T-O District Update for September
Sanjuana Zavala
Howdy T-O CKI!
I hope you all had an enjoyable Labor Day Weekend filled with fun and relaxation! With school starting all across our district, the time to get your CKI chapter into high gear and ready for the amazing year ahead is now! In this district update, I will be highlighting some important information that will prove useful for you and your fellow CKI’ers this year. I also will be attaching some awesome resources to help your chapter start the year off on the right foot!
1. District Announcements
2013-2014 District Goals
The following bullet points are the district goals that the district board came up with for the year. We want all chapters to participate in achieving these goals, and we are excited to see the progress you are making for our mighty district!
· Increase T-O CKI membership to 425 paid members
· Charter 4 new chapters in the T-O District
· Participate in at least 6 projects throughout the year relating to the Governor’s Project, Students Team Up to Fight Hunger
· Raise $300 per chapter for district project, The ELIMINATE Project (for an estimated total of $5100 for the entire district)
· Hold 200 Interchapter Events
· Hold 75 Kiwanis-Family Relation Events
· Service Hour Goal of 10,000 hours for the general T-O CKI membership
· Service Hour Goal of 1,000 hours for the T-O District Board
· Have Fall Retreat attendance of 75 CKI members
· Have District Convention attendance of 120 CKI members
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2013-2014 District Theme
To commemorate T-O’s milestone of being the first CKI district chartered, we have chosen the overarching theme of “60 Years of Service” as the District Theme for the 2013-2014 year. Throughout the year, we will celebrate the past 60 years of service, leadership and fellowship that T-O CKI’ers have dedicated to making the world a better place while paving the way for the next 60 years of T-O CKI.
T-O Today
The first issue of the T-O Today will be out within the coming weeks. If your chapter has any articles or pictures to submit for the next issue of the T-O Today, please send them to District Editor, Briana Smith at edi...@txokcki.org. We want to highlight what your chapters are doing and share your efforts with the entire district!
2. International Announcements
CKI Weekly
Are you signed up to receive the CKI weekly? If not, you are missing out on informational updates sent out by our International Vice President, Amelia Ahnert. The CKI Weekly is jam packed with useful links to helpful resources, international happenings, like webinars and presentations, and promotional tools that you can use for your chapter! If you would like to sign up to receive the CKI Weekly emails, follow this link! http://www.circlek.org/Subscribe.aspx
Trick-or-Treat for ELIMINATE
Wanting a fun and simple fundraiser to get your chapter started on your $300 fundraising goal for The ELIMINATE Project this year? Check out the Kiwanis Family store and order some cute Trick-or-Treat for ELIMINATE boxes for your chapter! They are free to order and ship, and you can order as many packages as you need for your members. Order them now so you can have ample time to fundraise before Halloween! Follow the link here to the Kiwanis store! http://www.store.kiwanis.org
New Branding Guide
Have you seen the latest change in CKI’s graphic standards? The new CKI branding guide is available on the Circle K International website. Download the new logos, fonts and styling tools to spice up your chapter resources, like recruitment fliers, meeting agendas and fun handouts for your members! http://www.circlek.org/Resources/Marketing/brandguide.aspx
3. Upcoming Events and Deadlines
Divisional Fall Rallies
Divisional Fall Rallies are your opportunity to get to meet fellow CKI’ers from your division. Each divisional Lieutenant Governor has planned an amazing event for you to get acquainted with other chapters in your area. Here is the current list of Fall Rally dates and locations. Ask your division’s Lieutenant Governor for more information regarding your division’s event. You are also encouraged to attend other rallies for interdivision bonding!
Oklahoma-Texas Panhandle Division – Saturday, September 21 – Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, OK
Red-River/Metro Division – Saturday, September 28 – University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX
Hill Country Division – Saturday, September 28 – Southwester University, Georgetown, TX
Southeast Texas/Gulf Coast Division – Date and Location TBD
South Texas Division – Saturday, October 19 – University of Texas Pan American, Edinburgh, TX
District Fall Retreat
Our annual Fall Retreat will be held Friday, November 8 through Sunday, November 10 in Burnet, TX at Camp Buckner. The theme of the Fall Retreat this year is “Rock N’ Serve” – a 50’s themed weekend filled with fun and excitement! Come enjoy great workshops and team building exercises, learn how to do the jitterbug and meet members from all over the mighty Texas-Oklahoma District! The registration deadline and prices are as follows:
Early Registration – October 15 - $85.00* per attendee
Regular Registration – October 22 - $90.00* per attendee
Late Registration – October 29 - $100.00* per attendee
*If paying electronically, there will be a $5 processing fee per registration*
Come join us for a great weekend of service, leadership and fellowship! Any questions regarding the weekend can be directed to Brian O’Hara, Fall Retreat coordinator at frcoor...@txokcki.org.
District Convention
T-O’s 60th District Convention will be held Friday, March 7 through Sunday, March 9, 2014 at the Hilton Bella Harbor Hotel in beautiful Rockwall, TX. Come celebrate T-O’s 60th year of service, leadership and fellowship in style as we reflect and recognize a year’s worth of hard work and dedication to serve our communities. Pricing and registration deadlines will be released soon. Until then, check out this short promotional video to show members and get excited about DCON! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6QdZzUd50k&feature=youtu.be
4. Resources
Attached to this update are some promotional tools and useful resources
for your chapters.
- The International Membership and Marketing committee created
a great resource for running chapter meetings.
- Do you
have a tabling event scheduled and still need to prepare? Check out the tabling
checklist and talking point resource, created by T-O’s very own Sanjuana
Zavala, a member of the international Membership and Marketing committee!
- Also, if you are in need for a brief CKI informational presentation to use at your first meeting, a PowerPoint with CKI basics is also attached.
5. District Technology
Don't forget to like our T-O District Facebook page and Divisional pages!
District: http://www.facebook.com/txokcki
Hill Country Division: http://www.facebook.com/txokcki.hillcountry
Oklahoma Panhandle Division: http://www.facebook.com/txokcki.oklahoma
Red River- Metro Division: http://www.facebook.com/pages/T-O-CKI-Red-River-Metro-Division/419435408072986
Southeast/Gulf Coast Division: http://www.facebook.com/pages/T-O-CKI-Southeast-Texas-Division/181994485251130
South Texas Division: http://www.facebook.com/txokcki.southtexas
Check out our district website! http://home.txokcki.org/
Check out the international website! http://www.circlek.org/home.aspx
If you have anything you would like for the District to address in the next update, please respond to this email with what you want us to mention. Additionally, please spread the word about our District Reflector "Texas-Oklahoma District of CKI." Members can subscribe to this group by going to our district website.
Thank you for reading our district update! I hope you all have a wonderful week! :)
Live to Serve, Love to Serve,
Texas-Oklahoma District Governor
Circle K International
Oklahoma State University Class of 2014
Accounting Major
Economics Minor
