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Circling the Empire

“Developing college and university students into a global network of responsible citizens and lead-ers with a lifelong commitment to service” - Circle K Mission Statement

This copy of the “Circling the Empire” was made by the hard work of the 2012-2013 New

York District Board! Please do not duplicate illegally! Thank You!

Editor’s Word About the Circling the Empire! About Circle K International About the Kiwanis Family International Service Partners Governor’s Project Governor’s Welcome Secretary’s Welcome Treasurer’s Welcome The District Board and Committee Chairs Lieutenant Governor Introductions Some Divisional Highlights Some Committee Updates Past Conventions ICON 2013 Promotion Word from International Trustee Upcoming District Events Kiwanis Advisors Reminders

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Hello Mighty New York District!

Hi Hi Hi! I’m Jensen, your district bulletin editor! It’s so great to be editor again for the New York District! If you didn’t know, I was a past New York Key Club district bulle-tin editor not too long ago… I am a sophomore at Cornell University studying Urban and Regional Studies and minoring in Asian American Studies. I play sprint football and I enjoy Asian television! にほんごのテレビはつきです！ Also, I am a huge fan of Pikachu! In fact, I have them of all sizes at home! Thanks for reading this copy of the Circling the Empire! It took a lot of effort from the entire district. My goal is to have four newsletters this year and each of them to be just as good as I can make them. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions, concerns or just want to share my love of the best Pokemon in the world. Thanks! As always, live, love, and dance! (forwards or backwards)

Jensen Cheong District Editor

New York District of Circle K International

Editor’s Word

About the Circling the Empire!

Welcome to the Circling the Empire!

We hope that you can use this resource to contact people from all over the district.

This newsletter includes the contact information of all executive officers, committee

chairs, and club officers. All information are up to date as of the date indicated at the bot-

tom of this page!

We would like to also emphasize that the maintenance of this resource is dependent

on the entire district. Please inform us of any chances in contact information! These small

changes will eventually be useful in many tasks performed by members all over the district.

This directory should be useful in planning out interclub events and joint service

projects! If there is ever a question, feel free to contact anyone on the board as each mem-

ber can answer your questions. In the case they cannot, they can forward you to the right

person to help!

For those who are unfamiliar to Circle K International and the Kiwanis family, the

next two pages will be of utmost importance! Feel free to read them and also visit us

online at www.circlek.org and www.kiwanis.org

Thank you for using this resource!

2012-2013 District Board

New York District of Circle K International

About New York Circle K International

Circle K International (CKI) is the premier collegiate and university community service,

leadership development, and friendship organization in the world. With more than 12,600 mem-

bers in 17 nations, CKI is making a positive impact on the world every day.

Circle K clubs are organized and sponsored by a Kiwanis club on a college or university

campus. CKI is a self-governing organization and elects its own officers, conducts its own meet-

ings, and determines its own service activities.

CKI blends community service and leadership training with the opportunity to meet oth-

er college students around the world. Projects such as the Six Cents Initiative, CKI’s Internation-

al fundraiser that aims to provide water to the 2.2 billion children worldwide who lack safe

drinking water, bring CKI members together to make a difference in the world.

http://www.circlek.org/AboutUs.aspx

About the Kiwanis Family

The Kiwanis Family Circle K International is just one part of the Kiwanis family of service organizations. Kiwanis International, Key Club Internation-al, Builders Club, Kiwanis Kids, and Aktion Club also are branch-es of our family. Adult and youth members form one of the largest and most effective service organizations in the world. Developing and maintaining good relationships between each branch of the Kiwanis family, as it is popularly known, should be one of the primary objectives of each individual Kiwanis family club and district. We all share a common goal: service. By working together, we can collectively increase the amount of lives we touch through service.

Kiwanis International Established in 1915, Kiwanis International is one of the largest service organizations in the world. Kiwanis’ primary focus is chil-dren. The major emphasis program of Kiwanis International is Young Children: Priority One. This program addresses the needs of children prenatal through age five. Kiwanis International and Kiwanis-family clubs, through a partnership with UNICEF, have greatly contributed to the eradication of iodine deficiency disor-ders worldwide and recently embarked on The Eliminate Project to tackle is the issue of Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus. A great distinction of Kiwanis International among professional service clubs is its sponsored organizations and programs—the Kiwanis family!

