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FEB 12, VOLUME II, ISSUE II

Service Leadership Fellowship

Circle K Pledge
I pledge to uphold the Objects of Circle K International, To foster compassion and goodwill toward others through service and leadership, To develop my abilities and the abilities of all people, And to dedicate myself to the realization of mankinds potential!

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Table of Contents
Presidents Update Page 1 Past Events Page 2 Executive Board Page 9 Appointed Board Page 10 Calendar of Events Page 11 Club Updates Page 12

Presidents Update
Hello Circle Kers! Good to see you all again, sorry about our lack in recent newsletters- you know, cause weve been doing a lot of service. How much exactly? A LOT, so much in fact that every member in the club had done almost 1 full days worth of service within the past year. Yeah- thats right. Be proud CSULB Circle Kers, pat yourselves on the back. Just to let you know, March 31st is the end of mine and the board term, I knowsad news- but its not like were going to go out without a BANG, cause- weve got DISTRICT CONVENTION [DCON]- its a way to meet hundreds of Circle Kers from all of California Nevada and Hawaii- as well as earn awards for being an awesome member, or an awesome board member! Theres so much to talk about when it comes to District Convention, and so many stories to tell- but well save that for the next issue. I honestly wish I had money and could pay for EVERY single CSULB Circle K member to go do DCON so you could all experience it - ah but such is life. Dont start getting depressed because the term is coming to a close, or you cant make it to DCON, instead, just spend time with Circle Kers doing SERVICE, strengthening FELLOWSHIP bonds, and gaining LEADERSHIP. Ill see you in the next and last issue, 49ers. Regards, Sean Dylan Nguyen

Working Wardrobe
By Keith Moy

Past Events

The Working Wardrobe Beautification was a fun event. We helped a store owner re-tag all her items while she the store was being renovated. This involved removing old tags and replacing them with tags in the right spot and the size of the clothing item on it. Although the work was tedious, it reward in its own sense. I would gladly go back again to help out.

UCLA Pillow Fight 2012

By: Kristel Eclarino
On January 14, UCLA Circle K hosted Pillow Fight! Its UCLA Circle Ks biggest fundraising event that they do annually in support of a charity that they sponsor for that year. This year, they sponsored Alexandria House: a non-profit transitional residence and neighborhood center for women and children in need of emergency shelter in Downtown L.A. Every dollar that UCLA CKI raise goes directly to Alexandria House and what other great way to raise money than have a huge pillow fight! CKI clubs all over the CNH district, plus students from UCLA all gathered at Ackerman Ballroom to beat each other with pillows, and it pajama themed too, so that was cool! Other than wacking each other with pillows, alternative activities were making blankets, writing greeting cards, and creating gingerbread houses. Between the main pillow fight sessions were performances and games to keep us fully entertained. Pillow Fight had a variety of performances from bboying, to wushu, to singing! With the games, everyone was divided into teams of colors like Pink, Orange, Red, Yellow, Purple, and Blue. They had fun games like musical pillows, runway walks, and pillow toss. Ultimately Orange team won and they got candy! I actually heard about Pillow Fight ever since I was in high school and I always wanted to go to this event, and it finally happened! I would say that I was pleasantly satisfied with this amazing experience, and it was all for a great cause. Thank you UCLA Circle K for hosting such a wonderful event, and for the CSULB CKIers who didnt go this year GO NEXT YEAR! You wont be disappointed!

Past Events

Meals on Wheels
By Renee Eguia
Many of us woke up early one Friday morning to help pack cold and hot meals for the residents of Long Beach and Signal Hill. What I found out is that the organization provides inexpensive and nutritious meals for citizens who are unable to get the means to purchase their own food and/or are severely ill. Some of us had to make sandwiches, place food in a container, arrange condiments, fold the paper bags and had numerous tasks. Eventually all of us were in an assembly line to pack the food for 100+ Long Beach and Signal Hill residents. A small group of us even had the opportunity to drive to the residents homes and deliver the food. Many of them were thankful for their food and some of them even wanted to chat with us about college, and even what languages we knew. It was an overall great event and Im glad we are able to help those who are less fortunate.<3

Past Events

Meals on Wheels
By Kristel Eclarino
Meals On Wheels is hands down one of my top favorite service projects that Ive done in Circle K! Thursday, February 23 was my first time going to Meals On Wheels and I LOVED it. I went with Joe, and we were immediately put to work. We were packing lunch bags and dinner trays for people around the Long Beach area who are unable to buy food for themselves. We packed about a hundred or more lunch bags and dinner trays and it felt really good knowing that I helped make a difference in peoples lives who cant do that for themselves.

