Service is the foundation of our organization. From donating countless hours at local soup kitchen to raising money and awareness for life-threatening diseases, our members strive to serve their communities and ultimately better themselves. We believe that one can make a difference, and it starts with us.
District Service Initiatives
Helping Others, Motivating Everyone (HOME)
As of April 7, 2013, the Georgia District has adopted Helping Others, Motivating Everyone (HOME) as a service initiative. Clubs within our district already strive so hard to make a difference by volunteerig at their local soup kitchen or at a homeless shelter. This initiative was created to facilitate the clubs that volunteer at these places. With this initiative clubs can:
- Go and volunteer at their local soup kitchen or homeless shelter
- Raise money for either place to give to them for them to do with however they want
- Just make a donation of things that they need at a certain time (i.e. making sandwiches)
Georgia Sheriff Youth Homes (GSYH)
The Georgia CKI Board has adopted Georgia Sheriff Youth Homes as an official district project as of April 22, 2012. Since GSYH first opened in Hahira, Georgia, in 1960, then there have been four more homes opened across the whole state of Georgia. These homes are for girls and boys that have been abandoned and abused, but these kids are not bad kids, they just come from bad families. They live regular lives while they are at the homes, and they stay at the homes for as long as they need to or until they turn 18. You and your Circle K club can aid GSYH and the Georgia District of Circle K by collecting school supplies and other necessities, raising and donating money, or volunteering your time at one of the homes. GSYH also falls in conjunction with Project HEALTHY. Visit Georgia Sheriff Youth Homes Website.
Health and Exercise Always Leads to Happier Youth (HEALTHY)
In 2001, the Georgia District Board of CKI developed a new District Service Focus project called Health and Exercise Always Lead to Happier Youth (HEALTHY). This program focuses on teaching children to eat healthier and lead more active lifestyles.
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International Service Partners & Preferred Charities
Preferred Charities
Every day 1 in 8 babies born in the U.S. arrive too soon. Circle K members help by raising funds annually for March of Dimes programs to help prevent prematurity. The March of Dimes currently focuses on raising awareness of prematurity and reducing the rate of premature births. CKI members collect money to support the March of Dimes and participate in the annual March for Babies, which usually happens in late April.
UNICEF works in more than 190 countries and territories to improve the lives of children—helping children meet their basic needs and expanding their opportunities to reach their full potential. Across the globe, wherever vulnerable children are struggling to survive, UNICEF is there with medicine, vaccines, clean water, nutrition and educational opportunities.
The Kiwanis family, in partnership with UNICEF, is working to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus from the face of the Earth. How? By raising US$110 million by 2015. Find out how you and your club can help save or protect millions of women and babies. Learn how to take part in fundraising and advocacy efforts. Keep up with the elimination of MNT and get inspiration from others. Go to www.TheEliminateProject.org.
The Kiwanis family, in partnership with UNICEF, is working to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus from the face of the Earth. How? By raising US$110 million by 2015. Find out how you and your club can help save or protect millions of women and babies. Learn how to take part in fundraising and advocacy efforts. Keep up with the elimination of MNT and get inspiration from others. Go to www.TheEliminateProject.org.
Service Partners
STUDENTS TEAM UP TO FIGHT HUNGER (STUFH)
WHAT IS STUFH?
WHAT IS STUFH?
- It is a U.S. National non-profit organization.
- Their purpose is to put food in the mouths of those who need it most.
- Their mission is to increase the gathering of food at college campuses throughout the country, which will link the hearts and souls of college students with their less fortunate hungry neighbors.
- Benefits: Helps build a sense of camaraderie and community.
- Encourage your club, school, K-Family, and friends to skip one meal. Give the money that would be spent on that meal to your local Community Area Food Bank.
- Get K-Family, or student organizations to CANtribute and CANstruct a masterpiece out of cans. All you need are cans, and imagination. Allow two weeks to a month for participating groups to collect cans, and have the groups meet one day to build their individual CANstructions. You can even make it a CANpetition!
- Grow your own green and donate it to your local soup kitchens!
BETTER WORLD BOOKS
WHO IS BETTER WORLD BOOKS?
