Fall Issue: Turkey Tabloid

8/10/2019 Fall Issue: Turkey Tabloid

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uclaCIRCLE K INTERNATIONAL

VOLUME VII ISSUE 2 NOV 20


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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 mankindspotential.

Letter from the Editor..............................................Presidents Message.......................................... .......

Recap of Welcome Month.....................................Service...........................................................................Kiwanis Family...........................................................Fundraising.................................................................Fellowship...................................................................2Leadership...................................................................Contact Us...................................................................

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My name is Benjamin Wu, and Im so honored to serve you as the President of UCLA Circlthe 2014-2015 term. Welcome to all of you, whether you are a new or a returning memberto a wonderful year with UCLA Circle K! It really excites me to see so many fresh and eage

come out. I hope that everyone had a wonderful time enjoying the Welcome Month actfrom our member mixers to cook nights, from hosting high school students at

College to battling it out at CKI South, and that these events allowed you to expewhat Circle K is truly about. With the variety of community service to do greatwithin the community, leadership opportunities to experience personal/profe

growth, and fellowship events to foster friendships with other Circle K membehope that you will find your niche within Circle K. I am proud to say that UCLAK has grown to be a second home to me, and I hope that its a feeling that eveelse will be able to get. Just know that by joining UCLA Circle K, you have aembarked on a journey of being a part of something amazing, as we are the mof service and the dreamers who lead.

With a new year comes many great opportunities and, and Im most certainly eto see how much we can accomplish in the upcoming year with all of your he

Lastly, just know that if youre ever in need of a friend or need someone to Ill be your friend that is only a text/call/email/FB message away. Hope everyobeen enjoying their time in Circle K so far, and stay tuned for the great event

have in the future!

presidents message

Letter from the EditorHi everyone!

This is Melody, your 2014-2015 Creative Relations Chair, and Im here with your first official newsletter of the year!

I remember last year, as a first year, being thrown into a whirlwind of new beginnings--new school, new classes, new

friends. Trying to grow accustomed with UCLAs culture and student body was exciting--and simultaneously incrediblyoverwhelming. Circle K was not only able to provide me with the resources and opportunities to become betteracquainted with college, but also began to define my college experience.

I think theres great truth in the belief that Circle K provides each individual member with life lessons that will prepareyou for whats to come beyond college. After all, the various events you attend, whether it be something as small asWheelchair Basketball, or something as large as Dance Marathon and Pillow Fight, will allow you to network withindividuals throughout the community, gain new life experiences, and bond with your peers. But if Im to be completely

honest, why I joined and stayed in Circle K was not for all these inevitable, wonderful perks, but rather for the singularreason that while the journey we as a club embark on together can be spontaneous and adventurous, the club hasbecome, and always will be, my second home away from home.

I look forward to bonding with everyone this upcoming year, and to all the new members--welcome to the family.


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service | fellowship | leadership

Recap by Yoni Anderson, MD&E


WelcomeMonth...

10/10: Member Mixer

10/21: Board Games with Board

10/19: Beach Clean up/Social (Save Jimmy the Whale!)

11/1 Family Revelations

A recap of

The start of a new year means many new faces and new opportunities, and this is what we ha

within our club for an entire month! Welcome Month consisted of several events that showcased

tenets of the club: Leadership, Fellowship, and Service!

After the fi rst general meeting, we held a scavenger hunt, lead by the fa mily heads. Follo

scavenger hunt, everyone ended up at Diddy Reisse for Sweets in the City! The next event was mem

where everyone played a few games with everyone and overall had a great time. If people misse

the first general meeting, they were able to come to CKI 101 to learn more about the club and ways

Circle K has influenced people. We ended week 3 with a chill trip to the beach and had a bonfire fi

smores, food, and fun activities! Third week held several interesting events, ranging from Sports

Board game with Board, and Humans versus Zombies, which is a huge nerf gun war. After, we he

College, a day where many high school students come to learn about Circle K and expand their kn

through various workshops about college! Moving on to week 4 of welcome month, we held Mento

Revelations, where people found out who their mentor was through a fun little game where ever

to find the puzzle pi ece that completed theirs. And finally, we ended the month of welcoming activ

Family Revelations, where everyone who paid dues got pla ced into one of the 10 famili es. It was a

games, bonding, pictures, presents and family.

Hopefully everyone was able to attend at least one of the many welcome month events held thisI hope everyone had fun!

