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What is CKI?
• Premier university service
organization
• Clubs on 450+ campuses
• Global
• Member-led
CKI
Training
purpose and
expectations
Who we are: Kiwanis family
•Kiwanis Kids
•Builders Club
•Key Club
•Key Leader
•Circle K (CKI)
•Aktion Club
History of CKI
1947: Evolves from a
fraternity to a service
organization with the
chartering of Carthage
College Circle K club
1955: Becomes an
international
organization sponsored
by Kiwanis International
History of CKI
1956: Publishes first magazine
1964: Becomes largest service
organization on a North
American college campus
1973: Opens to females
1984: Elects first female
International president
History of CKI
1992: Establishes a mission
statement
1993: Establishes a unified
service focus
2000: Exceeds $500.000
commitment to the
Worldwide Service project
for Iodine Deficiency
Disorder (IDD)
CKI mission
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 vision
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.
Service, Leadership, Fellowship
What does
service
mean to
CKI?
Service, Leadership, Fellowship
What does
leadership
mean to
CKI?
Service, Leadership, Fellowship
What does
fellowship
mean to
CKI?
CKI dues
• International dues are
US$25 per member in
2008-2009
• District dues are set by
the district, but can
not exceed
International dues
Club status
Stay active:
• Club dues payable
October 1
• Dues deadline is
November 30
Club status
Enrollment and dues:
• 4-year schools
• 20 member minimum
• 1,000+ enrollment
• 2-year schools / community
college
• 15 member minimum
• Fewer than 1,000
students
Club status
Don’t get suspended!
• Pay dues by November 30.
Don’t get retained!
• Pay the minimum amount due.
Don’t go inactive!
• If you missed the first deadline,
pay late dues by September 30 .
Club structure
•Members
•Club officers
•Faculty advisor
•Kiwanis advisor
District structure
Governor
District board
Lieutenant
governors/club
presidents
District administrator
International structure
International
president
Vice president
7 sub-regional
representatives
CKI director
KI board counselor
Strategic plan
• Guiding document for
development of CKI
and CKI programs
• Current plan is for
2007-11
• Five goal areas
Strategic plan
Goal 1
Strategically market CKI
internally and externally
to effectively increase
awareness of organization.
Strategic plan
Goal 2
Improve member
satisfaction and meet
expectations.
Strategic plan
Goal 3
Create and deliver highquality leadership
development programs
and opportunities.
Strategic plan
Goal 4
Strengthen organizational
structure to build,
support and sustain
strong, effective CKI
clubs.
Strategic plan
Goal 5
Identify global differences
and limitations in order
to expand existing
programs and services.
Service Initiative
• Educates CKI members
about problems and
issues facing children
ages 6 to 13.
• Enable children to
develop skills and ideals
to be successful.
CKI Service Week
• Provide CKI clubs an
opportunity to support
projects and programs of
the current service partners.
• Occurs annually during the
week prior to Kiwanis One
Day.
CKI Service Week
Goals:
• Heighten campus and community
awareness of CKI and service.
• Educate club members on the
service partners and motivate
them to become actively involved.
Tomorrow Fund grant
• Endowment account
intended to further the
purpose of CKI
• US$207,842 endowment
• A grant program helps fund
Circle K club and district
service projects.
Tomorrow Fund grant
• 41 grants
• total endowment
US$22,923
• Donations can be made
to the fund or through
Carthage-Pullman
Society or Sapphire
Circle Honorary
memberships.
Partnership: Six Cents
• 70% of the earth is covered in
water.
• Humans need 2 liters of water
per day.
• Only .5% of all the earth’s
water available for drinking.
Partnership: Six Cents
• Safe water is fundamental
to human life
• 1.5 million children under
the age of 5 die each year
due to unsafe water.
• ORS is the most effective
and cheapest way to keep
dehydrated children alive.
Partnership: Six Cents
• One sachet of ORS
costs 6 cents.
• Donations made
through U.S. Fund for
UNICEF.
Partnership: Better World Books
• Helps break the cycle of poverty
through education and literacy.
• Supports National Center for
Family Literacy through Book
Drives for Better Lives.
• 34 million people in the United
States can’t read or write.
Partnership: Better World Books
How it works:
1. Better World Books sends
collection and shipping
boxes, posters, and tape.
2. CKI clubs promote drive
on campus, and place
collection bins in strategic
locations.
3. CKI members collect and
ship the books.
Partnership: Better World Books
About Better World Books:
• Has converted more than
11 million donated books
into $4.5 million for
literacy and education.
• Diverted more than 6,000
tons of books from
landfills.
• www.betterworld.com
Partnership: March of Dimes
Mission:
To improve the health of babies by
preventing birth defects, premature
birth and infant mortality.
Achieved through research,
community services, education and
advocacy.
Did you know?
1 in 8 babies is born premature.
Partnership: March of Dimes
How can CKI help?
•Prematurity Awareness month
(April) and day (November 12).
•Help babies at Neonatal
Intensive Care Units (NICUs):
collecting books, donating
cameras and film, making
blankets, or volunteering.
• Educate teens using the new
Teen-2-teen series.
Partnership: March of Dimes
How can CKI help?
• Educate campuses about
the importance of folic acid
for women of childbearing
years in reducing the
chance of birth defects.
•
Join March for Babies
teams.
• marchofdimes.com/youth
Partnership: STUFH
What is STUFH?
• Students Team Up to Fight
Hunger
• National organization that
raises food for the hungry by
teaming up colleges and
universities with food banks.
• Every college community has
families in need. Campus is a
natural source for food drives.
Partnership: STUFH
How can CKI help?
• Get permission to place food
bins around campus.
• Advertise the food drive.
• Pick up bins once the drive is
complete.
• Coordinate with your local
food bank to arrange a drop
off time.
Partnership: STUFH
• Each pound of food raised
represents a meal.
• More than 1 million pounds
of food was raised by 75
college campuses this past
year.
• Contact Dan Kahn at
[email protected].
Leadership Academy
• Open to all CKI members.
• 2009 event is May 15-20;
six days of leadership
development at Waycross
camp in southern Indiana
• Students nominated by
their district administrator
Leadership Academy
• Curriculum combines
Brendon Burchard’s E6
Framework with the Kiwanis
Key Leader program.
• Facilitators guide students to
self discovery.
• Only cost is transportation.
Resources
The CKI Series:
• Charter presentation
• CKI sponsorship
• Kiwanis-family relations
• Applying for an Employee
Identification Number (Tax ID)
• Posters
• Brochures
Available online: www.circlek.org
Resources
• Marketing & PR guide
• Kiwanis Sponsorship
Resource CD
• Advisor guide
• Club Officer guide
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
• Help public know we were all
from the same organization.
Graphic Standards
• CKI logo and word mark
• Fonts:
– Goudy Old Style (body)
– Century Gothic (headers)
• Megaphone
• Graphic standards are
available online at
www.circlek.org/templates
Questions and contacts
Need more information:
1. Call member services at
800-KIWANIS, x411 (U.S.
and Canada) or 317-8758755, x411 (worldwide).
2. E-mail at
[email protected].
3. Check out our Web at
www.circlek.org or find us
on Facebook.