CSULB Circle K December Newsletter

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DEC 11, VOLUME II, ISSUE

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Circle K Pledge

I pledge to uphold the Objects ofCircle K International,

To foster compassion and goodwilltoward others through service and

leadership,

To develop my abilities and the abili-ties of all people,

And to dedicate myself to the realiza-tion of mankinds potential!

We Say

Long Beach! What do we say?We say, we say, we say

We Long Beach Circle K(x3) (clapping then clapping and stomp-

ing)

Cheer Section


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Table of Contents

Presidents Update

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Past Events

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Executive Board

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Appointed Board

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Calendar of Events

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Club Updates

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Greetings CSULB Circle K! I hope you are all having a wonderful winter breakfree from the tortures of school! Ohyou enjoy school? I am indeed sorry for you.

Anyway! I cant believe weve made it through one semester of Circle K already! Itseemed like just yesterday I saw all the new faces at the first meeting, weve comea long way since the first meeting. Things have changed, however something thathasnt changed is how proud I am of every single one of you all, board member orgeneral member, heck- even if youre reading this as a prospective member to ourclub, thats fine by me! But you all are the reason that Circle K as Cal State LongBeach is what it is today, why it is so amazing, and why I am so proud of you all.

Your hard work not only for the communities that we service but also the workthat you all have put into the club, it is indeed amazing. Keep it up 49ers!So youre probably wondering what comes next after winter break in terms ofCircle K. Its simple, we have week of welcome the second week we return toschool, filled with another week of awesomeness and a general meeting. Then inFebruary, elections will come up, so if youre interested in running for an execu-tive board position, then go for it! After elections comes DCON [District Conven-tion] one of the biggest events of the year, and essentially the end of the 2011-2012 boards term. More information will be announced as the date nears!I, honestly cant wait to see all your faces once the school year begins again, I justhope you feel the same to me! Well, its about time for me to go, since Im run-ning out of space to write, but this current sentence is a filler!

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and have a wonderful Winter Break!Signed,Sean Dylan Nguyen

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Serving Food With ArcBy Renee Eguia

It was the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and the Downey Los Amigos KiwanisClub invited us to collaborate with them and the Arc organization to serve food tothose who are mentally and intellectually disabled. We had to serve over a hun-dred or so people and each member helped by setting up the tablecloth and thecenterpiece. I must say, I had a lot of fun making it rain and by it, I am referringto the leaves that were a part of the centerpiece decoration. We also helped ar-range the paper mats, utensils and napkins for each table. [Teamwork for thewin!] In addition, we helped serve salad, the main course, pumpkin pie as their

dessert and drinks to each person who is a part of the Arc organization. Many ofthem were thankful for the food they received despite having to wait awhile to getthe food.

The coordinator of Arc organization was also appreciative of our club for attendingand even wanted to share with us at the Arc organization is. He showed us aninformative video of the Arc organization and the organization thrives on creatingthe lives of the mentally and intellectually disabled as normal as they can be.Some noteworthy events include sporting events such as the Lakers Parade,Thanksgiving Dinner, a Christmas Party, celebrating the New Year, learning howto take public transportation and teaching them how to be prepared for the work-force. We were then awarded with the food we helped serve and boy was it deli-cious! (:


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Meals On WheelsBy Renee Eguia

On a early Friday morning, more than 10 Circle Kers woke up to help packfood in brown lunch bags for about 400 residents of the Long Beach and Sig-nal Hill area. Members were assigned various tasks on a type of assemblyline such as packing the sandwiches, packing a roll of bread, placing condi-ments and folding the bags. Unfortunately, I was at the end of the assemblyline and because I was given two tasks that took more time than other tasks,Michael and I had to work diligently and fast yet efficient to create some nicelooking bags! Luckily other members and people helped save the day bymaking our tasks easier with more helping hands!

Afterwards, we took a short break and were then assigned to pack the hotfoods. Once again we were in a type of assembly line and one of the coordi-nators from Meals on Wheels wanted to know more about our club. Once weshared a bit of information, she wanted to know what else we do. When sheheard that we have some cheers, she was more than thrilled to hear what weknew. We shared the Oh Yeah Cheer, the Oh No Cheer, and many others.

Overall, its great to know that there are organizations that help out the lessfortunate and we even have members from our club who were willing to sac-rifice sleep and do some service for the community! (:


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A Day in Irvine SocialBy Jennie Nguyen

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It was a glorious Tuesday morning. No classes for the daysleeping in. Not only that but a few of us Circle Kers wereplanning on going to the Irvine Spectrum for that day just tohang out. It all began with us meeting up by the dorms andcarpooling to Irvine. For me, it was my first time ever beingthere and needless to say, this mall was HUGE. It was beau-tiful. A few of us girls split up from the boys and started toshop. We eventually metup with them again and went intothe Apple Store to play with all the cool electronics and take

loads of funny pictures. Hunger caught up with us prettysoon so we went to go grub on some Veggie Grill and PandaExpress. Because Im a vegetarian, I was more than happyto try new veggie food, which was totally delicious by theway. After dinner, we all headed over to Urban Outfitters to

just look at all the weird stuff they sold in there and readsome funny books. It was definitely a fun time. The nightgradually came to a smooth ending and everyone began tohead home. Lots of laughs, good food, and good company.What more can you ask for in a day? :)

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Clothe the ChildrenBy Kaci Nashimura

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Early as it was, we had almost 20 Circle K mem-bers meet up in the icy cold at 6am to help withproject Clothe the Children at the Walmart onBeach and Talbert. There the less fortunate fami-lies in the community could bring their children toget clothes and toys for the holiday. Walmart sup-

plied each child with a $100 gift card, tax free tomake their holidays a little brighter. We all had agreat time helping them pick out clothes and buy-ing them toys to help more people enjoy the holi-day. So with a free meal, new clothes and toysand a picture with Santa, the kids of all ages hada great time.