10/17 Beach Bonfire


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Hello! Her name is Juelline. His name is Kevin. And together they makeJuelline and Kevin, Doing Service! Juelline is totes excited for this upcomingyear, seeing old and new faces. And Kevin is just, well, excited. A little updateon what they have been up to: Juelline has been actively planning serviceprojects every weekend, while Kevin just had his Alexandria House Summer

Eco-Carnival. Besides that, they have been maxing, relaxing, cooling, but notshooting b ball outside of the school, thats too generic. Anyways, WelcomeMonth was major hectic. Juelline served up so many service events, fromStonecreek Restoration, to Reading to Kids, and many more. It was howyou youngsters would say, rad, while Kevin has been working towards a

collaboration mural project with Playa Del Rey Elementary School. All thisservice, really made Juelline and Kevin want to make some goals for thisupcoming year. Kevin wants to see the club as a whole achieve twentythousand service hours. The club is almost halfway there, so twenty is

definitely in the stocks. Aside from that, Juelline loves people, and she wantsto see each and every one of you Bruins out there. A little service neverkilled anybody. So this is the part of the segment where Juelline and Kevinanswer your questions. You all are probably wondering about one, and onlyone, question, How can we as general members be more involved?Thats

perfect because Juelline and Kevin have the answer! Juelline says that, Ilove people. And one of the best ways you can be involved is just comingout to more service events. Not only do you get the opportunity to help thecommunity, but you can also get to know more people and have oodles anddoodles of fun while doing so!Kevin wants to also point out that service

extends way deeper than what meets the eye. He says that t here are varioussubcommittee positions that are open as well, and many of you shoulddefinitely apply for. Some of you guys are probably wondering, Whats yourteam name or tagline? That is easy, Juelline and Kevin follow one motto

Service: Where the Service Team Serves You.

committee updates

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TOTAL SERVICE HOURS:

9,998+6,826.1 hrs from last issue


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This summers large scale service event, the Alexandria House Summer Eco-Carnival, that happenedon 9/6/14, was truly an amazing service event. All of the volunteers arrived at Alexandria House, atransitional home for women and children and beneficiary for Pillow Fight, around mid morning to set upall of the activities for t he kids. Once the actual carnival began, kids who were current and past residents

of Alexandria House, as well as children who lived in the neighborhood, were able to enjoy a series of funand unique activities and games that also taught them about science in fun and interesting ways! Thevolunteers spent the day manning the different activities and playing with kids.

The activities were based off of different topics, such as recycling and solar heat. The activity that taught

about solar heat used a pizza box and foil to show that one could cook/melt marshmallows and chocolateto make smores, just with the suns heat! Other activities, such as throwing different items into different

bins, and answering questions in a horse race against friends, helped teach about the environment andother scientific facts! The station I personally worked at was the ice cream making station, which taughtabout freezing point. I had an absolute blast helping kids make their own ice cream from milk, sugar, and

flavoring, mixed in a bag full of ice and salt! The kids had a blast learning and seeing how their concoctionfroze into ice cream, and an even better time eating it after. Not only did I have fun with the activities, butspending time with the kids helped make this event one of the best ones yet. Great job Kevin on yourevent and everyone who helped!

Article by: Sonya Apinyavat, Administrative Vice-President 14 - 15

ALEXANDRIA HOUSE ECO-CARNIVAL

AIDS WALK

Large Scale Service Project:UCLA VOLUNTEER DAY

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On Sunday, October 12, was the annual event AIDS Walk Los

Angeles, held in the heart of West Hollywood. Thousands of peoplegathered under the common goal of raising awareness about AIDSand raising money to combat the epidemic. Participants would awalk ten kilometers (6.2 miles) course to show their dedication to

the cause. It was my 7th time attending AIDS Walk, but my firsttime as a volunteer!

We arrived at 10 AM to the event and were sent off to awaitthose who would arrive at the finish line. It started off a bit slow asthe event had just began and it takes a lot of time to run or walk

ten kilometers. A few runners began to make it to the finish and wewould hand them reusable Walgreen bags and their certificate ofcompletion, proving that they participated in the event. By noon,larger crowds of people began to show up at the finish line andour very own Circle K members, Lisa Chong and Juliana Deer, led

us in some cheers to pump up those who had finished the event!We all screamed our lungs out, cheering for the participants whowere seconds from finish.

AIDS Walk Los Angeles is an awesome event and I hope more

members come out in the future, whether it be as a volunteer or aparticipant. Ill definitely be there for the 8-peat next year!

