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Sunday, November 8, 2009
FTC Commitee Thank Yous!  I want to thank each and every one of you who took time out of your life to come out to FTC!I'm sure you all wanted to know who planned this wonderful FTC because I could not have done this without all THEIR help. Even though I had written all my thankyous to each of you in the program, I still can't thank you enough for everything that you have done. All the success it based on what you did to help out!  Iman: thank you for making that wonderful and beautiful program. I think that everyone loved it! Karen: thanks for staying up Friday night to the wee hours to make sure that everyone was checked in. Also, thanks for making sure that everyone was checked in and what not. This weekend must have been tiring for you, but I hope you had an amazing time!
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10:59 PM
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 Keiko: thank you for all the help you did for the dining halls. I think that the constellations and making people sit together really helped with district unity!  Lee: thank you so much for finding all those AMAZING gifts for the workshop presenters, souvenirs, and workshop raffle!   Tammy Tieu and Lena: Thank you for all the hard work you put into the decorations. They looked super amazing and I'm so glad that all was done! They looked SUPER cool, especially the background!  Tammy Tran and Linda: thank you for putting so much time and effort into these workshops, I really think that this year, the workshops were very effective and useful to everyone participating.  Linh: Thank you for making all of the cell phone charms, they were all so amazingly cute and also packaging all 500 cookies! You are amazing!  Shaun: Thank you for being amazing at your job. Although we couldnt get the projector and what not to work during the Friday session, thanks for being able to think on your feet and what not. In addition, although we were not able to put the puzzle up, thank you for being able to make that for me!  Ryan: thank you for making two amazing slideshows. They were awesome and I think that everyone really enjoyed them as well!  Tiffany: Thank you for choosing some awesome skits. I really think that everyone had enjoyed every skit. Even with all the rules and regulations, I think that everyone's skits were super awesome!  Victor: thank you! You were awesome. The SAAs were well prepared to deal with situations and I'm so glad that you were a trooper! Sick and still a great SAA chair.  Vigil: Thank you for planning some awesome alternative to the dance. Also thank you for taking care of the DJ as well. AWESOME! last and DEFINITELY but not least, my wonderful advisors, the Carpenters: You were amazing. The two of you, thank you so much. I relied on the two the you when I knew I could the most. Especially when I was stressed out the max, you two made things easier. <3 These amazing people helped me create one of the BEST FTCs. Thank you for coming guys! LOVE, Nina  
Friday, September 11, 2009
District Summer Service Social Congratulations CNH Circle K! We packaged over 200 activity bags to be donated to the Rady’s Children’s Hospital. Over 45 stunning greeting cards were made for children sponsored by the Hugs and Hopes Organization. It was a busy but exciting week with meeting Kiwanians, an Eat for Service, a zoo exploration, and lots of fun time. About 70 Circle K members from Capital to Paradise Divisions came throughout the weekend to perform hundreds of hours of service, make new friends, and of course, have fun!  
DSSS started out bright and early on Thursday morning at the Town and Country Convention Center in San Diego, CA. Everyone helped set up for our three booths: Circle K info booth, Kiwanis Supplies, and our Service Booth. As the Kiwanians came rolling in for their District Convention, so did our Comfort Dolls. Made out of wooden clothespins, white fabric, sharpies, pipecleaners, and ribbon, these dolls were made with CKI love and creativity. This was just part one of the activity bag. In the evening, an Eat for Service Fundraiser was held at Souplantation for our newest District Fundraising Initiative: Starlight Starbright. 
Knock knock Who’s there? Olive Olive who? O-live Circle K! Hundreds of stickers, paper, and markers kicked off Friday which was even more fantastic with cute knock knock jokes and terrific freehand drawings. We made greeting cards galore. These cards were super creative and went to chronically ill children of the Hugs and Hope Organization. Lots of origami hearts were also I know they will greatly appreciate these cards! After a fun-filled day, we headed to the San Diego Zoo to spend some time with the flamingos… The Zoo was lots of fun and we got to see lots of cool animals. :) 
As Saturday rolled around, the service project came to life. We packaged crayons, put together mini activity books, and put it all together as our project expanded from one table to four tables. The end result: a beautiful activity package made with CKI love. Check out the pictures below for a look at our amazing event. :)  
Thank you to everyone who attended and to everyone who made this event spectacular. Don’t worry if you missed out this time because the Service Team will be hosting several more projects throughout the year at FTC, DLSSP, and DCON!
