Gator K-MunikationVolume 8, Issue 5Wednesday, January 11 2017

UF Circle K International

New shirts. Our club got new shirts for the year. We look forward to showing them off at all of our future events!

Page 2 and 3 ... Lock-In

What’s inside

Page 4 ... DCON

Page 5 ... Relay for Life

Page 6... Pillowcase Fundraiser and Builder’s Club Field Day

Page 7 ... Member Spotlight

Page 8 and 9 ... Shout Outs

Harry Potter and thePrisoners of Lock-In

UF CKI had our fall service lock in from Friday, November 18th at 7pm to 7am the next day. The theme was “Harry Potter and the Prisoners of Lock In.” Service chairs Katie Barta and Kate Kolarova put together 12 hours of service, leadership, and fellowship. Our members learned about leadership from a local Kiwanian, Pat Bartlett, and reflected on why they joined and stayed in CKI. District board members Phoebe Sartori and Shaun Ragasa joined, along with UCF CKI alum Cathy Telfer and Citrus

Lieutenant Governor Anthony Perez. Veer Choudhry stayed for the entire 12 hours by

keeping busy with the activities to take his mind off of sleeping. “It is a fun way for all of the CKI fam to bond and we get to do a bunch of fun things together while locked in,” Veer said. “My favorite part of Lock In was the tournament because I love a good bit of healthy competition.”

Pat Bartlett speaking to our members about leadership and ethics.

Kate and Katie polled the club several times before the theme was decided. They came up with the concept for decorations, and even wrote Hogwarts acceptance letters to invite the members to lock in. Webmaster Laura Paklin even created a snapchat filter.

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Diamond Pichardo and Billy Hackett, a big/little pair, rest on the floor to get ready for the rest of lock in.

Maggie Milewski, Molly Fulmer, and Jennifer Moscovitch decorate octopus crafts that will be given to students in the Alligator Pals program. School Outreach chair AJ Hochsztein will be delivering the crafts on the right to the school with the next letters.

Members who came to lock in took a quick break to take a picture before moving on to more service, fellowship, and leadership.

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When?

District Convention

Where?

How much?

What’s included?

How can I run for district office?

February 17th-19th

Orlando

$185

A hotel room with four people for Friday and Saturday night, all meals on Saturday and breakfast on Sunday, a t shirt and professional workshops

Why should I go?

ScholarshipsThere are scholarships provided by the district and the club. You can apply using the application posted in the Florida District of Circle K International group. Email it to both treasurer@floridacirclek.org and Orinda.Do not pay when you register. You can pay after you receive a decision regarding your scholarship.

“It’s a great weekend to de-stress from school, hang out with friends from all over the Florida District, and remember what makes CKI so incredible. Its a weekend of Service as we participate in our Spring District Large Scale Service Project, Leadership as we celebrate the leaders of the 2016-2017 year as well as elect new district leadership for the 2017-2018 year, and Fellowship as we celebrate the accomplishments of our own clubs as well as strengthen our friendships with members around the district.” - Brittany Munyer

Contact the lieutenant governor for our division (Suwannee), Diamond Pichardo.

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Relay for Life

Larkyn Ridgway Billy Hackett

Year: ThirdMajor: History and Criminology

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I love CKI because it gives me the chance to do different types of service with so many wonderful people!

Year: FirstMajor: Political Science and International Studies

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What I desire more than anything in this life is to “be the change.” CKI has given me the opportunity to help members of my community as a servant leader and connect with absolutely incredible people who share my passion to make a difference! As part of this international organization, we can truly change the world one step at a time.

Meet the team captains:

UF CKI has a Relay for Life team that comes together every spring. Relay for Life is April 7th-8th and people can sign up here http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR/?fr_id=81760&pg=team&team_id=2119552 You can look forward to seeing more Relay for Life fundraisers in January. You can donate online using credit card or cash the day of Relay. If you have any questions, ask the team captains!

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Tie Dye Pillowcase Fundraiser

Builder’s Club Field Day

Our members bonded with our Kiwanis Family by helping out with Builder’s Club field day. They watched the movie Moana, ate lunch with them at Moes and Bento, and helped them organize what they were selling for a garage sale. “It was nice to see them enjoying themselves and having a good time. It brought out the inner kid in me,” Marie Rivera said.

Fundraising Chair Travis Ryckewaert showed members how to tie dye pillows in different designs. “I did mine in a spiral and used purple and pink. I liked the way it turned out mostly because it matches my room,” Kathryn Smith said. “Overall I enjoyed the event because I normally have no artistic ability at all but this was fairly simple and turned out good and it was fun.”

