TOCKI: TO District Update #2: CKIx Recap, International Committees, and much more..

[Texas-Oklahoma District Governor]

Greetings Mighty Texas-Oklahoma District!

As we continue with the month of July, I anticipate that we are all well-into our summer plans. I encourage all of you not to forget the numerous service opportunities that can be found in your local communities! Check out some local non-profit organizations for service opportunities, or reach out to nearby Kiwanis clubs and see what they have going on!

Below are some of the most important updates in the CKI-world that I hope you will enjoy and take advantage of:

CKIx Recap

Olé, Olé, Olé, TO, TO.....Olé, Olé, Olé, TO, TO.....

From June 17th-22nd, Texas-Oklahoma Circle K members spent an entire week in Nashville, TN for our Circle K International Convention and Large Scale Service Project. During the first few days of the LSSP portion, we served the Nashville community in a variety of different service projects. Members volunteered at the Nashville YMCA, the March of Dimes office, Soles 4 Souls, and helped with local park cleanups, packaged food at a pantry, and made toys for the animals at the Nashville Zoo. CKI members performed 3837.5 total hours of service in three days! That is an incredible 14.5 hours of service per member. Throughout the convention portion, members got the opportunity to attend educational workshops as well as an etiquette luncheon with Mom Nonnie. We also attended two sessions of house of delegates where we got the opportunity to elect the 2014-2015 International Board as well as vote on proposed amendments to the CKI bylaws. During the Honors Celebration, the Texas-Oklahoma District was recognized with the following awards:

• Distinguished Governor - Allison Prisco
  
• Distinguished District Secretary - Cortney N. Ferris
  
• Distinguished Lieutenant Governor - Marcelo Urieta Bravo (Hill Country Division)
  
• 4th Place Growth Enhances Membership Award in the Ruby Division - Southwestern University (Hill Country Division)
  

In addition to these fine achievements, I want to commend Jonathan Lacaba for serving as our Subregion D Trustee this past year! Also, let's all give a warm welcome to Heidi Brooks for being elected as the new 2014-2015 Subregion D Trustee! 

Congratulations to the 2014-2015 International Board!

• Kathy Le, President
  
• Clara Oh, Vice President
  
• Alex Bour, International Trustee-at-Large
  
• Tyson Diep, Subregion A Trustee
  
• Michael Zhou, Subregion B Trustee
  
• Ashley Wolfe, Subregion C Trustee
  
• Heidi Brooks, Subregion D Trustee
  
• Shivam Patel, Subregion E Trustee
  
• Kelly Chan, Subregion F Trustee
  
• Racheile Ricklefs, Subregion G Trustee
  

International Committees and Task Forces: Applications

Are you interested in becoming involved with CKI on the international level? The 2014-2015 Circle K International Board invites you to apply for the International Committees and Task Forces! The following committees and task forces are open for applications: 

• Kiwanis Family Relations Committee
  
• Membership and Marketing Committee
  
• Service Committee
  
• Large Scale Service Project Committee
  
• International Expansion Committee
  
• Organizational Development Committee
  
• Recruitment, Retention, Revitalization, and Innovative Club Enhancement
  
• Technology Committee
  
• Resources Organization Task Force
• Translating Documents Task Force

You can access these applications [HERE]! The deadline to apply is July 20, 2014 at 11:59 PM EDT. To keep up-to-date with the process, please RSVP to the Facebook event page here. I highly encourage you to apply! If you have any questions about the process or responsibilities, please do not hesitate to reach out to me.

T-O Today

The first issue of the T-O Today will be out during the month of August! 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, Adalberto Lara at edi...@txokcki.org and myself at gove...@txokcki.org. We want to highlight what your chapters are doing and share your efforts with the entire district!

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, Clara Oh. 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

CKI Subregion Photo Challenge: Now until 8/7/14

This month, each CKI subregion is having a contest to see who can take the most pictures with their subregion letter. The Texas-Oklahoma District is a part of Subregion D along with the districts of Missouri-Arkansas, Nebraska-Iowa, Kansas, and Louisiana-Mississippi-West Tennessee. From July 7th through August 7th, take pictures with the letter "D" and send your photos to our Subregion D Trustee Heidi Brooks at hcbroo...@gmail.com or tag "CKI Subregion D" on Facebook. Each photo equals 1 point. Let's win this competition!

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: https://www.facebook.com/txokcki.redriver

Southeast/Gulf Coast Division: https://www.facebook.com/txokcki.southeasttexas

South Texas Division: http://www.facebook.com/txokcki.southtexas

Thank you for reading my District Update. 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 get the word out about our District Reflector, "Texas-Oklahoma District of CKI." T-O CKI members can subscribe to this group by going to http://groups.google.com/d/forum/txokcki

In Leadership, Fellowship, and Service,

Marcelo Urieta-Bravo

Texas-Oklahoma District Governor
Circle K International

(512) 945-1166

Texas-Oklahoma District of Kiwanis

3010 West Park Row, Suite 100

Pantego, Texas 76013

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