What is CKI?

2. What is CKI? •  Circle K International (CKI) is the premiere university service organization in the world sponsored by Kiwanis International. With clubs on more than 500 campuses globally, programming is based upon the tenets of service, leadership and fellowship, with service being the most important of the three. • The Mission of CKI is to develop college and university students into a global network of responsible citizens and leaders with a lifelong commitment to service.

3. What is CKI? • The Vision of CKI is to be the leading global community-service organization on college and university campuses that enriches the world one member, one child and one community at a time. • CKI is a student-led organization. • Currently, CKI consists of 30 districts, one district-in-formation, and seven sub-regions in 17 nations across the world.

4. Strategic plan • Guiding document for development of CKI and CKI programs. All board decisions are based on this plan. • The current plan is for 2007-2011. • The plan has five goal areas each with a set of priorities: • Strategically market CKI internally and externally to effectively increase awareness of organization.

5. Strategic plan • Improve member satisfaction and meet their expectations. • Create and deliver high-quality leadership development programs and opportunities • Strengthen organizational structure to build, support and sustain strong, effective CKI clubs. • Identify global differences and limitations in order to expand existing programs and services.

6. Tomorrow Fund grant • The Tomorrow Fund, housed in the Kiwanis International Foundation, is an endowment account intended to further the purpose of Circle K International. • The fund has reached endowment and stands at US$207,842 as of January 31, 2008. • A grant program has been developed to help fund Circle K club and district service projects that address important needs in their communities and campuses.

7. Tomorrow Fund grant • Since the fund reached its endowment in 2005, 41 grants have been made for a total of US$22,923. •  Donations can be made to the Tomorrow Fund directly, or through Carthage-Pullman Society memberships, for a minimum donation of US$250 or Sapphire Circle Honorary memberships, for a minimum donation made in honor of someone of US$1,000.

8. Partnership: Six Cents • 70% of the earth is covered in water, the same as the human body. • To live healthily, human beings must consume 1.5–2 liters per day of water each day. • 97.5% of all the water on earth is salt water, and 2% is frozen in icebergs and glaciers, or hidden in aquifers, leaving only .5% of all the earth’s water available for drinking.

9. Partnership: Six Cents • Drinking safe water is fundamental to human life. • Unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation, combined with poor hygiene, contribute to the deaths of more than 1.5 million children under the age of five die from diarrhea each year. • With the help of an inexpensive mixture of sugar, salt and water known as oral rehydration salts (ORS). ORS are the simplest, most effective and cheapest way to keep children alive during severe episodes of dehydration.

10. Partnership: Six Cents • One sachet of ORS only costs US$0.06 cents. • All donations should be mailed to: U.S. Fund for UNICEF, 333 East 38th Street, New York, New York 10016. Checks are to be made payable to the U.S. Fund for UNICEF and the word WATER should be in the memo field to ensure proper processing.

11. Partnership: Better World Books • CKI is proud to partner with Better World Books to help break the cycle of poverty through education and literacy. • Better World Books supports the National Center for Family Literacy by their Book Drives for Better Lives Program. • 34 million people in the United States cannot read or write. Education and Literacy bring dignity and hope to others.

12. Partnership: Better World Books How it works: • Better World Books sends collection and shipping boxes, posters, and tape to your CKI club. There is no cost to the chapter to participate. • CKI clubs promote the drive on campus, and place collection bins in strategic locations. CKI members collect and ship the books. Better World Books pays for the shipping.

13. Partnership: Better World Books • To date, Better World Books has converted more than 11 million donated books into $4.5 million in funding for literacy and education. • In the process, we’ve also diverted more than 6,000 tons of books from landfills. • Resources available: www.betterworld.com

14. Partnership: March of Dimes • The mission of the March of Dimes is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant morality. • The mission is achieved through research, community services, education and advocacy. • 1 in 8 babies is born premature. Preterm birth is one occurring before the 37th week of pregnancy.

15. Partnership: March of Dimes • What can Circle K International do to help? • Participate in Prematurity Awareness month ( April) and day (November 12th). • Help the babies at neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) by collecting books, donating cameras and film, making blankets, or volunteering to assist in sibling hours. • Educate teens using the new teen-2-teen series.

16. Partnership: March of Dimes • What can Circle K International do to help? • Provide folic acid education by passing out orange juice on campus while informing students about the importance of folic acid for women of childbearing years to reduce the chance of birth defects. • March for Babies teams • March of Dimes resources: • www.marchofdimes.com/youth

17. Partnership: Students Team up to Fight Hunger • Students Team Up to Fight Hunger (STUFH) is a nation-wide food drive organization which partners colleges and universities with their local food bank to raise food for the hungry in their local community. • There are families going hungry in every college community and they desperately need a helping hand. Your college campus is a natural source for food drives and volunteers and CKI clubs are the perfect answer to their pleas for help.

