APRIL 5-11, 2015
Join other Circle K International clubs around the world during CKI Service Week, beginning April 5 and culminating with Kiwanis One Day on April 11, 2015.
CKI Service Week exists to increase awareness of CKI, the Kiwanis family and CKI’s preferred charities March of Dimes, Students Team Up to Fight Hunger and UNICEF on college campuses. During CKI Service Week up to 13,000 college students could participate.
THE CKI SERVICE WEEK SCHEDULE FOR 2015 IS AS FOLLOWS:
SERVICE IDEAS FOR EACH DAY
April 5: Better World Books
April 6: March of Dimes
2. Pass out purple ribbons and flyers for March of Dimes Awareness: Do this in a populated area around your campus. Maybe where lunch is held or other places where people are.
3. Hold a dinner and give a short presentation about the March of Dimes, its mission, and how people can get involved.
4. Also have information and sign ups for the March for Babies walk in your local area available for people to take. Information on a March for Babies walk near you can be found here or by contacting your local March of Dimes chapter.
April 7: The Eliminate Project
2. Local restaurant fundraiser: Ask your local restaurants (Chipotle, Five Guys, family run business) if you could have one night where a percentage of the profits go to the Eliminate Project and invite your CKI members and friends to go out together! While this happens, you can also host a raffle for those that show up and raffle off CKI gear, donations, baby themed things! This is also an opportunity for you to advertise about Eliminate while you are at the restaurant with community members.
3. Host a baby shower: Go to a local hospital and host a baby shower for new mothers and at the same time speak about what Kiwanis and UNICEF! Let them know how lucky they are to be able to hold their child in their arms, when in other countries where MNT is still prevalent, mothers cannot even hold their child. Give out goody bags filled with things for the baby and mother, but don’t forget to also put in a pocket guide.
April 8: Six Cents Initiative
2. Spare Change “Spell-It-Out”: Spell out water related words and have passersby cover up the letters with spare change.
3. Water Well Wishes (All day event): On a poster board or trifold display board, draw a picture of a water well. Sell water droplet cut-outs for a set amount of money and have students decorate them with their name, major, Greek letters, etc. Another approach would be for the buyers to write their “wishes” onto the water droplets. Sell until time or supply runs out, and see your well fill up with water!
4. While this day is mostly aimed at helping us reach our fundraising goal, the need for water conservation education is huge. Be sure to educate your supporters by handing out water conservation sheets and other water related materials. Inexpensive promotional items, which you could give to your supporters, are stickers. You can use the Six Cents Initiative logo, found on the Circle K website, to design stickers from theFacebook page.
April 9: Up with People
2. Cultural Festivals: Volunteer at a local food or cultural festival in your region. Not only will you be able to learn more about others, but you can travel the world on a budget. Check out your local town/city calendar to find out what events are happening in your area. EX: Providence, RI
3. Music Education: Encourage your members to become music educators! Arrange for your music program on campus to visit the music department of a local middle or high school. Talk to them about the process of going into such a major/career and ways to stay involved.
4. Charity Concert: Bring together your friends and family to showcase your talents. Provide a stage for your audience to become aware of the importance of the arts, while allowing students to express themselves. All proceeds can go to a local non-profit for art/music outreach.
5. Miscellaneous:
- Offer assistance at local galleries or cultural centers.
- Present skits or other forms of entertainment at nearby hospitals or recreational facilities.
April 10: Students Team Up To Fight Hunger
2. Food Drive (on-campus/off-campus): Coordinate with your student body or school administration to host a food drive around campus, especially if it is around a time that students are moving out of their residence halls to come back home. Also coordinate with local stores to utilize a market plaza to ask for donations.
3. STUFH the Bus: An event involving the filing of a school bus with non-perishable goods that will be donated to the local food bank or food pantries in your area.
4. Feeding the Homeless: Bring your members together to make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and cooperate with another organization to safely distribute dinner to the homeless on the streets.
5. Hunger Awareness Day: Hosts workshops and execute activities that relate to promoting the issue of world hunger.