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Join us every Thursday at 6:00pm in Room 107 of the Engineering Hall

Circle K International (CKI) is the premier collegiate and university community service, leadership development, and friendship organization in the world. With more than 12,600 members in 17 nations, CKI is making a positive impact on the world every day.

Circle K clubs are organized and sponsored by a Kiwanis club on a college or university campus. CKI is a self-governing organization and elects its own officers, conducts its own meetings, and determines its own service activities.

CKI blends community service and leadership training with the opportunity to meet other college students around the world. Projects such as the Six Cents Initiative, CKI’s International fundraiser that aims to provide water to the 2.2 billion children worldwide who lack safe drinking water, bring CKI members together to make a difference in the world. Circle K rests on three tenets: Service, Leadership and Fellowship.

About Circle K

SERVICE : making our world better place one service project at a time

LEADERSHIP: developing members into inspiring leaders with numerous leadership opportunities

FELLOWSHIP: building a family with members across your campus, state, and ocean

International

Preferred Charities

Circle K often focuses on 6 main preferred charities that we contribute our time and efforts towards.

The Six Cents Initiative-CKI teams up with UNICEF to help children get the re-hydrating salts they need to survive dehydration spells. With the money raised, UNICEF works to provide long-term solutions to provide clean, drinkable water. 6 cents can provide one packet of oral re-hydration salts for one child. 1 dollar can provide 40 children with one liter of of water, or 40 liters to one child.
Better World Books-Better World Books is an Online re-seller of used books. Every time a book is purchased from BetterWorldBooks.com a book is donated to those in need. Not to mention, we’re helping save the planet by recycling new and used books!
STUFH (Students Team Up to Fight Hunger)-STUFH is a U.S. National non-profit organization. Their purpose is to put food in the mouths of those who need it most. Their mission is to increase the gathering of food at college campuses throughout the country.
March of Dimes-Every day one in eight babies born in the U.S. arrive too soon. To help prevent premature babies, the March of Dimes currently focuses on raising awareness of prematurity and reducing the rate of premature births.
Project Eliminate-Kiwanis and UNICEF have partnered up to eliminate Maternal and Neonatal tetanus (MNT). Neonatal Tetanus kills one baby every nine minutes--nearly 60,000 newborn children every year. These newborns suffer repeated, painful convulsions and extreme sensitivity to light and touch. To totally eliminate MNT, 129 million mothers and their future babies must be immunized. It will take $110 million and dedicated work to eliminate. It only takes $1.80 to save a life
St. Baldrick's Foundation- St. Baldrick's Foundation Is a volunteer powered charity committed to funding research to find cures for childhood cancers. It began as a head-shaving event and that continues to be the signature event of the Foundation. "Shavees" ask friends and family to make to make donations "on their head" and in return, the attend one of thousands of volunteer-organized events around the world where they have their heads shaved in solidarity with kids fighting cancer.

District

Wisconsin Upper Michigan (WUM)

Wisconsin Upper Michigan District Lt. Governor is Caitlin Krause. The image below shows the schools that are within the WUM district.

Division

UW-Platteville is within the Capital Division

Other schools within the Capital Division are UW-Whitewater, UW-Madison, and Edgewood College.