Volume 46 Issue 5

3 ‘ELLO GOV’NA

4 MESSAGES FROM

YOUR LTGS

7 INTERNATIONAL

NEWS

9 INTRODUCING

YOUR SUB-REGION

F REPRESENTATIVE

12 FEATURED MEMBER

14 DISTRICT CONTACT

INFORMATION

Training NJ Circle K’s Finest

Teddy John Wohlbold, Seabreeze LTG, leads an informative workshop.

BY LIZ RIMASSA MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY

Annie, Cait, and I made the trip to Brookdale Community College on Septem-ber 12th to attend the District Officer Training. Monmouth University was one of many Circle Ks from the New Jersey Dis-trict there. All three divisions were repre-sented: Metro, Seabreeze and Garden. After a pizza lunch, District Presi-dent Rob Acerra and Lt. Governors Rose-anne and Teddy gave the opening speeches. The speeches were followed by

some icebreakers and then group meetings for the various officers. Each of us got a chance to share tips and gain advice about being better at our respective positions. We also attended different work-shops on topics ranging from recruiting members to service project ideas. One of

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our members, Caroline Lay, gave a presentation on the upcoming District events including INSIGHT and Fall Rally. Overall, the day was a chance for us to get to know our fellow District members and gain a better sense of our roles as club leaders.

New Jersey Circle K Members gather at Brookdale

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Happy October- it‟s hard to believe that we are nearly half way through the first semester of the Fall 2010 Semester and are now more than half way through the 2010 – 2011 Service Year. The New Jersey District Board is working very hard in the next five months to bring you many events and programs prior to our annual District Convention in March!

In the upcoming month we will see our 2010 INSIGHT Conference with a “A Magical World of Service Theme.” Be ready to be mystified and learn about yourself and the other members of the New Jersey District at the 2010 INSIGHT Retreat. Registration is available online this year and all information can be found at www.njcirclek.org/insight.

All registration forms and payments are due by Friday, Octo-ber 29th, 2010! Please be sure to get to INSIGHT this year; it is cer-tainly one you do not want to miss! Can‟t wait to see you all at INSIGHT and remember to bring your capes and wands!

‘ello Gov’na! A Message from your NJ District Governor

Rob Acerra Your 2010-11 NJCKI Governor

BY GLENN & GAYLE SANTOS

BROOKDALE COMMUNITY

COLLEGE

On September 26, 2010, thirteen Brookdale Circle Ker‟s volunteered with the YMCA at Porcey Park, Middle-town. The event that took place was called “America on the Move”. It was mainly about staying healthy and being active. We were all given pedometers to keep track of how many steps we took. Each of us was spread out given differ-

ent tasks. It varied from face painting, guides (floaters), games, registra-tion, and vendors. All of us worked really hard to accommodate the fami-lies. Annabelle Fallarme did a wonderful job on face/body painting. During the event there was a band known as “The Josie and the Super Dads”. They had joyful children songs

Lending a steady hand to a girl on stilts

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Brookdale Helps Advocate Good Health

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From Your Lt. Governors

LTG Teddy report-ing. This has been an ex-tremely inspiring week for me, as I have had the excit-ing opportunity to talk to most of the club presidents in my division, and to learn of a tremendous amount of service opportunities in the upcoming month of October in the world of Circle K…and beyond! At Brookdale Com-munity College, members are working with the YMCA,

Boys and Girls Club, and Project Porchlight. At TCNJ, officers are serving up pancakes in an upcoming November Applebee‟s Flapjack fundraiser and raising awareness and money for the Leukemia/Lymphoma Society by participating in the Light the Night Walk. Rider Circle K is trying to break the record of the largest gathering of singers at one time at the Rally for

Peace in Plainfield and Monmouth CKI is hosting a safe trick or treating party for youngsters in mid-October. Finally, Rutgers is starting up the year with activi-ties like Feed the Children and Hugs and Hope! As you can see, the list of service opportunities in Circle K is end-less! It was truly a pleasure for all five clubs in my divi-sion to be represented at Club Officer Training earlier in September, and from what I have personally heard from many officers, I can say that membership and spirit are already sky high in the Seabreeze Division! We can only hope for a record breaking number of members at IN-SIGHT this year, which is possible only if you, the officers and members, continue to share your contagious enthusi-asm. Let us introduce members to the Magical World of Service, where we shall see that the magical ingredient to making a difference is dedicated members, like you!

I hope we are all getting a great start to the school year! I have been collecting club meeting schedules so I can attend your meet-ings...So far I have visited Caldwell and Drew meetings, and St Peter's board meetings, due to work schedules, and I'm liking what I'm see-ing, so keep up the great work! Kean is my next stop hopefully!