Key Club International Key Club International is the oldest and largest service program for high school students worldwide. This student-led organization teaches leadership through service to others. Every day, Key Club members carry out the motto “Caring: Our Way of Life.” Each Key Club has the autonomy to select its own service projects. However, clubs unite in service under the banner of the Key Club Interna-tional Major Emphasis Program, Children: Their Future, Our Focus. The program emphasizes specific areas of child growth, including personal development and social interaction.

Builders Club Builders Club is the largest community-service program for junior and middle school students worldwide. Its goal is to develop lead-ership qualities in young people through experiences in volunteer service. A local Kiwanis club sponsors each Builders Club. Builders Club operates under school regulations and draws its members from the student body. Builders Club’s objectives are to: provide opportunities for working together in service to school and com-munity; develop leadership potential; foster the development of a strong moral character; and encourage loyalty to school, communi-ty, and nation.

Kiwanis Kids Kiwanis Kids is the fastest growing service club for elementary stu-dents. The program focuses on character education as well as expo-sure to the concepts of community service and serving learning. Kiwanis Kids is a student-led community service organization that operates under school regulations and draws its members from the student body. A Kiwanis club sponsors each Kiwanis Kids club. Kiwanis Kids objectives are to: provide opportunities for working together in service to school and community; develop leadership potential; foster and develop a strong moral character; and encour-age loyalty to school, community, and nation.

Aktion Club Aktion Club is a community-service organization for adults who live with a disability. Aktion Club members strive to return to their communities the benefits, help, and caring they have re-ceived, as well as develop important skills in the process. http://www.circlek.org/Fellowship/K-Family.aspx

International Service Partners

Circle K International is proud of its partnerships with March of Dimes, UNICEF, Better World Books and Students Team Up to Fight Hunger (STUFH). By working with these powerful organiza-

tions, CKI members are able to help more children.

Better World Books' mission is to help break the cycle of poverty through education and literacy…one book at a time. Better World Books (BWB) is a for-profit social en-terprise that collects used books and sells them online to raise money for literacy initiatives worldwide. They offer great bargains on books--over 6 million used and new ti-tles, with free shipping anywhere in the U.S. and just $3.97 worldwide. Get up to 90 percent off used books and up to 30 percent off new books. Plus, CKI members re-ceive an extra 10 percent discount.

The March of Dimes is the leading nonprofit organi-zation for pregnancy and baby health. March of Dimes was founded in 1938 by Franklin D. Roose-velt, but was originally known as the National Foun-dation for Infantile Paralysis. The March of Dimes Mission is “To improve the health of babies by pre-venting birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality.”

Students Team Up to Fight Hunger (STUFH) is dedicated to linking food banks with local colleges and universities for two purposes: to collect food for those who need it most and to raise awareness of these needs upon the local student population. The main focus of STUFH comes at the end of a school year, when students move out of apart-ments and dorms. Rather than discarding unopened non-perishable foodstuffs into trash bins as they leave, STUFH supplies food bins for students to donate these unwanted items. Since the program began in 1999 at Cornell Univer-sity, more than 1 million pounds of foodstuffs have been raised for food banks to feed the hungry. It is the mission of STUFH to increase this gathering of food at college campuses throughout the country, which will link the hearts and souls of college students with their less fortu-nate hungry neighbors.

UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund, was created after World War II to provide emergency aid to children in Europe and Asia. Today, UNICEF works in more than 150 countries and territories—supported entirely with voluntary contributions. Across the globe, wherever vulnerable children are struggling to survive, UNICEF is there with medi-cine, vaccines, clean water, and nutrition. Whatever vital help struggling children need, UNICEF will supply. Over the years, UNICEF has saved more children’s lives than any other humanitarian organi-zation in the world. The U.S. Fund for UNICEF supports UNICEF’s mission through education, ad-vocacy, and fundraising in the United States.

Governor’s Project

Hey New York District!