Article by: Brandon Tu, General Member

7 AM, waking up in the morning, gotta be fresh, gotta go be Task Captains for UCLAs Volunteer Day! On September 29th,rcle Kers were distributed to two middle schools, Horace Mann Middle School and Daniel Webster Middle School, in order

teach first-year and transferring Bruins fun games and activities so that they in turn may lead their own classroom of middlehool students. Among these games included the picnic name game, a 10-12 minute round of Pictionary, and, my personalvorite, the Ah, UmGame, where the speaker must t alk about some topic for roughly a minute without using verbal pauses.e latter game is especially challenging; it would be difficult for me to even talk about, say, my favorite ice cream flavorthout slipping an um somewhere.

After the Task Captains instructed the Volunteers, it was time to finally meet the middle school students. Volunteers beganhaving the kids stand in a circle and introduce themselves along with a food that star ts with the first letter of their name.

ctionary came next, and in this game, students on one team would feverishly call out what they think was drawn on thehiteboard in order to secure a point. If no one could figure out the drawing within a certain time, the other team seized the

pportunity to steal t hat point. The students last played the Ah, Umgame and many successfully avoided the uhor um

tfalls and thus earned a point for their team. When the Volunteers and Task Captainstime coming to a close, the class gath-ed in one final circle and described their favorite part of the activities.

UCLA students had quite a fun experience with Horace Mann MS and Daniel Webster MS students. New Bruins got theirst taste of serving the community on a large scale. They also had the chance to spend time with middle school kids, whose

citement and energy is astounding. Lastly, both Task Captains and Volunteers had the opportunity to leave behind the col-ge scene for about forty minutes, have fun, and tap into their inner child. It felt really good to be a kid again!

Article by: Brandon Chao, Family Head


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KeytoCollege

Key to College was my first serviceent within Circle K! It took place onturday, October 25, 2014, right on thempus of UCLA. The purpose of the event

as to expose high school students to

llege life, as well as give advice in theirllege application process. Key Club andWINs members from all over the localea came for a day of pure imagination!

worked as a tour guide with two otherrcle K members who were older than med knew much more about the campus

nce I was only a freshman; however, Id my part in the tour by leading the

orm section of the tour my first round,d the South Campus section on my

second round. Personal rewards from thisservice included free pizza and a great legworkout. But the best reward was seeinghigh school students enjoying their

time at UCLA and going home with less

stress about applying to college. When Iasked my first tour group how many KeyClubbers were thinking of applying toUCLA, I could not stop smiling on the great

amount of hands that were raised.The day went as orderly as possible

after sign ins and general sessions: thehigh school students were split to attendinformational workshops regarding topics

such as the SATs/ACTs and financial aid,as well as some energizing ones with the

Spirit & Dance workshop; tour guides to

see our beautiful campus hence theleg day with the wonderful myths weall remember from our orientation toursas incoming freshman (e.g. the sixth stepof Jans Steps and the most romantic spot

between Boelter and the Math-SciencesBuilding); and service projects with cranesfor the local childrens hospital

COMMITTEE UPD

PLANNING K2CI have basically been planning Key to College since I was appointed Kiwanis

Family Youth Chair back in March. It has definitely been a rollercoaster ridegetting everything prepared. During the first wave of planning, my mainfocus was to set a date. This involved looking at important dates for theKey Club and KIWINS members (ex. Fall Rally, R TC, SATs, etc.) and makingsure that Key to College did not conflict. The second wave involvedmaking the event known. Advertising was probably one of the harderaspects of planning. My committee and I would work on publicizing Keyto College by going to Key Club and KIWINS events and by also startinga Facebook campaign to get more people to Key to College. Thencame the third wave. This step in planning involved gettingworkshops and tours ready. The committee worked onrecruiting workshop hosts and tour guide and madesure that they were well prepared for the event. In theweek leading up to Key to College, the fourth waveof planning happened. During this time, all thefine details had to be touched up. From decidingon how registration was gonna work to creatingthe volunteer tasks, everything that needed to befine-tuned was done during this period.

The best part of Key to College was definitely

getting strong support from everyone at UCLACircle K. In the weeks leading up to the event, I wasnot expecting so many people from the club to comeout, but I was surprised when everyone started showingup. It was definitely amazing seeing all the home clubmembers come out and show support. Really, Keyto College could not have happened without all themembers, and I am so thankful that UCLA Circle Khas been there 100% of the way.

and letters forsoldiers. Lunchwas muchappreciated

with the

endless slicesof pizza, bagsof chips, and

water bottles.