The INSIGHT Retreat is com-ing right up...November 5-7!! Registra-tion is available online now, I will send the info through....YAY METRO I will see you all soon :) :)

Yours in service (by the sea!),

Teddy John Wohlbold

Hey Hey Metro!!!!!!

Metro Love,

Roseanne Moy

Salutations Seabreeze!

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I hope your semester is off to an amazing start! First off I want to thank the e-boards for showing up at COTC! Mostly all of the Garden Division was accounted for. Second, register for INSIGHT today! It is going to be an amazing weekend with lost of service, leadership, and fellowship. Make sure to sell it to new members. Last, it is now getting into October. Time to start the dues talk with you club and see how the club fee will be paid for. Contact District Treasurer Elisabeth with any questions on dues. If you have any other questions feel free to contact me. I love to Skype :). And also utilize njcirclek.org since there are many resources there. See you guys November 5-7th at INSIGHT and have an amazing month

Hey Garden Division

Jess Walling

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that made the children exited and they be-gan to dance. After the event finished, we bonded even more by eating at Five Guys. We had many laughs and lasting memories. As we were eating our burgers, we started reminisc-ing about last years events, in particular In-sight and our club socials. We concluded our dinner by talking about future gather-ings with our new members of Circle K.

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BY JAIME PICCHI ROWAN UNIVERSITY

So it's around 9pm and I'm at Rowan's local 7-Eleven before the weekly Circle K meeting. I get in my car to head over to the building the meeting is in and then it happens: my car does not start. Again. It was then I got an idea for an article. Carpooling. What is the fourth best thing that Circle K'ers are amazing at (Besides Service, Leadership, and Fellow-

ship of course)? Yes, you guessed it! Road trips! If you really wanted to go to that district event or that service pro-ject but you're a freshman? Maybe you're not a freshman. Maybe you don't have a car or maybe you have one that randomly doesn't start, gets flat tires, and burns the clutch at INSIGHT like mine. Whatever your case, carpooling is your solution. Make friends, make memories, and above all - DO SERVICE! Don't let a silly thing like a car get in the way of that. See your club Presi-dent to arrange a ride for you to your next service project and/or district event. (Hint, hint....INSIGHT) and I promise you that you'll make plenty of road-tripping memories to last you a lifetime!

The Road to Service The Benefits of Car Pooling

BY TAYLOR DICKERSON THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY

TCNJ Circle K has started off the year

stronger than ever with a solid executive board and wonderful, motivated members who are ready to serve!

The first general meeting was incredi-bly well attended, with over 100 students who gathered on September 15. At the second meeting on September 22, approximately 70 attendees took part in an exciting game of “Rock, Paper, Scissor, Superstar!” The winner went home with a free TCNJ Circle K t-shirt, which were designed by Co-President Iris Tian and features our mascots, Kanga and Roo!

Our weekly service projects are gearing up for an awesome semester. These include an afterschool program at an elementary school in Trenton, tutoring at Foundation Academy Charter School, volunteering at Li-brary for the Blind, Mt. Carmel Food Pantry, and a local animal shelter.

We are currently planning for our an-nual Halloween Party that we host for local children who may not have a safe place to celebrate otherwise. Finally, TCNJ will be hosting the New Jersey district Winter Social this year, so that is something for you to look forward to next semester!

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International what’s going on with ?

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BY MATTHEW CANTRALL FLORIDA DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR

Have you ever given it any thought? Are you the thermostat or the thermometer? Too often in this world we allow outside influences into our lives and let other people or circumstances dictate what we are going to do today, tomorrow or even the rest of our lives. If this feels like you, now is the time to become that person who will set your own thermo-stat. Life is short enough to be confined by what the world might consider best for us. It‟s time to follow your heart and dreams and to make a difference in the lives of those you come in contact with. At the end of the day there will be no one responsible for your actions but yourself.

Hey New Jersey! I'm Cal Burton, and I'm your

Subregion F Representative. I repre-

sent not only New Jersey, but also

Capital, New England, New York,

and Eastern Canada.

I will be working with your dis-

trict board this year not only to

make sure you guys are kept up to

date on all things international, but

also to listen to your voice.

Confused about the alcohol pol-

icy? Want to become involved with in-

ternational? Thinking about starting a K

Kids? You can talk to me! I'll also be working to keep you the

member updated with pamphlets on international. And

hopefully I will get to see all of your wonderful CKI’ers soon.

Yours in Service, Cal Burton

Introducing Your 2010-11

Sub-Region F Representative

Are you the Thermostat, or

the Thermometer?