As an introduction to my Governor’s Project, I am ecstatic to share with all of you my service focus for the

year, , the Root of Service! I know that science and mathematics tends to have a polarizing effect on people, in that either you really appreciate it, or you cannot stand it. While I recognize that we all have our strengths and weaknesses, the issue is truly much deeper than that. A recent study taken in 2007 noted that at the fourth grade level of science, the United States was ranked third among the countries of the world. By eighth grade, however, our rank drops to seventh. You can imagine that this trend continues to diverge as we climb the education ladder. Unfortunately, statistics are far worse when we focus on just wom-en in math and science, and worse yet when we focus on minorities in this country. Unfortunately, our edu-cation system does not generally promote the sciences, but instead deters students who would have otherwise had a natural inclination toward the subject. Needless to say, there is a need for motivating stronger mathe-matically inclined students. For my Governor’s Project, I challenge you to promote math and science among elementary, middle, and high school students. However, I challenge you to go beyond just tutoring, but in-stead work with grade levels to develop science projects. Dare to share the wonders of electricity and mag-netism and how it impacts our everyday lives with experiments that address material conductivity, circuit the-ory, or even the electromagnetic spectrum. Impart some knowledge on the dizzying concepts of angular mo-mentum and it is used to maintain the orientation of satellites and airplanes. However, if you are not so mathematically inclined, no need to fret! Feel free to tackle projects dealing with health, biology, and even astronomy. Have you ever wondered which side of the brain stores memory, or is responsible for your sens-es? Take students for a walk through nature and discuss the myriad of different species you can find just in your backyard. Find a nice, clear night to take a tour around the constellations and identify as many objects in the sky as you can. The possibilities are truly endless.

I hope that throughout the year, I may be able to provide different projects for you to use at your local schools. I encourage you all to add me to your listservs, on Facebook, Twitter, etc. so that I can stay updated with your Circle K endeavors. Please do not hesitate to contact me at my cell phone, (201) 674-1407, or by email, [email protected]. Take care and good luck with finals!

Corey Oses

Governor’s Welcome

Hey there Might New York District!

My name is Corey Oses and I am honored to introduce myself as your

2012-2013 New York District Governor! With the first third of the

year behind us, I can say that we have had one of the most exciting

starts to the service year that this district has experienced in a while!

With our Immediate Past Distinguished Governor, Josephine Lukito,

elected International President, and not to mention fourteen separate

international recognitions, our district is quickly developing into one

of the strongest in the world! Through the leadership, dedication, and

most certainly the service of our membership, that is, each and every one of you, our district will

only continue to grow mightier! As our focus remains centered on service, I challenge you to

reach out and meet new members. Step out of your comfort zone and introduce yourself to new

students on your campus, members from nearby clubs, and even Circle K’ers from around the

state. Make an effort to get your club members to district functions like the District Large Scale

Service Project coming up in early October. Believe me when I say, you will be pleasantly surprise

with how many like-minded individuals you will find in this organization. Join in this district’s

movement toward developing a community.

Yours in Service, Leadership, and Fellowship,

Corey Oses

Secretary and Treasurer Welcome

Howdy Everyone! My name is Kat(hryn) Graves and I am serving you as your Secretary for the New York District! I am an English-Communications double major with a minor in Education and History. Not exactly sure what I want to do career wise yet, but something in the educa-tion field! I was a club secretary last year (and the previous year) and fell in love with the position. I realized that as secretary for the district, I could help club secretaries fall in love with their positions and help them with their transition. Every club in this district is unique and each clubs has their own way of collecting and recording service hours. I have the honor of working with the districts finest secretaries who keep track of all of the ser-vice that you do. One of my responsibilities as secretary is to compile all of the reports that your secretaries send in; it is incredible to see all that this district does. Each clubs dedicates so much of their time to service and when combined with the district, you can see that one member really can make such a large impact on our surround-ing communities. Our district goal is to have 97% of Monthly Report Forms in!! And make sure that you are go-ing out and doing service so that we can accomplish our goal of 22,262.5 hours of service!! If you ever have any questions about the district or you just want to chat, please feel free to call/text/e-mail me at any time. Hope to meet you all soon! Secretary Kathryn Graves

Hello New York District!