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Friends of AnimalsBy Jennifer Kheang

It was a lovely Saturday afternoon and El Dorado parkwas fundraising to help find homeless animals homesand raise money for a dog park. CSULB Circle Khelped set up the booths which were giving away andselling an assortment of dog treats, food, and accesso-ries. We then helped give away free gift bags to the vis-itors. There were many dogs and many were dressed in

festive dog clothing! It was very cute. Many dogs eventook pictures with Santa for Christmas photos. Therewere a few food trucks serving food for the visitors, in-cluding the infamous Grilled Cheese Truck. It was ab-solutely delicious! We helped tear down the tents andput stuff away after the event ended. A very friendly la-dy selling walking animal balloons kindly made us all aballoon to take home. It was a great ending to an al-

ready wonderful day.

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Winter WonderlandBy Kaci Nashimura

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Its the ho-ho-holidays and everyone was havingfun with Johnny Dao/Santa and the enormous 10foot tall backdrop gorgeously decorated by someof our amazing members and artists. Gatheringdonations for PTP, handing out candy and fliersadvertising Circle K and having fun with Santa by

the SRWCs skating rink made it overall a veryfun and profitable day for everyone! It may havetaken a long time to put up the backdrop and getset up, but in the end it was all worthwhile. Beingone of only about 3 groups tabling at the event,we got a lot of peoples attention and hopefullymany new members.

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Breakfast with SantaBy Renee Eguia

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On an early Wednesday morning, five of us Circle Kers decidedto partake in eating a delicious and scrumptious buffet style

breakfast with our Downey Los Amigos Kiwanians, childrenfrom elementary schools in the Downey area and their teachers.One Kiwanian shared with me that many of the children who

were present may only receive this one gift from Santa andtherefore many would like to wait until Christmas to open thegifts. I later learned that the elementary students who chosen

based on the familys annual income and hence realized manyof the students come from impoverished families. The children

were filled with excitement and surprise once Santa entered themeeting room and sat in his designated chair. Each student re-ceived a gift and if the student was a male, he received a glow inthe dark car set and track set and if the student was a female,she received a large doll. All in all, the event was a great oppor-tunity to see the happiness a child receives when his/her Christ-mas is a little brighter due to the help of Santa and the Kiwani-ans.


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Fun Time DanceBy Renee Eguia

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Numerous Circle Kers spent their Friday evening, setting upthe decorations for the dance, providing delicious cookies, do-nuts and drinks for the guests, and cleaning up once the danceended. However, the most important aspect of the event werethe guests. The guests are individuals who are intellectually dis-abled and therefore we had to chaperone and keep an eye outfor anything that may seem out of the norm. Some of the guestsasked us to dance with them, which really made their night.Some Circle Kers formed relationships with the guests that

would only last either several minutes or several hours, butsome guests would quickly find another person he/she was in-terested in. Personally, I wasnt sure if we were allowed to ap-proach the guests and ask to dance with them, but I decided todo it anyways with the confidence booster and help from a fel-low Circle Ker. The gentlemen I danced with were filled with

joy and genuine happiness to know that they would not dancealone and it was probably one of the most heartfelt moments Ihave ever experienced.


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Caroling for CansBy Brenda Soriano

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The wind was chilly as we made our way to the beautifulstreets full of Christmas decorations. As we gathered infront of the first house to meet and greet the membersof CKI ECC and CKI CSUDH, we started to practice ourChristmas songs. We walked around the decoratedneighborhood with our holiday cheer brightening upthe neighborhood with our slightly off key voices. The

plan was to go around collecting cans and donationsthroughout the neighborhood, but we did not seem tohave a set plan for our good intentions. Thus we con-cluded the night with our best song, Feliz Navidad; withthe feeling that we had made a someones night.


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Executive Board

Sean Nguyen-President

Kristel Eclarino-Vice President of Administration

Michelle Huynh-TreasurerJoe Reguindin-Secretary

Alex Nauta-Vice President of Service

And Education Chair

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Appointed Board

John Nguyen-Spirit ChairJennie Nguyen-Public Relations Co-chair

Jasmine Chavez-Fundraising Co

-chair

Renee Eguia-MRP & KFAM Chair

Kaci Nashimura-Web TechKevin Paul Edwards-Service Co-chair

Andrew Wang-Public Relations Co-chair

Enam Duong-Scrapbook Co-chair

Jennifer Kheang-Bulletin Editor

Lorraine Ito-Scrapbook Co

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Johnny Dao-Service Co-chair

Tierney Kelly-Social Co-chairCaroline Sanchez-Fundraising Co-chair

David Ly-Historian

Jesse Tran-Bulletin Editor

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Stewards

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UCLA

Pillow

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Wetland

Cleanup

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January 2012

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Updates

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