Better World Books is an online reseller of used books. Every time you purchase a book from BetterWorldBooks.com, a book is donated to someone in need. Operating as a social enterprise, Better World Books rewards nonprofit partners for books collected through books drives.
HOW CAN MY CLUB WORK WITH BETTER WORLD BOOKS? Visit the Better World Books Book Drive Resource Center to SIGN UPand learn how to run a super-successful book drive on your campus!
The Book Drive Resource Center is a NEW tool dedicated to helping your club have a smooth book drive. You will find email and social media templates, step-by-step schedules to work from, tips to maximize the benefits of collecting books on campus, acceptance guidelines, and promotional materials for your campus.
Organize the drive: Get volunteers and set goals for your drive.
Promote the drive: Get the word out via Facebook, posters, text messaging, smoke signals—whatever will work on your campus!
Sort the books: Empty your bins when they’re full and sort the books.
Box and ship: Schedule your free shipment of books through RUFIS.
HOW MUCH MONEY CAN MY CLUB EXPECT TO EARN FROM BOOK DRIVES? Monies earned vary with the quantity and quality of books collected and accepted into the BWB inventory.
HOW WILL MY CLUB RECEIVE INFORMATION FROM BETTER WORLD BOOKS?Once you SIGN UP to run a book drive via the Book Drive Resource Center you will contacted by your dedicated Better World Books Account Executive.
WILL THE ELIMINATE PROJECT STILL BE ONE OF THE CHARITIES WE CAN DONATE OUR BOOK DRIVE MONEY TO? Yes. Please designate The Eliminate Project as your club’s charity of choice when you register your book drive.
and make a difference in the world.
My club is interested in launching a book drive. Whom should I call to get information about how to host one?
Your club can register to host a book drive via the Better World Books Book Drive Resource Center.
You also can contact Heidi Brooks, the Better World Books Ambassador on the CKI Service Committee via e-mail at or via phone at (806) 930-9294 about specific CKI questions in regards to Better World Books.
WHO IS BETTER WORLD BOOKS?
Better World Books is an online reseller of used books. Every time you purchase a book from BetterWorldBooks.com, a book is donated to someone in need. Operating as a social enterprise, Better World Books rewards nonprofit partners for books collected through books drives.
HOW CAN MY CLUB WORK WITH BETTER WORLD BOOKS? Visit the Better World Books Book Drive Resource Center to SIGN UPand learn how to run a super-successful book drive on your campus!
The Book Drive Resource Center is a NEW tool dedicated to helping your club have a smooth book drive. You will find email and social media templates, step-by-step schedules to work from, tips to maximize the benefits of collecting books on campus, acceptance guidelines, and promotional materials for your campus.
Organize the drive: Get volunteers and set goals for your drive.
Promote the drive: Get the word out via Facebook, posters, text messaging, smoke signals—whatever will work on your campus!
Sort the books: Empty your bins when they’re full and sort the books.
Box and ship: Schedule your free shipment of books through RUFIS.
HOW MUCH MONEY CAN MY CLUB EXPECT TO EARN FROM BOOK DRIVES? Monies earned vary with the quantity and quality of books collected and accepted into the BWB inventory.
HOW WILL MY CLUB RECEIVE INFORMATION FROM BETTER WORLD BOOKS?Once you SIGN UP to run a book drive via the Book Drive Resource Center you will contacted by your dedicated Better World Books Account Executive.
WILL THE ELIMINATE PROJECT STILL BE ONE OF THE CHARITIES WE CAN DONATE OUR BOOK DRIVE MONEY TO? Yes. Please designate The Eliminate Project as your club’s charity of choice when you register your book drive.
and make a difference in the world.
My club is interested in launching a book drive. Whom should I call to get information about how to host one?
Your club can register to host a book drive via the Better World Books Book Drive Resource Center.
You also can contact Heidi Brooks, the Better World Books Ambassador on the CKI Service Committee via e-mail at or via phone at (806) 930-9294 about specific CKI questions in regards to Better World Books.
Vision Partners
The U.S. Army is a 2013 Vision Partner of Kiwanis International.
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Landscape Structures Inc., a 2013 Kiwanis Vision Partner, has been creating innovative playground equipment since 1971.
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Vision Partner Nickelodeon inspires kids to take action and make a difference in the world.
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