18. Partnership: Students Team up to Fight Hunger • How can you help? Here are four simple steps you would need to take to feed the hungry in your local college area: • Get permission from your school to place empty food drive bins around campus. • Advertise the food drive. • Conduct the drive- help food bank place bins and pick up once the drive is complete. • Coordinate with your local food bank to arrange a drop off time.

19. Partnership: Students Team up to Fight Hunger • Each pound of food raised represents a meal, and last year alone over one million pounds was raised by 75 colleges. • Imagine how people could be fed with the participation of 500 Circle K clubs. • Simply contact Dan Kahn at dkahn@stufh.org to join forces and help feed the hungry in your area.

20. Leadership Academy • Open to all CKI members who want to grow their leadership abilities. • The 2010 event is May 14-19 and runs a full six days of intense leadership development at Waycross Camp in southern Indiana • Students must be nominated by their district administrator to attend

21. Leadership Academy • The curriculum for this program combines Brendon Burchard’s E6 Framework with the Kiwanis Key Leader program • Students are lead by two lead facilitators and then each small group of 12 has a volunteer neighborhood facilitator. These adults help guide students through the self-discovery program • There only cost to attend this event is the cost of transportation

22. Resources • The CKI Series: online resources—example topics: Charter Presentation, CKI Sponsorship, Kiwanis Family Relations, Applying for an Employee Identification Number (Tax ID). •  Posters, and brochures for recruitment and marketing.

23. Resources • Marketing & PR Guide—A guide to help your club understand how to increase the recognition and understanding of CKI so that members and clubs can serve their communities. • Kiwanis Sponsorship Resource Guide—A guide for sponsoring Kiwanis Clubs about their roles and responsibilities to CKI clubs.

24. Resources • Advisors Guide— How to guide, FAQs, finance, liability. • Club Officer Guide—online resources–A guide for club presidents, vice presidents, secretaries, treasurers, secretary/treasurers and bulletin editors on their duties to their CKI clubs.

25. Graphic standards • Visual elements used to communicate consistent message about CKI. • Helps to make CKI a household name. • Elements are used in all forms of communication: Web, brochures, fliers, etc. • Previously every club, member, district and the international office has mismatched promotional pieces. Public did not know we were all from the same organization.

26. Graphic Standards • Use the CKI Logo and word mark to brand our name. • Fonts : Goudy Old Style for body and Century Gothic for headers. Use any other fonts to add creative accents. Colors—full color. • Megaphone—should always be on the front cover or front of whatever is being produced. • Graphic standards are available online at www.circlek.org/templates

27. Club status • Club dues are payable October 1. When a club pays dues for the minimum based on school enrollment (20 member minimum for 4-year institutions with 1,000+ enrollment, 15 member minimum for 2-year institutions or 4-years with fewer than 1,000 students) by November 30, the club status is active.

28. Club status • When a club does not pay any dues by November 30, on December 1 the club status changes to suspended. • A club is put on retained status when the club pays for less than the minimum amount due. A club on retained status can move back to active status with a payment of dues for at least the minimum.

29. Club status • A club on Inactive Status can move back to Active Status with a payment of dues for at least the minimum and a US$100 reactivation fee. • Clubs are put on Inactive Status if no dues payment is made at all on October 1 of the following year.

30. Ten steps to CKI chartering • Step 1: Select the college/university you wish to build a Circle K club on. • Step 2: Order a New Club Building Kit #1 from the International Office (800-KIWANIS, ext. 411). • Step 3: Secure a Sponsoring Kiwanis Club within the area of the college/university. • Step 4: Meet with the school Student Activities Director to discuss the proposed Circle K club. • Step 5: Secure a Faculty Advisor. A teacher or school employee who is a member of the Sponsoring Kiwanis club can be a good selection, but should not be the same person as the Kiwanis advisor.

31. Ten steps to chartering • Step 6: Order the New Club Building Kit #2 from the International Office (800-KIWANIS, ext. 411). • Step 7: Recruit members. Remember that membership is open to any student who is interested in community service. • Step 8: Organize a Circle K club meeting to adopt the club’s bylaws and elect the charter officers and directors. • Step 9: Charter the Circle K club following the instructions in the New Club Building Kit #2. • Step 10: Launch the Circle K club by scheduling regular monthly meetings or semimonthly meetings.