Key to College is an experiencethat I will not forget and will continueto participate in throughout mycollege years in Circle K. I enourageanyone who has a passion in

service and helping high schoolstudents towards success to do

Key to College sometime whilethey are in college. Not only willyou get to bond with Key Clubbers,but you will also bond with other

Circle K members who have the

same passion in service as you do.There are opportunities to be a tourguide, workshop host, be a part ofthe Question & Answer panel, and

more. Overall, service is one of thereasons why I chose to join CircleK, and I really love how everyonein Circle K shares the same passionand dedication in serving others

and improving the community. Article by Jenny Truong, General Member

Wow! Summer and Fall Quarters habusy for the Kiwanis Family Committehas happened, and now its time to lall that has been accomplished.

These past few months have seeaction in all branches of the Kiwanis overarching goal for the committee th

to create more meaningful interactiothe other organizations in Kiwanis, anthat we have taken steps towards achMultiple events happened throughoand Fall Quarters that solidified our r

with the other branches, including aJuly Parade with Santa Monica Kiwanisspent in Compton painting a whole hCircle K Clubs from around the DistrictLA Food Bank with KIWINS, and not

Key to College, which had over twattendees. On top of this, the comsuccessfully established a Builders CluMiddle School. The Kiwanis Family Co

definitely proud of its achievements, wnot have been accomplished withoumembers working together!So, whats planned for the future? W

aiming to do in the next few months?you asked!

The theme for the next few months iOutside of the Box. For the rest of F

and Winter Quarter, the committlooking into new events and programnever been done before. This includa program known as Bruin Cubs,

mentorship program for Key Club amembers in Division 25 East and Cryst

This also involves putting on eventsKiwanis Family Picnic late in NovemKiwanis Family Service Extravaganza i

You have not seen anything yet fromCommittee! Our engines are just gettiup, and we are ready to do so much mwant to be part of TEAM KFAM, com

to our committee meetings where yoplan everything!

with Josef Madrigal


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On Saturday, September 6th, five Circle K members attended a joint service eventwith several high school KIWINS clubs, specifically the chapters from Diamond and

Crystal Divisions. The event itself was called LA Food Bank, where volunteers help sortfruits into boxes, throw out the mushy and rotten fruits, stack the boxes, wrap the boxeswith a plastic wrap, and finally store them into the main warehouse.

There are two purposes of this event. First is to help provide meals to children in thelocal area who are not well-fed in their community. Hunger should never be a barrier to

childrens education, and every year, volunteers from many organizations help increasechildrens academic performances by reducing hunger. Second is to store these largequantities of supplies in case of a natural hazard. Every time a major earthquake takesplace, LA Food Bank is one of the institutions that supply fruits, vegetables, and water

for the victims of the disaster.Aside from sorting out fruits and packaging boxes, many of the volunteers had

an opportunity to interact with people from different schools and divisions. Circle Kmembers regaled many of the high school KIWINS with college tales, and even providedthem advice for college applications. Overall, this service event was a great bonding

experience for both branches of the Kiwanis family. What can be better than doingservice AND socializing with your new peers? LA Food Bank was very successful, and itwas also the first joint-service with the youth Kiwanis branch during this academic term.I am definitely looking forward to another service event with Key Club and KIWINS!

Article by: Min Lee, 14-15 Subcommittee Chair

LA FOOD BANK //joint event with Crystal and Diamond KIWINs

PLAYA DEL RAY K-KIDS! DISTRICT SUMMERSERVICESOCIAL

Last minute decisions often turn out to be the best decisions. I signed up to attend Playa delReys K-Kids meeting the night before the event, not knowing what to expect! When Josef, Lina, Min,and I entered t he K-Kids meeting, the officers introduced themselves and conducted themselves asprofessional as 8-10 year olds can.

First, we had each of them write letters to Circle K-ers as were starting up a K-Kids/Circle K Pen Pals

system. Some of the best quotes from their letters include Are you a girl?, What do you look like?, Ilike smores, I want to be the President of the United States, and many other quirky comments thatcould only come from the imagination of these enthusiastic kids.

