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CITRUS CHRONICLE
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Welcome to A New Year
A Note from
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Hola Amazing Citrus Division!
the Editor
Lady Governor 2
Kadie Hayward
Club Spotlight: 2
Stetson
News from
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John Sullivan
Club Spotlight: 4
UCF
Citrus Contact 5
List
Exec Board
Contact List
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My name is Maggie
Gilson and I am the returning Lieutenant Governor for the Citrus division.
The University of Central
Florida is my home, where
I am majoring in Political
Science with an emphasis
in pre-law. I have been a
part of the K-family since
2005 and now I can’t think
of anything else I would
rat h e r
spend my
time doing.
T h e
friends you meet and the
opportunities you come
across are some of the
great benefits of this wonderful organization.
This is my second
year as the Citrus Lt. Governor, and I have quite a
plan for this division. My
number one goal is to get
all the existing clubs in
good club standing, along
with adding at least one
new club.
I have two divisional projects this year.
One coincides with Governor Kadie’s literacy project, where we are collecting books to donate to
youth organizations.
dren of all ages off the
street that have no where
to live. My divisional project calls for clothes of any
size, which will be donated
to the children. So far the
grand total donated is
seven full trash bags. Please
help out the Citrus Divisional Projects by donating
any books and any clothes.
The second project is a clothing drive to
help this single lady in Port
St John, who takes in chil-
In friendship and service,
Remember we are
a team and inter-clubbing
activities are the best way
to be supportive of one
another. I am happy to
represent the Citrus Division and together Citrus is
by far the best division!
Maggie Gilson
I want to give some personal shout outs to a few people who have helped me out
over the summer. First off, I would like to thank Wade and Mamma Bethy for their
mentorship, constant positive encouragement, for every time they go out of their
way to make sure the CKIer’s are taken care of and for all the yummy snacks!
Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
I would also like to thank Matthew Cantrall for tremendously helping out with the
Southeastern University tabling. Look for an article next issue to hear about how
successful tabling was.
Lastly, Thank you Dr. Jenkins for being a key factor in the re-chartering of Stetson.
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Introducing the Governess:
Kadie Hayward
Hey There CKI-ERS!
I hope you all
are finding your summer months treating
you well! Make sure to
relax, and enjoy them
before they are all
gone! This year is going to be a great one
for all of us, and I expect GREAT things
from the fabulous Citrus Division! This
years
theme
is
“Building Blocks; Foundations for Florida.”
This theme ties in both
my governor’s project
as well as my goals for
the year. I look forward to returning the
focus of this organiza-
tion back to you, the
members. The governor’s project is a focus
on literacy both in
youth and in adults.
The ability to read is
one of the greatest
gifts one can give to
another and one that is
truly the foundation of
an individual’s education and future. It is a
gift that we, as the
Florida District, will
give to those in need
throughout Florida this
coming year.
If you are looking for Governor’s
Project ideas, keep an
eye out for some fabulous information from
our Projects Chair! In
the meantime, think
about how you can get
involved in tutoring in
your local community.
No age is off limits!
You can get involved
with schools, afterschool programs, or
adult learning facilities.
You can also get creative and promote literacy through book
drives, book fairs, etc.
Thank you for all that
you do! I can’t wait to
work with each of you
throughout the upcoming year!
What has Stetson Been Up To?
Hello Everyone!
My name is Rob
Meuse and I am the new
President of the Stetson
CKI club. I am a senior
accounting major from
the Boston
area.
As a
club, we are
still in the
process of
receiving
our charter,
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a process started by our
old President, Michael
Werner. Stetson Circle
K ended the year off
strong. Members helped
serve breakfast early in
the morning at a 5K run
sponsored by Deland
Kiwanis Club. We also
held a very fun car wash
that raised over $100 for
a local school for children with autism. We
also volunteered at the
Junior Olympics along
with the Deland Kiwanis
Club and the Deland
High School Key Club.
The competitors were in
the 4th and 5th grade.
At Stetson, we
are very eager to receive
our charter and are
looking forward to the
upcoming year. I would
invite you to share any
questions, comments or
thoughts with me at
rmeuse@stetson.edu.
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News From John Sullivan
Greetings, Citrus Division!
work toward common goals.
If there is one thing I can
My name is John Sullivan,
and I have the pleasure of serving as encourage you to do this year, it
one of Florida CKI’s Assistant Ad- would be to take the time to attend events and meetings of other
ministrators.
CKI clubs in the Citrus Division,
It took me some consider- and encourage them to come to
able time to think of what I wanted your events. There is so much
to share with all of you. Perhaps each club does that it unique, so
the best message I can give you is much that each club can share with
about tradition. The Citrus Divi- the others. Imagine if just two
sion has long been one whose clubs clubs invited your club to a project
are full of tradition. Back in my or meeting just once a month.
time, it was UCF and Stetson, steal- That would be twenty four more
ing each other’s gongs or gavels and events you could offer to your
then getting the other club to come members over the course of a
visit to retrieve the items. Now, year, events that you would not
this sort of thing probably seems a have to plan, simply arrange to atlittle silly, but it all amounted to an tend. The opportunities to make
understanding of a simple idea – a new friends, learn from each other,
strong bond between clubs that and perform greater service are
makes each individual club stronger. substantial. I urge each of you to
All the little traditions were just an take advantage of what I perceive
to be the
excuse for the clubs to
greatest
get together, to enjoy
each other’s company, to
thing that being in CKI offers each
and every member – the chance to
work with fellow members, most
of whom you never would have
met otherwise, toward a common
goal. The rewards you will reap
from these efforts far exceed the
work they entail.
