter Goal

*These numbers are as of March 31st, 2019.

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