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• Dedicated districts

  April 04, 2013

  Stories by Sam Stall

  CKI districts around the world are taking on their community’s biggest problems through district philanthropies. Click the map below to learn more about how eight CKI districts make a difference through the causes their leaders support.

  Alabama | California-Nevada-Hawaii | Carolinas | Georgia |
  Illinois-Eastern Iowa | Indiana | New York | Pacific Northwest

  
  

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• Serve it up

  April 04, 2013

  It’s easy to get into a service rut. The good news: It’s even easier to get out of one. 

  How? Just take a step back and take a good look at the community. Re-evaluate what still needs to be done. Ask other organizations what they might need help with. Talk to friends, family members, other Kiwanis-family members, CKI alumni, schools and businesses about what’s missing in your area—then brainstorm how you can meet that need. 

  That’s what these three CKI clubs did. See how their community connections led them to new service opportunities. 

  Pre-Grammy’s 
  University of California-Los Angeles Circle ...

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• Find the fun in philanthropy

  April 04, 2013

  We’ve seen it all. It seems like every club on campus has hosted a bake sale during finals week, sold candy on Valentine’s Day or planned a car wash. Sure, brownies draw in lots of customers, but is that the best fundraiser CKI can do? (The correct answer: No, of course not!) 

  These four CKI clubs have gone beyond car washes and bake sales to bring in more money—and more fun for the CKI members involved. Read about how they escaped stereotypical philanthropy—and learn how you can add creativity to your fundraising. 

  
  

  “I Got Snagged for Jimmy V”
  Duquesne University ...

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• Are you an Eliminator?

  April 04, 2013

  We hope so. Here are some tips and tools to make your district, division and club events for The Eliminate Project a success. 

  Thanks for including The Eliminate Project in your plans! In case you haven’t heard yet, CKI will focus on three key initiatives for The Eliminate Project this year. All of these goals are related to our plan to raise funds to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus by 2015. We’re well on our way to raising US$110 million. Let’s do our part with these three things in mind: 

  1. Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF 

  It's never too early for ...

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• 10 steps to project success

  April 04, 2013

  Maybe you’ve been in this situation: You hear about a cool project another club has done. You’re inspired to start something new with your club. But when it’s time to start planning, the only thing you can think of is: Now what? 

  Before you get too deep into planning your project, take a look at this checklist and make sure you’re including the most important steps along the way. 

  1. Choose a community you want to serve. 

  The first step: pick an organization. Your club is probably full of people with different interests, so pay attention to what club members ...

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• Raising for the cure

  April 04, 2013

  Miranda Estes, 2012–13 governor for the Pacific Northwest District, dedicated a lot of time during her term to help clubs develop new, interesting ways to support the Kiwanis Children's Cancer Project. 

  
  

  Begun as a Kiwanis governor's project, it was adopted by the last three CKI governors as their own projects as well. The focus is to raise money for three of the Pacific Northwest's children's hospitals, one each in Portland, Seattle and British Columbia. 

  "CKI's role has been to help with donations, though obviously on a smaller scale, to help support the fellowship programs," Estes says. "We also help by ...

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• Saluting our veterans

  April 04, 2013

  A year ago at their officers training conference, New York District leaders decided to try something that had never been done before: running two district projects simultaneously. One was called NYCKI Salutes Our Soldiers, an effort to honor veterans. 

  "It resonated with a lot of the other members, particularly with one of the lieutenant governors, Patrick Bell," says 2012–13 District Governor Corey Oses. "Both his parents are in the armed forces." 

  
  

  Bell's Long Island University-Post CKI Club created a two-day event to promote awareness of 9/11 assistance programs. Volunteers expected the event would raise money for the September 11th Families ...

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• Bringing toys—and joy

  April 04, 2013

  The relationship between the Kiwanis-family clubs of Indiana and Indianapolis's Riley Hospital for Children is both long and deep. But while Kiwanis tackles large-scale fundraising efforts, CKI's service projects are more grassroots productions.

   "We do a lot of smaller things," says Kelsey Ring, immediate past president of the University of Indianapolis CKI Club. "Our club does a lot of small projects that we make at school and donate to the kids." 

  The club's work includes crafting easy-to-make items such as door hangers, blankets and comic books. But it's not quite as simple as it seems. Because most of the handmade ...

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• Hope givers

  April 04, 2013

  For more than 60 years, CKI members and other Kiwanis-family clubs in the Illinois-Eastern Iowa District have supported the Spastic Paralysis Research Foundation. The agency provides financial grants to researchers studying spastic paralysis and other central nervous system disorders. 

  CKI's biggest contribution is a dinner and dance called Holiday Embrace, which raises about US$2,000 each year and attracts participants from Ohio, New Jersey and Michigan.

  "It's getting bigger and bigger," says Illinois-Eastern Iowa District Governor Sabrena Lopez. "In the past it's been a lot more focused on Kiwanians and Key Club members, but this year we really stepped it up ...

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• A healthy example

  April 04, 2013

  Working with underprivileged kids was a real eye-opener for Stefan Ludlow, former Georgia District governor. 

  In 2001, Georgia District leaders developed a project called Health and Exercise Always Lead to Happier Youth—or HEALTHY—to help kids eat right and stay active. But as Ludlow learned, living a truly healthy lifestyle entails far more than just exercising and eating your "rainbow plate" of food. 

  "I remember when I was in elementary school, most of our health education revolved around following the food pyramid and exercising," Ludlow says. "Now health has evolved into a lot of different aspects. Not just your physical health ...

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