Circle K at Elmira College


Circle K at Elmira College:
  • Circle K is one of the largest clubs on campus, we have over 50 members
  • We are sponsored by Elmira Kiwanis
  • We go to New York Speaking and District Conventions in the Fall and Winter
    • To learn more about these activities feel free to visit the New York Site for CKI
  • Some of the leadership opportunities that you can find within the club include:
        1. President
        2. Vice President
        3. Secretary 
        4. Treasurer 
        5. Senator
        6. Historian 
        7. Public Relations
        8. Committee Chair
        9. Chair for an Organization: this includes my Bethany Village Chair. Bethany village is an Nursing Home near the college that allows the Club to come in and do some different projects with the residents such as decorating Christmas trees for them.
  • One of our largest and most fun projects that we do is our Circle K olympics. Every year we have teams sign up to play silly made up games for a 25 dollar fee in order to give the money we raise to a charity or organization that the club votes on. In 2009 we gave to Camp Kiwanis and in 2010 we gave to a Girl's home in Africa. 
    • Here are a few photos of last years Olympics:
    A few team members trying to figure out the "Tent Game"


     A contestant excited about the "Scavenger Hunt Game"



    More team members working on that "Tent Game" to win first place



    Finishing up with that "Tent Game", all 5 team members in the tent



    Our second place team for that day



    A team member having fun with a game

      • Here are some photos from this year:


    A distant picture of our "Shaving Cream Fishing Game"



    The person in charge of the "Clothes Pin Your Team Game", before it started



    Blowing up balloons for the "Pop to Make a Sentence Game"



    Close up of "Shaving Cream Fishing Game" 



    The pool for the "Shaving Cream Fishing Game"



    WECW our College radio station came to support us during the event



    Our "Thank you" to the sponsors poster



    A photo of our Circle K Olympics poster at the opening of where the event happened 



    A team member fishing in the shaving cream


    A team thinking about how to clothes pin themselves together 


    Running to collect paper cranes for the "Clothes pinned Cranes Game"



    Another team attempting the "Clothes Pin Your Team Game"


    Team members look for change in our fountain on campus


    Our District Governor, Rickie Santer, fishing in the shaving cream


    Running around the hula hoops for "Musical Hula Hoops Game"


     Trying to fit the entire team in one hula hoop

    • Circle K is not only for community service, but a place where you can make friends, get connections with people in the Elmira community, and just have a good time. 
    • For 2010-2011 year the officers are as follows
      • President: Danielle Garrison
      • Vice President: Rachel Amsterdam
      • Secretary: Nicole Raymond
      • Treasurer: Lisa Winters
      • Senator: Lucrecia Mena
      • Historian: TBD
      • Public Relations: Angela Cortese
      • Some Examples of Chairs are as follows:
        • Community Kitchen: Lucrecia Mena
        • Fundraising Chair: Lauren Wellman
        • K-Family Chair: Brittany Stevens and Lauren Wellman
        •  Reins of Hope: Taylor Hrovat
        • Make a Child Smile: Allison Eldridge 
        • Safe House: Rachel Amsterdam and Cassie Groth