Our second activity was to color and cut out pumpkins, ghosts, and bats that will be used todecorate Mattels Childrens Hospital for fall. Their creativity took off as one turned a pumpkin

sideways and made it a mummy while another drew a Ninja Turtle ghost! We explained that this wasto cheer up the patients of Mattel and to show these kids that they were not alone. When it came

time to collect their drawings, there was one particular girl who drew a happy ghost with the wordsYou are not aloneproving that these kids have a heart to serve and to help.

I felt very encouraged by the kids spontaneity and courage to be blunt but also inspired by theircompassion which though often overshadowed by their hyperness is nonetheless very present.

Article by: Isabel Chu, 14-15 Subcommittee Chair

A district-scale Key to College? Workshops byvarious members of the Kiwanis family? A Kiwanis

DCON? A cultural festival celebrating Mark Twain? ASaturday trip to San Diego? And most importantly,service coinciding with fellowship?! How has somuch taken place in a single event? After a two year

hiatus, the Cali-Nev-Ha (CNH) District Summer ServiceSocial (also known as DSSS) returned to take place insunny San Diego! Organized by our District ServiceCommittee, this three-day event had much in storethe members of our district.

President Benjamin Wu and I ventured out earlySaturday morning to attend the last day of DSSS.Since it was my first time driving down to San Diego,the lengthy two-hour drive included scenic oceanside

views, light traffic, and some engaging conversation.Before we knew it, we arrived to find some familiarCNH friends. Since the District Kiwanis FamilyCommittee had to host the District Key to College,committee members and fellow UCLA CKIers Josef

Madrigal and Emily Dang had arrived at the site onthe first and second days, respectively. As part of theKey to College component, Ben and I helped highschool students check in as well as managed the tableexhibiting UCLA. Following the opening session of

the Key to College, District Service Chair, Kelly Tran,sent a hand of volunteers to Twainfest, as the eventcalled for a few extra helping hands. After receivinga tour of the entire event, volunteers gradually took

their volunteer posts. A few of us wound up helpingpeople make their own ropes out of twine! Altogethera peculiar yet fascinating event that showcases a facetof San Diego culture I never wouldve known of.

Whether it had been for one day or all three days,

participating in DSSS provided me not just networkingopportunities with other Circle Kers throughout CNHbut also service opportunities that stem beyond the

provincial LA scope of service. On that note, I bid allUCLA Circle Kers to meet their CNH counterparts and

discover new facets of service that you cant find inLA. Feeling right at home with UCLA Circle K only getsbetter as one goes on to find all there is to discover onthe district level and beyond!


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October 26th, 2014 marked the date of this years CNH Circle Ks Crazy Kompetition for Infants, or CKI

South for short, on a warm Sunday in Stanton, CA. And what a crazy kompetitionit was!CKI South and its counterpart CKI North are the BIGGEST fundraisers for the Pediatric Trauma Program,

or PTP, in the entire Cali-Nev-Ha District, calling for Circle K members from three states to come together andcompete for the title of the Crazy Kompetition for Infants Champion! At the event, teams work together in a

multitude of games and compete in a tournament against teams from other Circle K clubs to win it all, whileraising money for PTP at the same time!

As a first-year member and first-time attendee, CKI South was definitely new territory to me as UCLACircle K pulled in to the event. But, once I set foot and joined the over 500 other Circle K members, evenreuniting with old friends from Key Club, I felt right at home as my team, Team Testosterone, united together

beautifully and performed exceptionally well in all of the challenges in the first round, just as the other teamsfrom UCLA CKI did. Surprisingly, when the top 5 teams were announced for the semi-finals, UCLA had not justone team but TWO teams, Team Testosterone and Lucky 7s, moving on! After a Pitch Perfect-esque riff-off,

Team Testosterone made it through and entered the final round, a pro-bending match! Channeling our innerAvatars, Team Testosterone avenged an early loss and entered Sudden Death, where we unfortunately fell and

took second place. But, UCLA Circle K making it to the finals for three straight years is quite the achievement initself, and great work to my fellow club members for doing your best and bringing the heat!

Making it to the finals my first year attending CKI South was definitely memorable, and we all bonded somuch more throughout the event. As we cheered as one and celebrated our drive to the finals afterwards

with Korean BBQ, I felt how close we all are and how thankful I am to be part of the UCLA Circle K family.Considering how close we were this year, youd best believe were going to win it next year! Wed love to haveyou all there with us when CKI South comes again!

