* * * * * * * * * # # * * # # * * # # * * # # * * # # * * # # * * ### * CIRCLE K * ### * * # # * Thursday, February 23rd, 2006 * # # * * # # * * Meeting Minutes * * # # * * # # * * # # * * * * * * * * * I. CALL TO ORDER, President Nick Hoffman, 7:10 pm II. WELCOME Welcome to everyone, especially our guests Don Kossick and Bill Tasch from Ann Arbor Downtown Kiwanis, former U-M Circle K member Pam Handley, Rachel Lauderdale and Allison Grzadzinski from Invisible Children, and Kevin Armstrong from New Life Church. III. NEW MEMBER DRAWING Members who recruited a friend to join our club and new members who were recruited by a friend were entered into a drawing. Matthew Boshoven and his friend (and new member) Chris Valle each won a $5 gift certificate to Buffalo Wild Wings. Chris is anticipating their "totally cute date". IV. HAPPY CENTS Happy Cents is a segment of the meeting when anyone can deposit change into our special "Jaria Jar" and have the opportunity to share something that makes them happy. This week Stefanie Theis led us in singing "Happy Birthday" to Kelly Cobb, who is now 22 years old. Stefanie is also looking forward to seeing her mom over Spring Break for the first time in 2 years; Nick Hoffman got an e-mail from former U-M Circle K member Justine Silver who now works at Border's that he had been called back for second-round interviews for a summer internship; Kristin Doyle had a very busy week and is relieved that Spring Break is finally here; and Amanda Yu was happy to be drinking her favorite smoothie flavor (Pineapple Passion, which is no longer on the menu) because she remembered all of the ingredients. V. PROJECTS IN REVIEW Nick Hoffman told us about the Pop-Up A Cappella Concert last weekend, which raised $1358 for the Saint Louis Center, a residential community for people with developmental disabilities. Amanda Yu attended the Valentine's Day party at Mott Children's Hospital, where she identified one adorable youngster among many who would be our "Circle K baby" if we had one. Alisha Opperman talked about the Spaghetti Dinner sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of South Lyon to benefit Active Faith Community Services, which works to improve the quality of life for low-income households in the area. She enjoyed making the trip to her hometown and hanging out with the South Lyon Kiwanians! VI. INVISIBLE CHILDREN We watched the trailer for the documentary "Invisible Children", made by three young Americans who went to Uganda in 2003 and discovered a tragedy that disgusted and inspired them. Rachel Lauderdale told us that the full-length film will be shown on campus on March 7th and 8th in Hale Auditorium in the Business School as part of its national tour. If you would like to learn more about the story of "Invisible Children", please visit http://www.invisiblechildren.com. For more information on the campus screenings send an e-mail to invisibleA2@umich.edu. VII. SOCIAL ISSUE OF THE MONTH: CHILDREN'S HUNGER As a continuation of our Social Issue of the Month programming for February, Kevin Armstrong talked to us about the severe hunger he witnessed in the children of Kitale, Kenya. He told us that there is a severe drought going on which is expected to affect 11 million people in the western part of the country. The children who live in the streets are rejected by the churches and sometimes even arrested. The government of Kitale is not helpful in regulating the infrastructure, and instead is involved in various financial scandals. Since there seems to be no relief in sight for the children in Kitale, Kevin works with the New Life Church to take students back to Kenya to help start orphanages and AIDS clinics and spread awareness to the rest of the world about the devastating problems with hunger in Kenya. VIII. MAD LIBS To celebrate the arrival of Spring Break, we did Mad Libs and created some hilarious stories about "My Trip to Disney World", "My Trip to the Zoo", "Kelly's Birthday Party", and "The Fishing Incident"! IX. UPCOMING PROJECTS Zeil Shah told us about the Dexter Kiwanis Meeting, where we will have the opportunity to chat with Kiwanians over dinner. Karuna Seshasai talked about the Mott Hospital 5K Shamrock Walk. We will be volunteering as course guides along the route through the streets of downtown Ann Arbor, as well as handing out water to the participants. If you have any questions please e-mail Karuna at karunas@umich.edu. OTHER PROJECTS: Motor Meals~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Sat. Mar. 4 10:30am-12:30pm Riverview Nursing Home~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Mon. Mar. 6 6:00pm-8:00pm Kidzone~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Tues. Mar. 7 3:45pm-6:15pm Sequoia Place Computer Help~~~~~~~~~Tues. Mar. 7 6:00pm-8:00pm Washtenaw Literacy Games~~~~~~~~~~~~Tues. Mar. 7 6:30pm-8:45pm Gilbert Residence~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Wed. Mar. 8 6:00pm-8:00pm Washtenaw Literacy~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Wed. Mar. 8 6:30pm-8:45pm Tiny Tots~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Fri. Mar. 10 8:45am-11:15am Books for Kids~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Sat. Mar. 11 8:00am-2:00pm To learn more about these projects and sign up online, go to: http://umcirclek.org/calendar.php X. ADJOURNMENT Thank you to everyone who came to the meeting! Afterwards we watched the Olympic ladies' free skating and men's aerial freestyle skiing events. Our next meeting will be Thursday, March 9th at 7:00 pm in the Anderson Room of the Michigan Union. ---THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN CIRCLE K--- * * * * * # # * MEETINGS: Thursdays, 7pm, Union * # # * "The greatest WEB PAGE: www.umcirclek.org * # # * service to E-MAIL: circlek@umich.edu * ### * yourself * # # * is service OFFICE: 4213 Michigan Union * # # * to others" HOURS: 2-5pm M-Th * # # * PHONE: 615-0523 * * * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The mission of the University of Michigan Circle K is: To develop leaders with a lifelong commitment to service ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It's a bird!...It's a plane!...It's SKELETON! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When I first heard about the Winter Olympic sport of SKELETON I thought, "Where did they DIG this sport up?" But it turns out that this was a BONE-afide Olympic sport nearly a half a century ago (54 years to be exact...that is a bit of TIBIA for you). I just watched the event and saw the competitor who won by a MARROW margin (just FRACTURES of a second!). One of the commentators said that there is a world cup circuit for SKELETON, but their winnings are small compared to other sports so they are pretty much doing this all pro BONE-o. For those of you who think that SKELETON is easy you have been seriously miSLED. It takes a lot of SKULL to do this SPINE-tingling sport. Unlike the things that you strap on your feet and then ISCHEUM down the hill, you have to lay on your tummy as you sled down the run. I think I would FEMUR comfortable knowing that I had a soft cushion of snow to land in rather than the BONE-crunchingly hard ice of the SKELETON run. If you don't take the curves just right it can COCCYX several seconds on your time. I think SKELETON is going to turn out to be a HIP new sport. They probably won't get as much RIBbing as the lugers do. I hope you found this HUMERUS! www.badpuns.com