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As leaders on campus and in our clubs, we all must raise the bar and let others measure themselves against the wonderful things you and CKI are doing that create a significant impact on lives from one to one hun-dred. In CKI and in Kiwanis, the challenge is there to showcase to the world that the power of one is great. But the power of one with an organi-

zation behind you, like CKI or Kiwanis, means you have the power within you to bring hap-piness to a child in need or a senior who has no one left to share a special moment with. Despite the fact that each persons DNA is different, we all have within us the ability to become that “thermostat” that really heats things up. Life is too short to

always follow the leader. Let us com-mit today to blaze a trail where no other has gone. As your collegiate ca-reer continues, never settle on any-thing for once you begin to accept less than what you deserve it will become a way of life. So as the school year unfolds, continue to maximize your education, take care of those Things that are im-portant and close to your heart and look towards the future with opti-mism, setting a higher standard by which others will be envious of.

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Have you ever had a great idea for service project but lacked the financial means to execute it? Don‟t wait any longer and apply for the Tomorrow Fund! “The Tomorrow Fund is an endowed fund for Circle K International held within the Kiwanis International Foundation. This fund, utilizing the inter-est earned, helps CKI clubs and districts serve the world through grants for ser-vice opportunities. The fund is established through a portion of CKI member dues, through direct donations, through the donation of Carthage-Pullman Soci-ety memberships, and through the donation of Sapphire Circle honor-aries.” (Circle K International). Awards can range from $200-$2,000. Don‟t miss this opportunity to make your wildest service projects possible! Remember, applications are due to the Kiwanis International Office by December 1, 2010!

All You Need to Know About the

Tomorrow Fund

For more information on the Tomorrow Fund, check out: http://slp.kiwanis.org/CircleK/service/tomorrowfund.aspx

Circle Kapers

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BY COREY ROACH RIDER UNIVERSITY

So here at Rider, the Circle K Broncs have been rid-ing hard. Our first few meetings were smashing successes. We put the good foot down, laid out our goals, and pre-pared ourselves to embark on a year of service and fun. We have been taking steps in the right direction to not only make our chapter coordinated and effective, but to become a working unit with the whole sea-breeze division. Communication was one of the problems that were addressed heavily at COT, and one of our chapter‟s weak-nesses from last year. At the first meeting we decided that we are setting up some sort of video-chat communication like WebEX.com or Skype for our chapter. This way we can get members from both of Rider‟s campuses at the meeting even if they are just a face on a screen. We have also put a strong emphasis on the use of texting and emails to spread crucial news about our events. Another important issue that we addressed at the first meeting was recruitment. Last year our chapter strug-gled with membership quotas, but this year we want to have enough members and more. We want to get Circle K out

there on our campus this year! We plan on employing the help of flyers, PSA feeds, Facebook, and any other media we can think of. We want to take what we learnt at the COT, and sell the three pillars of Circle K (service, leader-ship, and fellowship) as initiatives to join Circle K. We are also taking steps to make our chapter less of an email list of passive members, and more of a proactive group of members that all want to work for the betterment of the chapter. We plan on having more socially oriented service events that will hopefully draw our members to-gether for the better of the community while creating a stronger bond amongst our members. Finally, our last biggest initiative is to ally our club with other service based organizations on our campus. Or-ganizations like the Greeks, the academic clubs, and honor societies all have to do community service; why not do it with Circle K? In regards to service, we decided on a few big events that we want to do this semester. We really want to do a Toy Drive in coordination with one of honor societies here at Rider for Christmas, a food drive for Thanksgiving in alliance with the Trenton Soup Kitchen, and a charity “Pictures with Santa” event whose proceeds will go to an organizat ion we haven‟t decided on yet . Well, that‟s all from us here at Rider, and we hope that everyone has a successful and safe semester.

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BY JEN HSIEH RUTGERS UNIVERSITY

As part of a wide spread effort across campus to encourage students to get more involved in the community, the Student Volunteer Council at Rut-gers University sponsored the 4th an-nual Scarlet Day of Service. On Saturday, October 9, over 300 student volunteers gathered to-gether to perform a total of 1,400 hours

of service. Another Circle K member, Keirstin Kain, and myself, took part in the all day event and, out of the 13 com-munity partners, chose to volunteer at the Raritan Valley YMCA. The Raritan Valley YMCA is a

great organization in the Central Jersey area that focuses on building “strong kids, strong families, and strong com-munities”. The YMCA doesn‟t receive much funding and they primarily live off the generosity of surrounding com-munities. As volunteers, we were able to lend a hand with landscaping, cleaning, and painting. We pulled out weeds, trimmed overgrown bushes, distributed fresh mulch, and various other garden

ing activities. A few, lucky volunteers got to stay inside in the air conditioning and coat the Aerobic room walls with a fresh layer of paint.