Nick Stringfellow, General Member

CKI SOUTH:

DISTRICT EVENTS

FUNDRAISING


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During the weekend of September 12-14, UCLA CKI volunteered at the annual NauticalMalibu Triathlon! It took place at Zuma Beach and it was a charity event benefiting the ChildrensHospital of LA, with celebrity participants such as Chase Crawford from Gossip Girl. Our volunteersdid a wide range of service, such as registering triathlon participants, unloading boxes, passingout T-shirts, and directing people to the proper tents. Periods of time where no part icipants were

around felt long and tedious; five minutes felt like five hours. But of course, during rush periodswe were on our toes ready to serve!

It was truly inspiring to see so many people participate in the event not only for its charity,but to see that so many people put unspeakable amounts of effort into training and preparing

for such an exciting activity. Participants who came to pick up their registration packets a dayearlier werent put off by the gusts of winds that came t he previous day! A feat indeed, it sparked

inspiration in our Administrative Vice President Sonya Apinyavat to hopefully complete at leastone of the legs in the near future.

For our clubs hard work, they paid $20 for each volunteer who attended; the money of

which will go towards our District Fundraising Initiatives such as the Eliminate Project. Bonus:the volunteer shirts we received were PRETTY amazingly soft. We had lots of fun volunteeringright on the beach and getting our tan on in the sunny beach weather with a chance of celebritysighting! You dont want to miss this event next year!

Article by Alice Wong, 14-15 Godparent

NAUTICA MALIBU TRIATHLONTLT FUNDRAISER

On Monday, October 13, we had an event in Dinner in WeTLT Fundraiser & Social. The fundraiser went as usual, wthose who presented a flyer at TLT Food with their orwould be donated to UCLA Circle K, benefiting The E

Project for maternal neonatal tetanus. Everyone, old mand new, met up at Bruin Bear at around 6:30 pm andparticipated in an ice breaker: HUGGIE BEAR! When thwould announce a number such as HUGGIE BEAR 3 or

BEAR 7,everybody had to be in a group with the sameof people stated; it allowed us to meet new people as wconstantly introducing ourselves. It was exciting seeing new people coming out and getting involved! We then

together in a group towards TLT, conversing with each othe way.

Whilst everyone was lining up to order their food, a femembers in Circle K saved seats for the rest of the grended up taking about 3/4 of the seats in the restauthe while while another group was celebrating a birthd

there), but that wasnt enough to fit the entire group, people sat outside, too. Basically, it was like a dinner sociaeveryone just ate and talked; however, every single memate at TLT that night made a contribution to The Eliminat

and saved many mothers and children. Article by Cynthia Pan, Gene

It was a dark and stormy night as little monsters roamedabout. Just kidding, they were just princesses and PowerRangers. And the weather was quite nice.

On Halloween night, a group at Circle K members met at

the Bruin bear, introduced themselves, and set off to trick-or-treat in groups.

However, this wasnt like your normal childhood trick-or-treating. Rather, we Circle Kers were trick-or-treating for UNICEFs Eliminate Project,which strives to eradicate maternal and neonatal tetanus. This deadly disease

affects mothers and children all over the world, preventing mothers from evenholding their newborns.The Circle K members went from door to door in the neighborhood surrounding

UCLA to trick-or-treat for monetary donations, which will be used to purchase

vaccines for preventing the disease. In addition to these donations, the residentsoffered us candy, which was difficult to resist. Also, some of these giant, dark,and eerie houses were vacant for the night and seemed like massive monstersshadowing over us. Eventually, we ended the event without eating too muchcandy and running away in fear.

During this temperate night, several residents of Westwood opened the doorexpecting to give treats to little monsters and princesses. Instead, they did so muchmore. They gave donations that will allow mothers to cradle their newborns in awarm, loving embrace.

Article by Calvin Ma, General Member

Fundraising

Swag. Money. The two main components of the FundraCommittee. All jokes aside, we want to welcome you to Fundraising Committee! To tell you a bit about our committee

raise funds for not only our club, but other charities as well! Sof our goals for the year include raising awareness for our tDistrict Fundraising Initiatives, the Eliminate Project, the KiwFamily House, and the Pediatric Trauma Program. We also supAlexandria House, a transitional home for single women and t

children. Our goal this year for Pillow Fight is to raise $5000.

fundraising goals this year is also to raise $5000 for our DFIs. You can take a look at our progress on our website at uclacki.org! Another goal thahave personally is to create a family-like committee for this year! We emphasize the importance of family because we believe that communicationlove is the best way of creating an effective committee!