Past Events

Even though Meals On Wheels is a really early morning service project (7:00 am), when you leave that event, you will feel like a better personwell thats what I got out of it anyways. I recommend everyone trying to go to Meals On Wheels at least once! Once you go, I bet that you want to go back there and volunteer again- which is what happened to me. I went to both the Thursday and Friday Meals on Wheels event! Plus, you can eat all the leftover food! And theres a lot!

LB Rescue Mission
By Kristel Eclarino On Wednesday, February 22, David and I went to the Long Beach Rescue Mission to serve dinner to the homeless people around the Downtown Long Beach area. We served dinner to about 200 people and we served them cornbread meat, mashed potatoes, corn, and they had a side of cookies. What our job in particular was to set up their dinner like to set the cups, plates, and utensils on the table and get their dishes once they were done eating. Most of the people there are so nice that theyll put a smile on your face once you talk to them! It was nice taking two hours out of my day to do this event! I would definitely do it again whenever we are asked to come back.

Past Events

LBSU vs. UCR Basketball Game

By Kristel Eclarino

On Saturday, February 25 was the basketball game LBSU vs. UCR at the Walter Pyramid. Johnny, Peter, Stacie, Tierney, Terrance, Chloe and I went and it was so fun! We got there early to find good seats and to get free stuff. We got free pizza, drinks, candy, henna tattoos, and foam fingers! The game wasnt that interesting though since UCR had no chance against our school, but we were in the cheering section and it was fun cheering for the 49ers and booing UCR since they sucked. We won 64-36! GO BEACH!

Past Events

Photo Credit: Alan Chung, OCC Circle K

February DCM/Dodgeball Tournament

By Kaci Nashimura

On February 26 Cal State Long Beach took about 10 people to Cal State Dominguez Hills for the February DCM which updated all schools on the past and future events each school hosted. Once wed all been caught up, there was a dodge ball tournament between teams of five and it was a close call each time. But in the end, our CSULB Green Team (Keith Moy, Sean Nguyen, Nick Spadoni, Alex Nauta and Peter Cheng) were victorious!! Things were very competitive, crazy, funny and overall a lot of fun.

Past Events

Executive Board

Sean Nguyen-President Kristel Eclarino-Vice President of Administration Michelle Huynh-Treasurer Joe Reguindin-Secretary Alex Nauta-Vice President of Service And Education Chair

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Appointed Board

John Nguyen-Spirit Chair Jennie Nguyen-Public Relations Co-chair Jasmine Chavez-Fundraising Co-chair Renee Eguia-MRP & KFAM Chair Kaci Nashimura-Web Tech Kevin Paul Edwards-Service Co-chair Andrew Wang-Public Relations Co-chair

Enam Duong-Scrapbook Co-chair Jennifer Kheang-Bulletin Editor Lorraine Ito-Scrapbook Co-chair Johnny Dao-Service Co-chair Tierney Kelly-Social Co-chair Caroline Sanchez-Fundraising Co-chair David Ly-Historian Jesse Tran-Bulletin Editor

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March 2012
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Meals On Wheels 4 LACBC Tour De Taste 11 5 ELECTIONS !!! 12 6 7 Meals Lydia On House Wheels 13 14 Meals On Wheels 20 21 Meals On Wheels 27 28 Meals On Wheels 8 Meals On Wheels

2 3 LB City First Friday 9 10 Meals -Native Plant And Creek Restoration On Event Wheels -Park Day

15 16 17 Meals Family Olympics On Wheels 22 23 Meals DCON On Wheels 29 24 -DCON -Arc Walk

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25 DCON

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30 31 Meals On Wheels

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Updates
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Social Hours: 1522.5 hours Service Hours: 1175 hours And counting! DCON!!!

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