My name is Chris Godshall and I’m serving as your 2012-2013 District Treasurer. This

year I am a sophomore at Columbia University studying Economic- Political Science with

a Concentration in American History. Apart from Circle K, I work closely with the Co-

lumbia College Student Council on policy and event planning. I am so excited to get to

know all of you this year. My main goal is to make dues payment and fundraising as pain-

less as I possibly can for your respective clubs by maintaining an open line of communica-

tion and providing resources that you may access whenever you need. Of course, I hope one of those resources

will be myself! Please feel free to contact me at any time with questions, concerns, or just to chat! Good luck with

everything this year; let’s do our best to be as financially efficient as possible so that we may lead effectively, open

our arms to all, and, most importantly, make our world a better place through service.

Treasurer Chris Godshall

The Executive Board

District Governor Corey Oses Cornell University

53 Martin Street, Bloomfield, NJ 07003

[email protected] | (201) 674-1407

District Secretary Kathryn Graves

Adelphi University

2577 Central Avenue, Baldwin, NY 11510


District Treasurer Christopher Godshall

Columbia University

313 Lincoln Court, Brick, NJ 08724


District Editor Jensen Cheong

Cornell University

57-46 79th Street, Middle Village, NY 11379


The Lieutenant Governors

Capital Shane Stuart

SUNY Albany

17 Fairway Lane, Schnectady, NY 12304


Central Lakes Stephanie Robillard

SUNY Brockport

32 English Station Road, Rochester, NY 14616


Empire Kelly Chan

Queens College

33-30 147th Place, Flushing, NY 11354


Hudson Valley Christine Retta

SUNY New Paltz

464 Jackson Avenue, Mineola, NY 11501


Liberty Nancy Zhang Columbia University

711 W. 171st Street Apt. 53, New York, NY 10032


The Lieutenant Governors

Long Island Patrick Bell

LIU-Post

37 Mayflower Lane, Rochester, MA 02770


Northern Alexis Werchowski

Clarkson University

120 Oklahoma Avenue, Oriskany, NY 13424


Southern Tier Elissa Prout

Cornell University

12 Robin Lane, Troy, NY 12180


Western Euna Kim

University at Buffalo

6700 192nd Street Apt. 1600, Fresh Meadows, NY 11365


The Committee Chairs

Katrina Smith Elmira College [email protected]

Dylan Gross Five Towns College [email protected]

Christopher Godshall Columbia University [email protected]

Jia Shi Adelphi University [email protected]

Matthew Murray LIU-Post [email protected]

Rebecca Zell Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute [email protected]

Lauren Sacks Adelphi University [email protected]

Kelvin Resurreccion SUNY New Paltz [email protected]

Emma Reed Adelphi University [email protected]

Stephanie Iacona LIU-Post [email protected]

Josephine Lukito SUNY Geneseo [email protected]

Stephanie Salina Wagner College [email protected]

Chelsea Wilson Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute [email protected]

Hans Butler SUNY Potsdam [email protected]

Susan Kim Syracuse University [email protected]

Name School E-mail Committee Alumni Relations

Club Building

Fundraising

Marketing and K-Family Relations

Membership Development and Education

Awards

District Large Scale Service Project

New York Speaking Conference

District Convention

Laws and Regulations

On to International

Service Initiative

Sunshine

Sunshine

Technology

Useful Listservs!

Presidents: [email protected] / nyckipresidents Secretaries: [email protected] / nyckisecretaries Treasurers: [email protected] / nyckitreasurers Editors: [email protected] / nyckieditors

Lieutenant Governor Introductions

Greetings NYCKI!

My name is Kelly Chan and for the 2012-2013 service year, I will be serving as the Empire Lieutenant Governor. I am a communication disorders major at Queens College with a minor in psychology. I have been a member of the K-Family for 5 years now and the experiences that these years have given me are ones I will always remember. Dur-ing these years, I have served as a committee chair, club secretary, club president and most importantly, a member. This year, I have set goals to strengthen my division and to build a strong foundation for it. My main goal is to max-imize communication. Holding at least 7 divisional meetings, sending out at least 21 e-mails and also creating news-letters to keep the division updated will guide me to achieve this goal. I have also set a goal to revitalize St. John’s Circle K and to get them as active as possible. While these are measurable goals that I will strive to achieve, I have also set one other goal that cannot be measured but is just as important, if not more. This is to have Circle K love spread like the plague within Empire so that more members are self-motivated to do more service. I want to build fellowship within Empire and make us feel like a family. Of course, I know that I cannot do this alone so I am seek-ing everyone’s help. I understand that it’s summer but it is our job to keep doing the great things we’re doing and to stay energized and hyped to serve. Let’s make great strides this year and lastly, don’t be afraid to contact me if you ever need anything. You can e-mail me at [email protected] or call or text me at 718-757-5687.