To give everyone a recap of the summer, we had many different fundraisers! For our DFI, we had the Nautica Malibu Triathlon Volunteering evFor this event we raised $420! You know what this means? We saved a whole village from Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus! As for Admin, we had

Taping in which we raised $200+ for our club! Isnt that awesome? Raise money while relaxing over the summer! As for Welcome Month, we had mfundraisers including Bake Night, TLT Fundraiser, and Trick or Treat for DFIs! All these events were awesome and we raised over $300 total! Just in a sof three weeks! If yall missed our events, do not fear! You all after welcome to check our Fundraising Committee Meetings!

So how can you get involved in t his awesome committee?! A simple thing you can do is come to our committee meeting every Wednefrom 8-9 in Rieber study rooms 147 or 149. Another way you can involved is to come out to fundraising events! EVERY member is important so plsupport UCLA CKI and our three DFIs. If you have any questions, please contact Jong Choi or Jason Yang! Find our information on the club websit

Committee Updates!


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HUMANS V. ZOMBIES

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Nothing bonds people together more than running, gunand sword in hand, and watching your short 20ish years oflife flash before your eyes as the zombies close in on you

and the few remaining members of UCLAs Circle K

Ok, the gun may have been a nerf gun, the sword asock, and zombies other fellow Circle K members, but theadrenaline, running, and bonding were so real. Seriously, I

would have hit the gym more if I knew what I was in storefor.

Last Friday, October 28th, at Wilson Plaza, around 50people got together for easily one of my favorite Circle K

Socials, Humans Vs. Zombies! Call of Duty skills were putto the test as we played numerous games centered aroundthese disgusting creatures from the dead. We played literalHumans Vs Zombies, where we ran and shot until we could

not run and shoot anymore. We were given a scavenger-hunt like mission to get through UCLAs suddenly zombie-infested campus (from midterms, perhaps?) while carryingout tasks and protecting the princess. And finally, weattempted to capture the flag, all the while with nerf gun

still poised at the ready.

This event really does create a bonding experience, as wewere forced to trust people we met nearly 10 minutes ago

to help get us from point A to point B on campus withoutbeing mauled by suddenly ferocious friends-turned-zombies (or watching that trust disappear as they TURN ONYOU after becoming a zombie). Or, with roles reversed, wechased humans together and after got to know each other

better while feasting on their brains (ok, it was Rende butplay along).

We ran, fought, chased, protected, strategized, dodgedtiny foam bullets, laughed, cried, and laughed again as

we thought about the weird circumstances in which thesenew friendships had been formed.

So who won? The Humans or the Zombies? Come to thenext one and find out yourself! See you there.

Shout out to the co-chairs Samantha Chen and BrandonChao for putting on such an organized and fun event! Andshout-out to my new friends, Ill be running to you during

the apocalypse.

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On October 20th, brave adventures from UCLA CKI

gathered around the bruin bear to participate in a tourneythat gave them the opportunity to exemplify their heroicstrength and achieve their claim to glory and valor. Theparticipants in their own right lacked any foresight intothe events of the night but regardless carried on a cool

air of composure and excitement towards the physicalendeavors they would endure. With the notion of sports,the innate instinct of competition arises and to qualm

the tension in the air, our heroine Samantha Chen useda peculiar ice breaker to ease the anxious ferocity and

excitement of our athletes for the moment. The calmbefore the storm featured a game of unity, an exercisewhere individuals would simply state a small fact aboutthem and find commonality among the group. Upon

finding their pair, they would link arms in comraderyand continue to create a large linked circle of friendship.Reminiscent to numerous CKI events, a sense of friendshipand familiarity in the group was forged and the fellowshipamong our brave competitors made the proceeding

events heightened with expectation.

Despite the valiant loss at our attempts to reserve the

Intermural field, our heroine Samantha Chen used herquick wits to relocate and salvage the situation. The scenewas Dickson plaza. The dim lighting correlated with theslick and moist field of Dickson Plaza created the perfectenvironment for a chaotic game filled with anxiety and

fear, parasite tag. The premise is simple, tag one victimand they become part of the parasitical group preyingupon the helpless runners spread across the field. Last one

standing lives. Despite its apparent simplicity, the gamefor the living became a precarious chore that weaved

distrust and dread within those yet to be tagged. Somefled in futility only to be absorbed by the monstrositieswhile others used sly tactics such as climbing trees toavoid detection (they were caught anyway like fools). With

the perfect opener for the sports night, our competitorswere left winded but intently awaiting the next activityfor the night.

