Sac State:
Shriners Hospital - Tye-dye Shirts
Every month we visit Shriners Hospital, a hospital for children who are burn victims. We do a fun craft with them or play games. This month we made tye-dye shirts. We used packets of tye-dye mixed with water and salt, and put them in spray bottles. The shirts were soaked in water. Then the kids took a shirt and rubber bands to tie it in different ways to make designs after the tye-dye was finished. Then the most fun part began- putting on the colors! Red, blue, pink, and black! Spraying on the tye-dye was really exciting for the kids. Most of them never did it before. The best part for us was seeing the children happy and doing something fun.

UC Davis:
On Saturday, April 18th, UC Davis hosted their annual Picnic Day to celebrate their 100 years of Aggie legacy. As part of the campus organization, our club got an opportunity to sold root beer floats and cheesecake during the carnival. The past e-board worked very hard to plan this event month ahead and because of the early planning, we were able to make a total of $415 this year. During the event, Sierra College came to visit our booth and we also had couple Kiwanians from our division come support our booths. Root beer float was a great sale because the day reached 90 degree so many people were buying our cold drink. Not only did we get the chance to sell food during the event, we also helped the Picnic Day coordinators help them clean up at the actual event. Because we had at least 10 members who were willing to work for at least 2 hours, we made additional money from that too. Even though we had quite a bit of left over, we were able to use that food for our banquet. Overall, it was a great success and I hope that we can improve from our pros and cons we learned from our experience.

UNR:
Even though there was rain, wind and snow UNR Circle K dedicated 12 hours walking around Mackay stadium to help fight cancer! At this event there was a competition called Mr. Relay and our very own John West took home 1st place, by going around campus raising money for the American Cancer Society dressed in a kimono. Not only that, but our club won top fundraising team and doubled our goal of $1,500 to over $3,000. We had so much fun and can't wait until next years event!

UCR:
Traveling to Las Vegas was a great time to not only connect with members inside the club but to connect with UNLV and CSN's members. Kiwanis One Day in Las Vegas was great because we got to clean really dirty windows and screens for the elderly. We also painted rooms that needed touch-ups and we also planted flowers in there empty garden. What was really touching was that the elderly people really appreciated all the volunteers being there because they constantly thanked us and they also let us know that they had not been cleaned in four years. We also got to meet various Kiwanians in Las Vegas and the local Key Club attended as well. It was a day full of service and a great day to connect with other clubs.

UNLV:
We believe that Kiwanis One Day was the best service project of the month. We got to work together with the rest of the Kiwanis Family. The experience was great. Seeing the smiling faces of the people we helped really inspired us to do more for the community. This service project has also got us inspired to do more service projects related to what we did at Kiwanis One Day.

PCC:
On the 11th of April, 2009, PCC Circle K had a card and bracelet making event at our Service Vice President, Randall Harpar's house. It was a bit different from our pillow case making event last month because we were able to express our creativity in this event! Maverick T., our past social chair donated his beads for us to make bead bracelets to attach to our handmade cards. Each card had a matching bracelet attached to it. We are donating these cards+bracelets to the children's hospital in Duarte. An example of a card we made was a sun shaped card that said "you .." (In the front) and when you opened it up it said "brighten up my day!" The members really enjoyed this event because we got to express ourselves through how we decorated the cards while we bonded and got to know one another more!

UC Berkeley:
Camp Cazadero: This fun, meaningful event united the Berkeley Kiwanis and the Circle K'ers. We renovated a Music and Arts Camp by rebuilding the amphitheater, setting up the tents and picking up twigs. At night, we spent some nice bonding time with our Kiwanians as we played card games and board games. This event is basically a hybrid of many things: spending some quality time with our Kiwanians and also, doing some service along the way. One of the best events EVER!

Saddleback:
Our best service project of the month would have had to been our Kiwanis Family breakfst, though we had low attendance, it was a lot of tun to get to know our Kiwanians a little bit more. What we hope for now is to improve Kiwanis Family relations by attending each of their projects and start attending as many meetings as possible of theirs.

UCI:
The American Cancer SocietyŐs annual Relay for Life was held in Irvine on May 2-3. Circle Kers came out at all different hours of the day and walked the track, lap after lap, as a representation of the fact that cancer never stops ravaging lives. Our team had to have at least 1 member on the track at all times to ensure that it really was a relay. UCIŐs Colleges Against Cancer club, did a great job planning various performances, scheduling themed laps such as the dancing lap, backwards lap and piggyback lap, and organizing activities such as a limbo contest, watermelon eating contest, and movie night. The most important part of the Relay, however, was the Luminaria ceremony. Many candle-filled paper bags lined the track, lighting the path for walkers at night. Everyone at the Relay took a moment to gather and remember those that had passed on from cancer. Each relayer was given a glowstick, and all were told to stand up according to who they had known to have cancer, or if they were a survivor themselves. After that we all walked a Ňmemory lapÓ as a slideshow of cancer victims played before us. It was a good reminder that this isnŐt just an outdoor sleepover, itŐs an important event to remind of the ills cancer creates and the power we have to find a cure if we keep trying.
By the end of the 24-hour period, we were tired and dirty, but we were inspired by seeing so many college students band together to fundraise for cancer. Each club or organizationŐs booth was decorated with facts about a particular type of cancer, and many clubs sold food or games in order to add even more money to the cause. Because of all our efforts, UCIŐs Relay For Life was able to raise over $10,000 towards cancer research, which will go towards breaking cancerŐs path and the medical nightmare it creates. UCI Circle K is proud to have participated in this yearŐs Relay, and if you didnŐt get to go this year, come out next year for a lot of fun and one of the greatest causes to fight for.

CSULB:
Our best service project this month was Kaleidoscope, bringing home 60+ hours. Kaleidoscope is a fun time for us because we get to interact with the entire CSULB campus and have a great time helping kids make Krazy hats! This was also a great event to recruit a few new members into our club.

UCLA:
Circle K participated in Habitat for Humanity's Act! Speak! Build! Week by building our very own shanty for their Shantytown! The goal of the event was to raise awareness of the homeless situation and to educate the public about how homeless individuals survive. In the morning, we had one and a half hours to build a shanty out of items found on the streets, and members took turns staying in the shanty throughout the day. Shanties were judged and prizes will be given to each group that has the best building, most creativity, and the coziest shelter. We won first place!

SDSU:
Our service project for the month of April was helping out our Kiwanis club at their annual Easter Egg Hunt. This year Kiwanis hid nearly hundreds of Easter eggs at the Recreation center park, had a special guest appearance and tons of prizes aimed at specific age ranges. Jon Saunders, our 2008-2009 President, was the Easter Bunny, he posed for photos, greeted the children and parents and even strolled around the park as the children cleaned up the eggs. The project was a good way to interact with the community and a great start to Easter!

UCSD:
Easter Egg Hunt: the annual Easter Egg Hunt event held in the Encinitas community for kids ranging from infants to nine years old. We helped distribute eggs (20,000 of them!), facilitate hunting, and supervise/play with the kids in the inflatable jump houses!