Empire Lieutenant Governor Kelly Chan

Hello Mighty New York District, I am proud to serve you as this years Lieutenant Governor from the Capital Division! I am currently going into my senior year at the University at Albany studying European history and Political Science. With an excellent group of members and officers as support, I feel that we in capital division, and throughout the New York District, can achieve many great things. Throughout this coming service year, I hope to build upon the strengths of the division to help it grow and succeed as well as maximize the potential of each and every member! Through focusing on this years Governors and District projects I know that we can make a difference in the lives of people all across the state. Throughout my time in Circle K, I have had the opportunity to meet many amazing and dedicated members and look forward to meeting many more of you! As always I am here to help you and any club within the district. If you have questions or comments, do not hesitate to call, write or text to ask, I would be more than happy to help. Our district contains a wealth of potential and truly believe that we can become the leaders of tomorrow! Yours in Service, Leadership and Fellowship, Shane Stuart Capital LTG


Hello New York District! My name is Christine Retta and I will be serving as the newly-renamed Hudson Valley Lieutanant Governor for the second year in a row. When I'm not doing service, being an RA, or reading (for both pleasure and my master's de-gree), I like long walks on the beach, dancing under the stars, and exploring new places. Regardless of my NY District dating profile, I would like to encourage each and every one of you to reach out to me if you need help with anything, whether it's Circle K-related or just about life--I'm always available to help, even if it's just by lending an ear. My goal for the upcoming service year is to strengthen my division and encourage more service hours district-wide. Hudson Valley Lieutenant Governor Christine Retta

Hey everyone! My name is Stephanie Robillard and I am the Lieutenant Governor of the Central Lakes division. This will be my third year as a physics major at SUNY Brockport and my seventh month of being a Circle K member. I am super ex-cited for the school year to start so that I can start corralling in new members! As a new member myself, I look for-ward to sharing the same experiences with incoming members and offering them the same support that I received. I sincerely look forward to working with all of you this Circle K year. Central Lakes Lieutenant Governor Stephanie Robillard

As Northern Division LTG, I am member of the Clarkson University Circle K. Prior to my involvement in Northern, I attempted a charter at Mohawk Valley Community College in Utica, N.Y. and was involved for four years in New York's Division 19 Key Clubs, serving as secretary, and then president, of the Oriskany Key Club under the guidance of the Westmoreland Kiwanis. One of my biggest goals this year is to overcome the geographic isolation of the Northern Division. I would also like to sponsor inter-club activities to promote unity within the division, as the local colleges are very competitive and this can sometimes prove a challenge. (Especially during hockey season!) I currently hold an associates degree in General Liberal Arts Studies from Mohawk Valley Community College and am pursuing a Bachelor's degree in History at Clarkson. In my spare time, I am an amateur genealogist and avid read-er. Northern Lieutenant Governor Alexis Werchowski


Greetings New York District! My name is Nancy Zhang and I am the Lieutenant Governor for the Liberty Division of the New York District of Circle K, overseeing Circle K clubs in the Manhattan, Bronx, and Staten Island division. This upcoming year, I will be a sophomore at Columbia University in New York City. I’m extremely excited to kick off the new school year to a great start. Specifically, I’d like to see more education within both my division and the district about the great op-portunities Circle K clubs present to its members, while stressing the importance, need, and fun of service! Throughout the rest of the year, I hope to work closely with my club and fellow district officers to reach as many people possible about our extraordinary service initiatives—in particular the Eliminate Project, as well as our other preferred service charities of Better World Books, March of Dimes, and Students Team Up to Fight Hunger (STUFH). Additionally, I hope to promote division and district events so that various clubs can share information, share service projects, and participate in fellowship activities in an effort to promote the tenets of our organization. With that said, should you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact me! I look forward to speak-ing to all of you. Yours in service and fellowship, Nancy Zhang

