Howdy again! Registration for this year’s Leadership Training Conference is up and running so come and register before September 2nd to be guaranteed a T-shirt! Remember registration price will go up $5 dollars after the 2nd so make sure to register as soon as you can! Here’s the link! http://floridakiwanis.com/CKIDCON/ltcstep01.asp

The Florida District CKI website has recently been updated. However, new events are added quite often so continue checking for updates. If you are a CKI club with an upcoming event that you would like posted to the website, please email treasurer@floridacirclek.org

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Below are important updates and upcoming events!

The most recent edition of The Kapers: Kaper_s Volume 48, Issue 1

57^TH ANNUAL CIRCLE K INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION

JUNE 27-JULY 1, 2012
NEW ORLEANS

The 57^th Annual Circle K International Convention, beginning June 27, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The official hotel of the Circle K conventions is the Westin New Orleans Canal Place. Make reservations online.

The hotel features a rooftop pool and is attached to the The Canal Place Mall– a three floor mall with 32 upscale stores.

The hotel rate is a flat rate of $125 per night plus 13 percent tax and a $2.00 per night occupancy tax per night.

Circle K will be sharing the hotel with the Kiwanis Districts of Louisiana-Mississippi-West Tennessee and Michigan districts.

The convention will take place at the same time as the Kiwanis convention and the Aktion Club Training and Leadership Conference. There will be opportunities for CKI’ers to share sessions Kiwanians and Aktion clubbers as well as have CKI focused and individual events.

2012 REGISTRATION

Registration for the Circle K International Convention is open! For fast and easy registration with immediate confirmation, please register online.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

LSSP 2012

The 12th Annual Large Scale Service Project (LSSP) will be held June 24–27, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

LSSP is an opportunity for Circle K members to give back to the host city of the convention.

In 2011, 200 people came to Virginia Beach, VA to do community service prior to the convention. These members did approximately 3,700 hours of service to the community. The 2011 projects included a Habitat for Humanity build site, Habitat for Humanity ReStore, as well as about 20 other areas in and around Virginia Beach.

LSSP Registration Information

Online Registration is open

Register here.

For more information regarding ICON or LSSP please contact:

Samantha Schneider at conventions@floridacirclek.org or Sara Fruithandler at governor@floridacirclek.org

Spells are flying across the room as cloaked figures ride in the night. Is it Harry Potter and his friends roaming around? Sadly no, but what is the next best thing besides the guy with the thunderbolt scar? A Harry Potter themed conference! District Convention 2012 will be sporting brooms, pumpkin juice and potions. From February 24th through the 26th, come take the train with the Ministry of Magic of the Florida District to beautiful Tampa, Florida. Train tickets (registration) are $180 – this includes a convention t-shirt, meals, your hotel room and much more! Better hurry before the price increases to $200 after January 28th, 2012!

Please register here: http://www.floridakiwanis.com/ckidcon/step01.asp
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With the beginning of the academic year, most CKI members have been concentrating on their studies and serving in their CKI Clubs. However, some very active students from Saint Leo University and Palm Beach State College have been busy building up their membership to charter their respective CKI Club.

Cassy Anselme, President at Saint Leo University, stated, “I am very excited, and I hope that more people will be interested in joining our club.”

Robert Dillingham, Kiwanis Club Advisor for Palm Beach State College, stated, “The club is off to a great start because of the excellent leadership qualities of their executive officers and the tremendous professional expertise provide by their Faculty Advisor, Professor Leonie Escoferry.” Note: Palm Beach State College submitted its chartering information and was received by Kiwanis International on October 12th.

As you can see, the Florida District is building new opportunities for leadership development through service around the state. Please encourage your friends that attend this colleges to check out what service projects are going on in their community through CKI.

Another CKI Club in the making is St. Johns River State College. The past-Key Club member who is getting the club going is attending Kiwanis events and has secured Kiwanis sponsorship. With these three new CKI Clubs, the Florida District will charter 4 new clubs- 2 in the Miami area, 1 in the Orlando area, and 1 in the Gainesville area.

All of these great strides cannot be possible without the enthusiasm of the students and the motivation and drive from the local Kiwanis Clubs!

If you have any questions or know someone who would like to charter a CKI Club, please e-mail JJ Sadler at clubbuilding@floridacirclek.org!