The next activity presented was inevitable as withsports joins valor. Ultimate Frisbee was our affair as it is

a sport that gives competitors the potential to achieve

exaltation and gallantry with each goal and impressive

display of team work and skill. This hybrid of footballand basketball employed participants to effortlesslypass a Frisbee from teammate to teammate without theluxury of running. Defenders simply had to intercept orblock the pass to receive their chance at a brutal offense.

First team that gets the Frisbee into the opposing goalachieves a point to add to their eventual bragging rights.Split into four separate teams, our champions screamed

and squealed with competitive pleasure as each play thatgave everyone opportunity to exemplify their skill and to

exercise teamwork. Without the help of the team, victorycould not be achieved and thus our athletes utilized theirunity to create their own victories. From battle cries tounfortunate heroic falls, our event was nevertheless filled

with cries of joy and abundance of laughter from momentto moment. It was an enjoyable affair as the sense ofharmony and fellowship become a prominent factor thatlead a dark eerie night into an illuminating experienceteeming with adventure and fun.

Article by Nathan Bautista (General Member)

The eerie shadows and peculiar voices of Circle K gathered onBruin Walk for the Board Games with Board event on October 21,and as always we began with an ice breakermaybe thats why it

was a bit chillybecause iceno? Ok.Its always exciting and exhilarating to bond with yall friendly

persons at events like Board Games with Board. Equally exciting wasour game of ghetto wannabe Jenga (Tumbling Towers?), and evenmore exhilarating was our game of Juno (Jenga and Uno cleverly

blended together). I became closer to people in Twister (in moreways than one), and learned that Circle K members in a game of

Egyptian War are more frightening than anydark October night.Article by Mina Phengdara

(General Member)

Board Games with Board

SPORTS NIGHT!

With the sand under our feet and the waves crashing on the

shore, returning members and new potential members spent anevening together munching on snacks, running into the pacific, anddiscovering the fellowship that Circle K has to offer. As a part of themany Welcome Month activities, the bonfire was a great way for

everyone to take a break from school and learn more about Circle

K. After the sunset, we played Dragon Chain Game, Rock-Paper-Scissors Chain, and Captains Calling, where everyone got a littletoo intimate, but the laughs were worth the awkwardness! Soon,everyone was huddled by the fire toasting their marshmallows and

crafting their own masterpiece of a smore!As a 1st year joining CKI, I honestly had an amazing time getting

to know the members. Some how, I already feel like Im a part of afamily and that is something UCLAs CKI is great at doing. You canexpect me to see me at more events! Will I see you there?

Article by Andy Wong (General Member)

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This past weekend, 23 members of UCheaded north to Old Oak Ranch in Son

Training Conference. From November 7-

the Metro Division and the rest of theDistrict to learn the importance of serviceand fellowship, and explore different othat Circle K has to offer.The trip began with us trying to squee

luggage, boxes of apparel, and ourselvecar; although it was a tight fit, the overaenjoyable, with each car listening to a cosongs from board and trying to guess who

which song. The ranch was located at thea mountain and the trip was full of windineven a deer sighting!

Each of us had been put into a differenmembers from other schools (I was a Lion

the next day, we played Big Top Brawl gamafter each meal. It was really great to meetK members and bond with them while cthree-legged races and running aroundscavenger hunt.

The majority of the day was spenworkshops, which ranged from Event College Essentials.I learned so much abhow to be a great Circle K member, but a

succeed outside of the organization. Bgeneral session, UCLA met in front of theand headed inside together where we amazing Bruin pride as a school and witthe Metro Division. That night, all new m

FTC first-timers attended a special dinneofficially inducted into Circle K! Everyone tover to the amphitheater to watch schoin the skit contest and other talent acAfterwards, there were a lot of different

choose from and I had a great time dancinof our club, taking pictures at the photocatching up with old friends.

By the last day, our voices had nearly d

but we werent finished cheering yet! Our ctook home the award for best Club Videoto Juliana Deer and her committee!) anwas played in front of the entire districtgathered our belongings from our cabins

last pictures, said our goodbyes, and beback to UCLA.

Fall Training Conference was an amemorable weekend that Im so gratefopportunity to experience. I learned so

things, met so many inspiring people, anlike a true member of Circle K. Thank you FTC committee for its hard work and espmembers from our own school, Josef Mad

Pham, and Derek Foster! Lily Lequang, Gen

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