* * * * * * * * * # # * * # # * * # # * * # # * * # # * * # # * * ### * CIRCLE K * ### * * # # * Thursday, September 28th, 2006 * # # * * # # * * Meeting Minutes * * # # * * # # * * # # * * * * * * * * * I. CALL TO ORDER, President Stefanie Theis, 7:10 pm This week's meeting was kindergarten-themed. Upon arrival, everyone was given graham crackers and a juice box and instructed to choose a spot on the floor. II. WELCOME to everyone, especially guests Don Kossick and Bill Tasch from the Ann Arbor Downtown Kiwanis and Mary Ann Treader from the Big Brothers Big Sisters organization. III. 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 we learned that Mary Lemmer's favorite color is blue, Kristin Doyle and Phillip LaRue accepted jobs for next year, and Stefanie Theis is excited about applying for Teach For America. IV. PROJECTS IN REVIEW Kelly Smith talked about Tiny Tots at the Leslie Science Center, where they got to play with kids and help them with an arts and crafts project. Whitney talked about K-Kids at Angell Elementary and all of the *interesting* ideas the kids had, e.g. protesting global warming, protesting federal buildings, and adding a "Secret Agent" position to the Executive Board. V. ABC GAME Everyone split up into groups, which were each given a paper with a line for each letter of the alphabet on it. As quickly as possible, the groups had to write down a possesion they had on them that started with each letter, e.g. altoids, belt, and chapstick. VI. STORY TIME To get into the kindergarten mood, Lindsay Nelson, Alisha Opperman, and Katie Proos told stories about some of our youth projects. Lindsay read a story about the underwater lives of the K-fish (K-Kids), the elementary level of the Seawanis (Kiwanis) family. Alisha read a story about a girl named Amanda in middle school who didn't have many friends. A boy named Phillip invited her to join Builder's Club, the middle school level of the Kiwanis family, and they lived happily ever after. Katie told a Mentorship story, which was about kids who waited in anticipation all week for their mentors to come on Friday afternoons. VII. BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS Mary Ann Treader spoke about the Big Brothers Big Sisters program, which pairs children ages 6 through 18 with mentors in one-to-one relationships. The "Bigs" act as tutors as well as friends for the "Littles" during weekly meetings. If you would like to get involved in the program, contact Lindsay Nelson for more information, (nelsonla@umich.edu). VIII. UPCOMING PROJECTS Grace talked about the Flora and Fauna Art Show this Saturday and Sunday, where we will be going to Matthaei Botanical Gardens to help direct parking and oversee donation boxes. She also talked about the Humane Society Orientation on Wednesday, which is a requirement of Humane Society volunteers. Manna talked about the AIDS Walk and Memory Walk, both on Sunday, where we will help with registration and handing out refreshments. Matt talked about going door-to-door on Sunday to collect for the Canned Goods Drive; the cans will later be used in a canned goods sculpture competition and will finally be distributed to local food pantries. OTHER PROJECTS: Riverview Nursing Home~~~~~~~~~~~~~Mon. Oct. 2 6:00pm-8:00pm Distance Learning Kits Assembly~~~~Tue. Oct. 3 2:15pm-5:45pm Sequoia Place Computer Help~~~~~~~~Tue. Oct. 3 6:00pm-8:00pm Humane Society Orientation~~~~~~~~~Wed. Oct. 4 5:45pm-7:15pm Gilbert Residence~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Wed. Oct. 4 6:00pm-8:00pm To learn more about these projects and sign up online, go to: http://umcirclek.org/calendar.php IX. ADJOURNMENT Thank you to everyone who came! Committee applications were due at the end of the meeting and interviews will be this weekend. After the meeting we had a service social assembling informational packets for WACC, the Washtenaw Area Council for Children. Don't miss next week's meeting in the Henderson Room of the Michigan League, because we will be having our first Birthday Competition of the year for the September birthdays as well as introducing the October Social Issue of the Month. ---THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN CIRCLE K--- * * * * * # # * MEETINGS: Thursdays, 7pm * # # * "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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Having a kindergarten-themed meeting made me think about how classes have changed from then until now. When you first start out, the subjects are so simple and general that they have to combine them to make a substanial class, e.g. social studies and language arts, (which, to my dismay, was A LOT more language than arts). As you get older the classes become more distinct, and general science becomes geology and biology. Then you move into college and, all of a sudden, they're combining classes again, like Biophysical Chemistry: Thermodynamics and Kinetics, and Neuropsychopharmacology. If you could combine any subjects from kindergarten/elementary school to make one superclass, what would it be? (example: phys. ed. + music -> physical music) E-mail IHeartLanguageArts@umich.edu