Circle K International at Virginia Tech

April 23^rd, 2008

McBryde 209

Welcome and General Announcements: Erin Smithberger

                CKI Pledge

                Happy Quarters – District Project – Shaping up

                First Timers- Please fill out interest sheet

Dues: $28 for the semester

Weekly Program: Speaker from Phi Sigma Pi

                                   Earth Week trivia

SERVICE

Project Spotlight: Planting America

We will be planting 500 trees in Pulaski for Earth Week!  Meet at Wallace Hall at 9:00 am on Saturday, April 26^th. 

Youth and Elderly: Heather Waite (757-576-1234) – heinz57@vt.edu

Christiansburg Community Center Tutoring – Every Tuesday and Thursday, 5:40 pm – 7:30 pm

                                Megan Chapman and Ellen Hsu – chapmane@vt.edu and ethsu12@vt.edu

Price’s Fork Tutoring – Every Tuesday and Thursday, 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

                                Katherine Johnson – kat228@vt.edu, Sarah Ainsworth –sla4671@vt.edu

                Head Start at Christiansburg – Thursday, April 24^th, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

                                Cary Spiers – cpspiers@vt.edu

Community: Brian Allen (804-314-2443) – blallen@vt.edu

Lyric Theater – Thursday, April 24^th and May 1^st, 8:45 pm – 9:15 pm at the Lyric Theater

                                Seth Barner – sethb01@vt.edu

Animal Shelter – Friday, April 25^th, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

                                Cherish Wertz – ckwertz@vt.edu           

                Habitat for Humanity – Saturday, May 3^rd, 8:00 am – 4:00 pm

                                Melina Ciccarone – mciccar@vt.edu

                Planting America – Saturday, April 26^th , 9:000 am – 2:00 pm

                                Jessica Chandler – jkchan04@vt.edu

Box Tops, Pop Tops, Printer Cartridges, and books for children K-5

Heather Waite – heinz57@vt.edu

Cans for Fans! Of Seniors in our Area – collect canned food (low sodium/sugar when possible) for seniors and pet food for their animals in the NRV.

                                Aryan Kaymanesh – akaymane@vt.edu

Y-toss – Saturday, May 3^rd – Thursday, May 8^th – 10:00 am – 5:00 pm – staff collection bins and Monday, May 5^th – Friday, May 9^th 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm – organize donations

                                TC Pugh – projectsvicepresident@vtcki.org

Campus: Erin Smithberger (304-550-3382) – esmithbe@vt.edu

Students Team Up to Fight Hunger

                                Heather Waite and Erin Smithberger – heinz57@vt.edu and esmithbe@vt.edu

FELLOWSHIP

K-Family: Raven Gray (804-761-9078) – k-familyvicepresident@vtcki.org

Kiwanis Lunch – Thursday, April 10^th, 12:00 pm

K-Kids – Wednesday, April 30^th, 3:15 pm – 5:00 pm

GWUCK Networking Event – Thursday, April 24^th

Brunswick Stew – Saturday, April 26^th

UMD Induction Ceremony – Monday, May 5^th – 7-9 pm email hj3806@gmail.com if interested

Fundraisers: Laura Lyons (703-969-6093) – lelyons@vt.edu

                See Laura for Lollipops

Sports: Bhanu Peddi and Meredith Speas – peddibp@vt.edu and mspeas@vt.edu

Socials: Aryan Kaymanesh – akaymane@vt.edu

Scavenger Hunt – Saturday, April 26^th, 3:00 pm, meet in front of Burruss

End of the Year Awards Banquet and Inductions – Tuesday, April 29^th, 7:00 pm, GLC multipurpose room

End of the Year picnic – Thursday, May 1^st, 12:00 pm, Duckpond—rain location-Payne 2^nd floor lounge

Announcements:           

                T-shirts are in! The cost is $12 for short-sleeve and $15 for long-sleeve.

                Happy Quarters Results

                Prospectives be sure to talk to Brian!

Boke and Good Call! Share a good/bad experience you had at a project this week

Adjournment

Next general meeting: Next Fall!!! Exact date, TBD

Next board meeting: Wednesday, April 28^th, 7:00 pm, Squires 300

LEADERSHIP

Club Committees:

            To become a committee chair or co-chair, please submit a letter of intent explaining who you are, why you would like the position, and some of the ideas you have to president@vtcki.org!

                Alumni Relations – Heather Waite– heinz57@vt.edu

                Fundraising – Laura Lyons – lelyons@vt.edu

                James Reed Scholarship – Aryan Kaymanesh – akaymane@vt.edu

                Meeting Activities (Ad hoc) – This committee needs a chair – please see a club officer for more details

                Scrapbook – Laura Lyons – lelyons@vt.edu

                SGA Representative – Laura Lyons – lelyons@vt.edu

                Socials – Aryan Kaymanesh – akaymane@vt.edu

                Service Leadership Program – Amy Bumbaco and Ellen Hsu – bumba07@vt.edu and ethsu12@vt.edu

                Website / Listserv – Duc Nguyen – ducng87@vt.edu 

                VT Formals – Meredith Speas and Heather Waite – mspeas@vt.edu and heinz57@vt.edu

                April 16^th Response Scrapbook – Heather Waite and Laura Lyons – heinz57@vt.edu and lelyons@vt.edu

Club Officers:

            President – Erin Smithberger (304-550-3382) – president@vtcki.org

                Membership Vice President – Brian Allen (804-314-2443) – membershipvicepresident@vtcki.org

                Projects Vice President – TC Pugh (540-907-1653) – projectsvicepresident@vtcki.org

                K-Family Vice President – Raven Gray (804-761-9078) – k-familyvicepresident@vtcki.org

                Treasurer – Shawn Kelly (804-724-0632) – treasurer@vtcki.org

                Corresponding Secretary – Amy Bumbaco (757-619-9964) – correspondingsecretary@vtcki.org

                Recording Secretary – Mallary Orrison (571-246-5375) – recordingsecretary@vtcki.org

Capital District Officers:

            District Governor – Heather Waite (757-576-1234) – heinz57@vt.edu

                Valley Lieutenant Governor – Duc Nguyen (571-230-8135) – ducng87@vt.edu

Websites:

                Circle K International at Virginia Tech – http://www.vtcki.org

                Project Information – http://filebox.vt.edu/users/tcpugh05

                Capital District of Circle K International – http://www.cdcki.org

                Circle K International – http://www.circlek.org

Kiwanis Club of Montgomery County – Blacksburg – http://www.civic.bev.net/kiwanis

Circle K International at Virginia Tech (VTCKI) Facebook group – http://www.facebook.com

VTCKI Informational Filebox – http://filebox.vt.edu/users/tcpugh05/

“The only real training for leadership is leadership.”

~Anthony Jay