My name is Elissa Prout and I will serve as the 2012-2013 Lieutenant Governor for the Southern Tier! I am excited to work with all Circle Kers and especially those in the Binghamton, Elmira, Ithaca, Cornell and Hartwick Clubs! My ultimate goal as LTG is to help the clubs of the Southern Tier reach and surpass individual goals while having fun, successful and service filled years! Please feel free to contact me with any question or concern or just to say hi! You can email me at [email protected] [email protected].

Southern Tier Lieutenant Governor Elissa Prout

Editor’s Note: While Patrick Bell and Euna Kim were unavailable to introduce themselves, I can assure you that the

yare both awesome and terrific people! :)

Some Divisional Highlights

What’s been going on in Empire you ask? Quite a lot! As of right now, Empire con-sists of Queens College (QCCKI) and Vaughn College. Queens College has been doing an incredible amount of service since the service year began and they have a lot planned during the summer. They under-stand that while the academic semester end-ed, the service year goes on. They have at-tended numerous Relay for Life events, done a few park cleanups, volunteered at street fairs, hosted a Toddler Olympics and done many other events. They attended the 5th Annual Subregion F event as well as the “why sleep when you can serve” chal-lenge which consisted of 28 hours dedicat-ed to service (sleep not included). The friendships that members gained through-out the year are stronger than ever and fel-lowship is definitely a strong point. Their spirit is rubbing off on Vaughn College and Empire did a divisional Ronald McDonald House dinner with Vaughn College on June 22nd. Vaughn’s new e-board looks promising and we should expect to see great things from them. The first divisional meeting was very successful and the second on has been planned with the morning of July 6th. Last, but not least, St. John’s Cir-cle K is looking pretty good. One potential officer attended Bayside High School’s Re-lay for Life and another potential officer attended the Forest Park cleanup. We will be continuing to recruit for more potential officers and members so that St. John’s Cir-cle K can be re-chartered and considered an active club on their campus and on the dis-trict level. We’re staying very positive when it comes to Empire and hope to keep this going, feel free to join us for events and if you know anyone attending Queens Col-lege, Vaughn College or St. John’s Universi-ty, send them this way!

Empire Division

Welcome to the Capital Division! As one of the largest divisions in the New York Dis-trict of Circle K, we have a cross section of many different types of clubs; including large Universities like SUNY Albany and commuter colleges like Hudson Valley. The Capital Division consists of four clubs; Hudson Valley, Russell Sage, RPI, and SUNY Albany. With many highly active members, our division and our clubs continually have many projects. On the division level, we have completed our first division fund-raiser for Eliminate, raising over 230 dollars. In addition to our fundraiser, our divi-sion has held two division projects since the beginning of the service year. On a cold day, the division trekked out to the Frear Park in Troy to help prepare the park gar-dens for planting. As well, the division the volunteered at the Delmar Kiwanis Pan-cake Breakfast to help raise over 2,000 dollars for a local school district to buy new playground equipment. Outside of the division, our clubs continue to volunteer at both long term and short term projects, helping to benefit the local community. From tutoring at the local Boys and Girls Club, to making sandwiches for the soup kitchen, or even serving dinner at the YWMCA, the Capital Division continues to keep the local community and its needs as a high priority. As always, we in the Capital Division would love for anyone to come join us in service!

Capital Division

The Circle K Olympics are an annual event in which Elmira College puts on. This year we chose to donate the funds raised to Water for South Sudan, an organization which provides clean water to sudanese people. The evennt was held on May 5th and consisted of several games in which each team of four to five people particiapted in. At the end the top three teams recieved monitary or gift card prizes, which we had donated from local organizations. In addition Subway along with several other local food and business donated food and bev erages for all participants to enjoy. Overall we raised over $250 and put in over 75 hours of service as a club

Southern Tier Division

Some Committee Updates

Circle K is an organization that is important to all of us. My goal, as alumni relations chair, is to reunite the alumni with the Circle K that they were once a part of. Many of them may still be a part of the Kiwanis family; therefore it may not even feel as if they have left. We want them to stay updated on what Circle K is doing and also give them an open invita-tion to join in on any of our events. I plan to release a quar-terly newsletter which will provide the information necessary to achieve those goals. In addition I am working to create a program which would include alumni in our main district events such as the district large scale service project, New York Speaking, and DCON. I believe it would be beneficial for our current Circle K’-ers to learn from alumni and for the alumni to see what’s happening within the organiza-tion today through mingling and workshops.

