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CLUB INFORMATION
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The University of Arkansas Circle K Club is a service club chartered on November 7, 2003 to promote the principles of good citizenship and human values within the campus community and to generally improve the quality of life on the UofA campus and within Northwest Arkansas. The club is composed of many male and female students from a wide variety of majors. The club's Sponsoring Kiwanis Club was the Fayetteville Noon Kiwanis Club.
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CIRCLE K INTERNATIONAL
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GENERAL OVERVIEW
Circle K International is comprised of college and university students who are responsible citizens and leaders with a lifelong commitment to community service worldwide. As a collegiate organization, Circle K International holds the promise of today’s student becoming tomorrow’s leader. It exists to meet the personal needs of the individual collegian through the qualities of leadership, the rewards of service, and the unique spirit of friendship. Leadership, service, and fellowship; the embodiment of the three tenets of Circle K International are necessary to shape the future, realized in the colleges and universities of today.
Service: As a sponsored program of Kiwanis International, Circle K International shares the focus of serving the children of the world. In support of this effort, the Circle K International service initiative is Focusing on the Future: Children. This initiative encourages members to address the issues facing children ages 6-13 and to find solutions through service for addressing these issues.
Leadership: Through the mission and vision of the organization, Circle K International is dedicated to the realization of human potential. The potential of Circle K International lies in its ability to positively influence members of society who are facing ultimate personal decisions and those who will one day create the vision of humanity for generations to come. Leadership opportunities afford Circle K members the resources and tools needed to become active citizens. Circle K’ers can assume leadership responsibilities at all levels of the organization and through various experiential training conferences.
Fellowship: With each element and aspect of Circle K International, members experience fellowship and develop lifelong relationships with fellow collegians, advisors, Kiwanians, and citizens in their communities.
MISSION OF CKI
To involve college and university students in campus and community service while developing quality leaders and citizens. Circle K inspires people to better our world. In support of this, we are committed to:
Collaborating with all members of the Kiwanis Family to achieve our common objectives;
Continuing student management of the organization at all levels;
Developing positive role models;
Providing opportunities for fellowship, personal growth, and professional development;
Developing our service potential;
Working towards greater public recognition of the organization.
OBJECTS OF CKI
To emphasize the advantages of the democratic way of life
To provide the opportunity for leadership training in service
To serve on the campus and in the community
To cooperate with the administrative officers of the educational institution of which this club is part
To encourage participation in group activities
To promote good fellowship and high scholarship
To develop aggressive citizenship and the spirit of service for improvement of all human relationships
To afford useful training in the social graces and personality
Development; and encourage and promote the following ideals:
To give primacy to the human and spiritual rather than to the material values of life
To encourage the daily living of the Golden Rule in all human relationships
To promote the adoption and the application of high social, business, and professional standards
To develop, by precept and example, amore intelligent, aggressive, and serviceable citizenship
To provide through Circle K clubs a practical means to form enduring friendships, to render altruistic service, and to build better communities
To cooperate in creating and maintaining that sound public opinion and high idealism which makes possible the increase in righteousness, justice, patriotism, and goodwill
CKI PLEDGE
I pledge to uphold the objects of Circle K International, to foster compassion and goodwill toward others through service and leadership, to develop my abilities and the abilities of all people, and to dedicate myself to the realization of mankind’s potential.
CKI MOTTO
"We Build"
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