As the day came to an end, we headed back to the Rutgers Student Center feeling exhausted and accom-plished. Hopefully we‟ll be able to help out the Raritan Valley YMCA more of-ten in the future as a helping hand is always welcome.

Scarlet Day of Service

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BY LORALYN SARABIA THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY

On September 12th, 8 members of TCNJ Cir-cle K dedicated a few hours of their Sunday after-noon to help the Kiwanis Club of Ewing Township at

their annual Pasta Dinner. Members of the community were in-vited to purchase tickets to and enjoy a three course meal, which included a salad, pasta and meatballs complete with a dinner roll, and a slice of cake for dessert. Along with unlimited drinks and good company, it was a deal that couldn‟t be missed. Take-out was even available for those who were on the go. The event, held at Ewing High School, ran from 12-6pm and the K-Family worked together to make it a success. The Ki-wanians manned the ticket/raffle tables and took charge in the kitchen. Members of TCNJ Circle K & Ewing High School Key Club took on a multitude of jobs wherever their help was neces-

sary. Those at the first and last shifts helped with set-up and clean-up. Mostly the volunteers were servers, taking drink orders and carrying over food. They also helped clean tables and re-set places with silverware. Others helped wash dishes. The Pasta Dinner was a fundraiser for the Kiwanis Club of Ewing Township and helps to support many of the programs sponsored by the organization, including TCNJ Circle K & Ew-ing Key Club.

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BY ROB ACERRA DISTRICT GOVERNOR

The New Jersey District Board has completed so much work over the past six months and would just like to highlight each board member and give you a little glimpse into the work they are doing for you:

Jen Hsieh: She has really been a go-to gal for the District Board this year. She is so helpful with every committee and event that we plan and is doing an amazing job as our District Editor and Webmaster. She is also gearing up to take over the Marketing and Kiwanis Family Relations Committee for the remainder of the service year. I really would be having a difficult job without Jen! Thank you Jen for being my go-to person in all aspects of the District.

Elisabeth Breen: She has truly been able to fix the mess of the book that the Immediate-Past Treasurer left her with. She has truly been a bright light on the board so far this year and is able to keep money in our budget and keep the check books balanced. Thank you Elisabeth for your great work!

Anna Friars: She has kept comprehensive minutes from every board meeting. She is able to bring humor to the board and it‟s great to have her aboard as Secretary. Thank you Anna for you work!

Roseanne Moy-: She has been doing an amazing job with our Largest Geographical and „Newest‟ Division. Roseanne has really allowed Metro to „go hard‟ this half of a year thus far and has

many plans to continue to increase functionality in the divi-sion and to build clubs in Metro! Thank you Roseanne for helping Metro grow!

Teddy John Wolhbold: Teddy has been hard at work with his medical school applications and working with the largest number of clubs in the District. Thank you Teddy for your great job!

Jessica Walling: Jess is currently away in Washington D.C…but that is not stopping her from fulfilling her duties as a Lieutenant Governor. She is keeping in constant con-

tact with her two clubs and also Skypes into many club meetings. Thank you Jess for your great work from D.C.!

Jaime Picchi: As a third year board member of the New Jersey District Board, Jaime is often a member that Board Members turns to for advice and assistance. Jaime is working very hard to plan our first ever District Large Scale Service, first ever Service Fair, and first ever District Blood Drive! Thank you Jaime for all

your hard work!

Hope Fine: Hope is simply amazing. Hope was „passed the gavel‟ at our June Board Meeting for all her amazing work that she has been doing in terms of Membership Development and Benefits and also New Club Building. Hope is definitely an expert in re-gards to icebreakers and recruitment of members. Thank you Hope for being an amazing board member!

Sonya Shah & Caroline Lay: These two are the board members that I see most frequently. They are planning a very fun and excit-ing INSIGHT and 2011 District Convention. I am so proud of all the work that these two Monmouth Girls have been doing and the amount of work that they do not only for the District but also for Monmouth CKI! Thank you so much Sonya and Caroline for be-ing here!

Amanda Parks & Cristina Trecate: These are our two newest board members. I am currently working on directives for their two positions to work them very hard. Each of these two ladies are will-ing to take on the work of being a CKI District Board Member. Be on the lookout in the future for more of Amanda and Cristina in the years to come in CKI! Thank you Amanda and Cristina for joining us and all the amazing work that will be coming out of you two in the months to come.

What in the World is the

District Board Up to?

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