Alumni Relations Chair Katrina Smith

Greetings New York District! My name is Dylan Gross, I’m a sophomore at Five Towns College studying Music Education, and I am your Club Building Chair for the 2012-2013 service year. My job is to work with the District Board to target clubs for possible charters, and work with a contact to build that club and to add the newest club to the New York District. So far, I have been putting the fo-cus of this committee on connecting with Key Club Sen-iors in the New York District, compiling a list of schools with and without Circle Ks within the New York District, communicating with Lieutenant Governors and contacts for new clubs, and collecting information of Charter Presi-dents within the New York District. With that being said, I am now in need of your help! If you know of anyone attending a school within New York that does not have a CKI that would like to start one, please don’t hesitate to send them my email address, [email protected]. The District Goal for this year is six (6) new clubs, and I’m sure that with the cooperation of the District, we can meet this goal and possibly surpass! Should you have any ques-tions about chartering a brand new club or re-activating a current suspended or inactive club, please send me an email, because I would love to help you with this process. Club Building Chair Dylan Gross

The Marketing and Kiwanis Family Committee focuses on two main responsibilities. •To focus on improving relationships between CKI and other Kiwanis Family branches by encouraging CKI clubs to work with those clubs in their area. Apart from working with other K-Family branches the committee also promotes NY District Kiwanis Sponsored Charities like Kamp Kiwa-nis, Kiwanis Pediatric Lyme Disease, Kiwanis Pediatric Trau-ma Center, and the EliMiNaTe Project. •To help your club market CKI in your colleges or universi-ties. If your clubs need help locating a near by Kiwanis Family clubs to work with or ways to market your club, email me at [email protected].

Marketing and K-Family Committee Chair Jia Shi

Past Conventions

International Convention (ICON) in New Orleans

The Mighty New York District took home many awards repre-senting many clubs and individuals in the district. We want to congratulate everyone who was a winner. Also, congratulations to the New York District for being names a distinguished dis-trict! The Mighty New York District also had a candidate for the office of International President. Your past governor Josephine Lukito was elected International President! We wish Jo the best of luck in her year as president. Jo, we are proud of you!

In general, everyone enjoyed the convention and the city of New Orleans. While Circle K was the first item on the agenda, many participants too time to explore the culture and vibrancy of NOLA. NOLA had a very rich history to offer. It was definitely an experience to eat a po-boy or walk down Bourbon Street at night. The French quarter or quartier francais gave many people, including Kiwanians, a sense of what a European city was like. Although it was over 100 degrees 24/7 with 10000% humidity, the Mighty New York District had a blast in NOLA!

District Convention (DCON) in Albany

In the words of past governor Josephine Lukito, “there has not been a convention with this many people in the past few decades”. Many people have spoke of the idea of stopping the Circle K program due to lack of activity. This year’s DCON put all those ideas to rest. With every division represented and many clubs present, the convention was on fire. From learning self defense moves to salsa dancing, everyone had something to take away from the convention. While it was a short weekend, there were many new friendships made and connections created. Congratulations to all the clubs recognized for their accomplishments! Congratulations to the newly elected district board. We wish the

ICON 2013 Promotion

The 2013 International Convention will be held in...

Vancouver, Canada! June 26-29, 2013

Welcome! Bienvenue! 歡迎 ! to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada! While it is early, start planning to attend the 2013 International Convention. Vancouver is a very diverse and cultural city and it’s great to have convention there.

Circle K International will be releasing more details about the convention as it nears. Until then, keep the dates free on your calendar and start advertising it to your members.

Remember to plan ahead! Don’t forget to renew your passport if you have to. If you don’t have passport, make sure to get one or find alternative acceptable identification to enter Canada. Brush up on your French or Cantonese!