In love of service, Michelle Yee posted by Confessions of a Happy Person at 11:07 PM 0 Comments
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
What We Won at ICON Kiwanis Family Relations 1st Place - UC Berkeley 2d Place - UCLA Club Newsletter 2nd Place - UC Riverside 3rd Place - UC Berkeley Club T-Shirt 3rd Place - UCSD Nontraditional Scrapbook Overall Winner - UCLA Club Website 2nd Place - UNLV Single Service Gold Division, 3rd Place - UC Berkeley Bronze Division, 2nd Place - UCSD International Service Initiative 2nd Place - UCLA Total Achievement - Gold Division 1st Place - UCLA 2nd Place - UC Berkeley GEM Awards - Diamond Division 1st Place - UC Berkeley 2nd Place - UCSD 3rd Place - UCI 5th Place - UCLA Distinguished District Chairs Monica Alegre Francis Casanova Honyin Chiu Ruben Hernandez Richard Kong Gail Nipitnorasate Distinguished Lt. Governors Cheriz Cajita Danny Ha ET Mac Maria Turcios Distinguished Secretary Alex Chu Distinguished Treasurer Alice Hua Distinguished Governor Chris Plasterer Distinguished District California-Nevada-Hawaii District
Saturday, August 15, 2009
[FTC] Pictures Needed!  For those of you who didn't know already, the FTC theme has been chosen. SPACE To help us with our various slideshows, we need pictures!To Boldly Serve Where No One Has Served Before The account is on dotphoto.com username: ftcslideshow09 password: stomptheyard Please place your pictures within the appropriate categories. We need pictures from last year's FTC and for pictures for the opening slideshow, we need pictures since DCON. Thank you, Nina Yang FTC Chair posted by Nina at 4:12 PM 0 Comments
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
ICON 2009 We came. We saw. We conquered. Congrats to the 2008-2009 year! I look forward to winning just as many, if not more, awards next year in St. Louis! 
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Thursday, July 16, 2009
A moment of silence for Nancy Vang, KIWIN's member Dear Friends: I received an email today about Nancy Vang, a KIWIN's member that has passed away from complications with a spider bite she received last August. Here is a youtube video that the Circle K at Sacramento State made in an effort to make Nancy a little less lonely in the hospital: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgdRTpQO9sA Please keep Nancy, and her friends and family in your hearts and thoughts. Something for Nancy Friends rally to help seriously ill student Feb 26, 2009 Merced County Times By: Jonathan Whitaker "Something terrible and life changing happened to 17-year-old Nancy Vang as she slept one August night last year. When the promising Merced High School student and civic volunteer woke up in the morning, she discovered a severe rash on her thigh, just above the knee. And at some point, as she prepared to go to school, she noticed a spider crawling around her bed. She went to school that morning, friends and family say, but she soon felt sick to her stomach. When she returned home, things got worse and family members rushed her to a hospital in Merced where doctors and nurses struggled to figure out exactly what was wrong. Vang was listed in serious condition and sent to Children's Hospital in Madera where doctors determined she came into contact with some kind of flesh eating bacteria. Family members believe she may have been bitten by a venomous brown recluse spider or something similar. But medical experts to this day have not confirmed that. In Madera, they performed several operations to remove muscle from her right thigh. But the growing infection became worse and a large portion of her intestines had to be removed. As she recovered from that operation, her kidneys failed. Then her heart stopped for a brief, scary moment. With her health declining by the day, Vang was transported to the Intensive Care Unit at UC Davis Medical Center. Her condition there was somewhat stabilized, but she had insufficient blood flow to the lower part of her right leg. Doctors said she could not recover unless the leg was removed just below the knee. Today Vang is heavily medicated with several tubes extending from her bladder and one down her throat which prevents her from speaking. Her recovery has been slowed by infections that have damaged her kidneys. "It's very serious for everybody involved," said Larry Mercando of the Kiwanis Club of Merced — the group that has been spearheading a campaign to help the Vang family. Several of Vang's seven siblings are active members of KIWIN'S, the youth wing of the Kiwanis. Her older sister Jenny Vang won a $24,000 Key Club Scholarship at the 2007 KIWIN'S convention and now attends college. Nancy Vang was following in her sister's footsteps before she became ill. She was co-secretary and perhaps the most active member of the organization, Mercando said. "Word has been sent to all the Kiwanis Club houses in California, Nevada and Hawaii," Mercando said. "We are all trying to raise money for her. We are looking at ways to get her a leg prosthesis she can use when she gets better." Over the weekend, scores of KIWIN'S volunteers helped organize a book sale in Nancy Vang's honor at the main plaza of the Merced Mall. "She was my first friend in school when I moved here," said book sale organizer Lily Chou. "She always looks on the bright side and believed that the impossible is the possible. She would say, "Even two parallel lines may one day meet." Nancy Vang is part of a Hmong family that was forced out of Laos and into a Thailand refugee camp during the Vietnam War. They were able to immigrate to the United states in 1987. Her father, Charles Vang, worked as a part-time tutor and had a small business selling goods at local flea markets. He stopped most of his work so that he could be close to his daughter at UC Davis Medical Center. He has been residing at the Kiwanis Family House in Sacramento with the help of the Kiwanis Club of Merced. His wife works midnight shifts at a local distribution center." posted by Confessions of a Happy Person at 3:50 PM 0 Comments
Saturday, July 4, 2009
HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY CAL-NEV-HA! Spend time with family and friends. Eat some good BBQ. Watch fireworks. Celebrate the birth of this awesome country. And as always, do service. Happy 4th California-Nevada-Hawaii :] posted by Confessions of a Happy Person at 10:18 PM 0 Comments
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