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Golden Days Drift Away…
Bridget Hall
It seems like it was just
yesterday when the new
board took their golden
seat and began the
golden journey of success for UCF CKI. Since
then we have continued
to travel down that path
by remaining semi-active
over the summer. We
have our meetings on
the second Monday of
the month at 6:30pm and
at least 2 projects a
week. We are also collecting books for all ages
this summer until September 1, which marks
the beginning of literacy
month. We will be giving
the books to local title 1
schools so if you have
some, please donate
them so a child can fully
embrace their potential
and READ! Also as you
all may know we are selling raffle tickets for our
Sizzling Summer Fundraiser. So if
you
have
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tickets sell them, if not
then by them. We are
raffling off 3 cruises and
all proceeds will go towards ICON and the
Mighty Mighty Florida
District.
Lately we have
been attending Ice
Cream Socials at Freshman Orientations to recruit new members into
the Golden life of CKI.
We have recruited quite
a few Key Clubbers so
hopefully they remain
faithful to the K-Family
and all that we stand for.
Speaking of K-Family, we
have been getting more
acquainted with our local
Kiwanis clubs by attending their meetings and
projects. Just last week I
and our club editor attended a Kiwanis DCM
and it was so great to
hear of their excitement
for the upcoming year
working with us as well
as the other K-Family
members. They will be
having a garage sale next
month to raise money
for the K-Kids, Builders
Club, Key Club, Aktion
Club, and yes, the CKI
clubs too. So if you have
anything that you want
to give away email us at
ucfcki@hotmail.com.
These Golden
Days of summer are
drifting away but the
memories of CKI will
always stay. We are excited about what has
been done and we look
forward to the bright
“Golden” journey ahead.
We’re preparing for Kiwanis and Circle K
ICON so hopefully we’ll
see you there. Until then
remember “Service to
others is the rent you
pay for your room here
on earth.”
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20082008-2009 Amazing Citrus Division Contact List
UCF:
Stetson:
President:
Brea Howard
bhoward88@gmail.com
941.724.0437
Vice President:
Bridget Hall
bridgethall06@yahoo.com
772.240.8681
Secretary:
Cherice Roddy
ctrtweety@aol.com
407-493-4974
Editor:
Makeisha Brown
Lilmetrogrl25@yahoo.com
863.327.7709
Kiwanis Advisor:
Dr. Wright
jwright@mail.ucf.edu
407-823-5083
President:
Robert Meuse
rmeuse@stetson.edu
781.690.1926
Vice President:
Michael Gonzalez
mkgonzal@stetson.edu
817.675.5084
Secretary:
Nicholas Savas
ngsavas@stetson.edu
386.341.0163
Treasurer:
Brent Marshall
jmarshal@stetson.edu
386.216.0857
Editor:
Megan Gagne
mgagne@stetson.edu
561.385.1527
Kiwanis Advisor:
Garth Jenkins
386.738.1993
Bethune Cookman:
President:
Sophia Smith
863-258-0481
Sophia.smith@cookman.edu
Vice President:
Vantricia Thomas
404-909-0713
vantricia.thomas@cookman.edu
Secretary:
Jasmine Williams
Jasmine.l.williams@cookman.edu
305-606-9696
Treasurer:
Jarel Lawrence
ejamjazz@hotmail.com
803-664-0018
Kiwanis Advisor:
Mr. Ernest Hamilton
386.290.9535
Ernest.hamilton@cookman.edu
Faculty Advisor:
Dr. Claudette McFadden
Claudette.mcfadden@cookman.edu
Florida International University:
Bryan Tucker
845.594.4599
Florida Southern College:
Student Government Rep:
Donya-Faye Wix
thebeautyofthesoul@yahoo.com
Kiwanis Advisor:
Rebecca Knowles
knowlesrb@hotmail.com
863.398.0775
Faculty Advisor:
Dr. S. Hedman
Southeastern University:
Campus Advisor:
Dr. Bowlin
Kiwanis Advisor:
Matthew Cantrall
863.640.9062
Student Government Rep:
Kirk Carey
kacarey@seuniversity.edu
Florida District Executive Board
Governor Kadie Hayward
386.566.8364
kadiehaywardcki@aol.com
Citrus Lt. Governor Maggie Gilson
321.759.8129
xomissmaggiexo@yahoo.com
Secretary Sonia Gabrilovich
813.416.4223
soniagab@ufl.edu
Evergold Lt. Governor Kamilah Harris
323.236.4417
Kamilah1@aol.com
Treasurer Shannon Love
727.324.3434
love.cki@gmail. com
Panhandle Lt. Governor Brian Rigney
941.447.7907
piranha99999@aol.com
Editor Timothy Wolfinger
941.266.1554
charliebrown2317@yahoo.com
Sunbelt Lt. Governor Sarah Strickland
561.762.7153
strickland2587@hotmail.com
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Suncoast Lt. Governor Krystal Waever
941.720.5798
c_kryt_i@yahoo.com
Suwannee Lt. Governor Lauren Furman
561.926.1755
laur221@ufl.edu