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Member SpotlightKlea Agollari

Year: 2ndMajor: Health Science on the pre-med track.Favorite tenet: My favorite tenet is service because I truly enjoy working with others and I’ve met some amazing people within our club while participating in various service projects.Favorite event: Give Kids the World has been my favorite event so far, I had so much fun working in the spa and mastering airbrush tattoos for the kiddosHow she found out about CKI: I found out about CKI when I attended DCON

I truly enjoy working with others and I’ve met some amazing people in the community and within our club

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Shoutout to Kate for being a amazing big! - MorganShout out to Amy for being the best co chair. - MaggieShoutout to the late night library squad for helping me get through studying - SaraShout out to Seth for rocking the worms the lock in. Shoutout to Diamond and Billy for giving really awesome hugsShoutout to Maya for driving us everywhere! - Morganshout out to Max for the awesome sweet potato casserole - Orinda Shoutout to KAITLIN for always being so positive! - LynnS/O to Kate & Katie for being awesome service chairs - AShout out to Laura and her pro football skills!Shoutout to the newsletter for shouting for us so we don’t strain our voicesSHOUT OUT TO EVERYONE WHO READS THE NEWSLETTER! You’re all my favorites - NicoleA big SHOUT OUT to all the CKI-ers at the lock-in -- you made me feel welcome (and I respect you all) - Pat BartlettShoutout to Jose and Morgan for KILLIN IT with Special Projects! - Brooke AbzugSHOUTOUT TO MORGAN BECAUSE SHE LET ME PICK A SPANISH SONG FOR THE MEETING - Jose PavonShout out to Laura for keeping the popcorn for as long as she did!Shout out to Sofia for her good taste in Powerpoints! - LarkynShoutout to ABBY for having a great attitude and for being awesome! - LynnShout out to Shruthi for being the best co-chair ever! You rock :) - Brooke AbzugShoutout to Sara and Brittany for helping me get my academic life together. I feel like a weight has been lifted. Love you both! - Less Stressed KaitlinShout out to all the people who helped with Lock In. It was super fun and I could tell they put a lot of effort in it. Hopefully next year I can beat Seth in ping pong. - P *Shoutout to Kenny for letting me take care of riptide for a day? - Jose PavonShoutout to ALEXANDRA for being my personal cheerleader :) You’re AMAZING! - LynnShoutout to Pichu and Captain for being so cuteShout out to the committee chairs for an amazing fall semester! - NicoleShout out to Lynn, Jose, and Brooke for keeping us going with hip-hop fitness during lock-in! - Lauren Day

The first person to answer these questions correctly and send the answers to Nicole Dan on Facebook or email them to ndan@ufl.edu will get a prize at the next CKI Meeting!1) What is the name of the Kiwanian who spoke at Lock In?2) What is Klea’s favorite event?3) When is Relay For Life?4) Who should you contact for DCON scholarships?

Last newsletter’s trivia winners were Caroline Barnett and Larkyn Ridgway!

Trivia

SHOUT OUTS

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Shoutout to Katie for helping me cover the snapchat at our last kickball game. - SaraShout out my fav littles Maya and Tyler. Y’all are the bomb.com. - BiggieShoutout to Brett for joining even though it’s late in the semester! - MorganShout out to Brooke for being the GREATEST cochair! - SoChillShout out to Sara for taking the time to write everyone a warm and fuzzy at lock in! - LarkynShout out to my bus buddy, Shruthi, on the Builders Club Field Day!Shoutout to Anthi and Seth for serving the food and sass at the potluck! There is a thing as too many meatballs btw - Brooke Abzugshout out Sara for bringing pretzels -THE MARSTONIANSS/O to DIAMOND for shining bright this semester! - DianaShoutout to everyone who donated to Gators March for Babies!! - MorganShout out to all the Hufflepuffs (AKA the yellow team)! - LarkynShoutout to Jose for always having my back and for being an awesome Big!! - LynnPat, sorry you lost at air hockeyShout out to brittany for watching pitbull music videos on Marston computers on full screen - lil gemSHOUT OUT TO AMY for giving me a shoutout and tagging me in funny things on Facebook and being a really fun person to be with and talk to - SSofia is good at ukuleleShout out to Marie for being an awesome human and big :) - Meghan TaShout out to Billy for hitting all the HHF moves just right - KrissyShout out to Katie and Kate for making Lock-In awesome - Jessica TThanks for being coolShoutout to ALYSSA for putting up with me, you’re GREAAATTTT! - LynnSeth is a great representation of what CKI is. He works effortlessly to give back to the community! - Ravi’s Cool SocksGood job on the newsletters!Shout out to Katie and Kate for putting together an awesome lock in! The decorations were on point and this years Lock-In exceeded my expectations! You rock! - AshleyShout out to Ravi for helping me with my Stats homework! - Morganshout out to diamondgurl97 - brittany munyerShoutout to Ravi for donating a lot of great prizes for our March for Babies raffle! - Morganshout out to Larkyn for studying so hard - A MARSTONIANShout out to everyone who answered my questions for this newsletter or took pictures at events! It wouldn’t be here without you! - Nicoleshout out to Erica being the best VP ever - love kennyU ROCKSHOUTOUT TO NICOLE FOR GOING TO LOLLICUP WITHOUT ME - YOU ARE THE WORSTshout out to SPONGEBOB AND PATRICK. aka SETH and PATRICK. - Sandy CheeksShout out to Abby for dealing with Seth and me at every intramural. - PatrickShout out to Marie for being awesome and giving me dryer sheets! - Larkyn

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