Any questions about the 2013 International Convention can be directed at a member of the district board or interna-tional board. We hope to see you there!

Thank You! Merci beaucoup! 唔該 !

Word from International Trustee

Greetings NY CKI Members! I am so excited, humbled, and honored to introduce myself to you (once again, but now) as your 2012 – 2013 Internation-al Trustee to Subregion F. A few weeks ago, at the 57th Annual Circle K International Convention in New Orleans, I was elected by the delegates of Subregion F into this position. I am so excited to once again be able to carry on the tradition of great leader-ship in Subregion F…now as we move into the title of International Trustee. For those of you who do not know, Circle K Inter-national is broken up into Sub-Regions A through G. We are located in Sub-Region F which covers New Jersey, Eastern Canada, Capital, New England, and last but certainly not least the New York District! For those of you that I have not had the honor of meeting yet, I would like to give you a little background on me. I will be a Sen-ior (Part Two) at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, NJ in the fall. I am a Social Work Major with a minor in Infor-mation Technology. I will also be beginning my ninth year in the Kiwanis Family in the fall. My previous involvement in the Kiwanis Family includes serving as the District Governor, District Treasurer, and Convention Chairman for the New Jersey Dis-trict of CKI, I was also the charter club president and club representative on the District Board for Monmouth University. I was also a four year member of Key Club and served on the New Jersey District Board as a Lieutenant Governor. I like to keep busy outside of the Kiwanis Family with my roles as Chief Justice of the Monmouth University SGA and my role as a Youth Repre-sentative on the National PTA Board of Directors. Last year, I had the opportunity to visit some of the NY Members at two District Board meetings. I had such an amazing time getting to know so many of your leaders and learning about all the great service that each of you complete on a daily basis in and around your college campuses. I hope to be able to see so much more of that this year and hope to hear from you about upcom-ing events, club projects, or anything else you would like to tell me about. I would be so happy to get to know each and every one of you through online communications, forums, chats, and district events. My role as your Trustee will allow me to be your source of information regarding our individual Sub-Region and CKI as a whole. Throughout this next year- I will also be asking your input, feedback, and ideas on many of the things that the CKI Inter-national Board completes this year. Finally, I urge you to contact me whenever you have an idea, question, comment, or sugges-tion throughout the entire year. My contact information is below my signature at the bottom of this letter. To stay informed- join the CKI SUBREGION F Facebook group! This group is updated quite frequently and will keep you up to date with com-ing happenings on the international level as well in our other CKI Districts in Subregion F. I encourage each of you to stay in touch with me this year via my e-mail ([email protected]) or facebook (facebook.com/robacerra)...I am always available to answer questions, get invited to events, read an e-mail, or just talk. Please feel free to add my to your club mailing list or invite me to your club's facebook page. I would love to stay updated with all the events and projects going on in Subregion F. I am also not a stranger to showing up to many events around the subregion.

To conclude, I thank you all for your dedicated service to CKI and thank you for taking the time to read my article and the en-tire Circling the Empire. I hope to hear/meet you all soon. Thanks again for all you do! Yours in serving the children of the world-

Rob Acerra

Upcoming District Events

District Large Scale Service Project (DLSSP) Date: October 5th-7th

Location: Syracuse, NY

Details: More to come as date nears! Look out for e-mails from your LTG.

New York Speaking Conference Date: November 9th-11th

Location: Lake George, NY

Details: Visit the facebook page at h p://www.facebook.com/NewYorkSpeakingConference2012

Contact: Kelvin Resurreccion ([email protected])

The Kiwanis Advisors

Reminders

Assistant District Administrator Rich Hall

Assistant District Administrator Alison Mandel

Assistant District Administrator Greg Faulkner

District Administrator John Keegan

Reminders...

Get your dues in as quickly as possible! Contact District Treasurer Chris Godshall

([email protected]) for more information of help!

Start recruiting early and big!

Continue to send in member and club spotlights to your LTG and District Editor Jensen

([email protected]). This includes literature and media!

Training packets are available!

Keep submitting club status reports and other important documentation. Contact District Secretary Kat

Graves for help.

Good Luck! ^.^

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