The Mission of Circle K
Benefits of Membership
Service Programs of Circle K International
The Fifteen Nations of CKI
K-Family
Pledge
Objectives of Circle K

THE MISSION OF CIRCLE K INTERNATIONAL is 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 thiswe are commited to:

• collaborating with all members of the K-family to achieve ourcommon objectives;
• continuing student management of the organization at alllevels;
• developing positive role models;
• enhancing inter-cultural understanding and cooperation;
• increasing our servicepotential;
• working toward greater public recognition of the organization;

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BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP
Circle K International will provide a variety of experiences tohelp you realize your leadership potential. As a member of yourCircle K club, you will be called upon to share your unique talentsto enhance your club's outreach. Your involvement in Circle KInternational will have a significant impact on the campus, community, and world. As a dedicated Circle K'er you will develop lifetime friendships, establish a career network with Kiwanians, and apply individual skills to various settings.

Your active involvement in Circle K is demonstrated throughyour participation in service projects, prompt payment of membershipdues, attendance at club meetings and social activities, and involvement with your club's ongoing leadership development and educational programs. Active membership is maintained through the expectations as further defined by your club.

The dues that you pay to your club, the district and the International levels are vital to the operation of Circle K International. These dues pay for a portion of the administrative budgets and the district and International governing boards of Circle K International. As a dues paying member in Circle K International you will receive five issues of Circle K Magazine, a handbook, a member pin and a membership card.

Also, membership in Circle K offers you:

• the opportunity to compete for scholarships
• the opportunity to attend the International Experiences Leadership Institute (IELI), a weekend-long training program for club leaders aswell as district and regional training conferences
• participation in the annual District and International Conventions
• recognition programs that reward dedicated members and provide proff of achievement to prospective employers (Applications for the Society of DistinguishedCollegians and Service Recognition Award are available from your clubpresident each fall)
• experienced counseling from district and International officers
• access fo resource information designed to promote membership recruitment, publicrelations, and leadership training.

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SERVICE PROGRAMS OF CIRCLE K INTERNATIONAL
The Service Initiative is designed to unify the service efforts of CircleK'ers around the world. The Service Initiative, Focusing on theFuture: Children, was designed to educate all Circle K members aboutthe problems and issues that face children ages 6-13 worldwide. Throughpersonal interaction and public awareness, Circle K members will enablechildren to develop the skills and ideals necessary to be successful. AsCircle K International focuses on the future, it is committed toaccomplishing the following:

• Involving each Circle K member in 10 hours of community service tobenefit children ages 6-13
• Collaborating with other student organizations by having each clubco-sponsor one service project that supports the Circle K InternationalService Initiative
• Raising enough money to help four million people in the prevention ofIodine Deficiency Disorders
• Having each club sponsor one activity to educate the campus about theworldwide problem of Iodine DeficiencyDisorders

The Worldwide Service Project: Members of the K-family haveunited for the first ever Worldwide Service Project, to fight Iodine DeficiencyDisorders (IDD). By raising $75 million by the summer of 1998, theK-family will make its mark on history by virtually eliminating theworld's leading preventable cause of mental retardation.

Circle K members have raised over $100,000 for the cause and havepledged to raise a total of $200,000 by August, 1998. Clubs have savedpennies for Penny Wars, Trick or Treated for IDD, held car washes, dancemarathons, and provided their campuses and communities with educationalprogramming about IDD, the plague of many third world nations.

Our funds are being used to provide iodized oil tablets to children,educate the public and government officials about the need for iodine, andbuild salt iodization plants in foreign countries.

More information and support materials are available from theInternational Office.

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THE FIFTEEN NATIONS OF CKI
Following are the member nations of CKI, with the chartering date andlocation of the nation's first recognized club.

• USA: September, 1947; Carthage College, Carthage, Illinois
• Canada: March, 1949; University of Western Ontario, London,Ontario
• The Bahamas: April, 1977; The College of the Bahamas, Nassau,Bahamas
• Jamaica: October, 1977; Mico College, Kingston, Jamaica
• Panama: March, 1995; University of Santa Maria La Antigua,Panama City, Panama
• The Philippines: January, 1996; Liceo de Cagayan, East Cagayande Oro, Philippines
• Barabados: February, 1996; University of the West Indies, CaveHill, Bridgetown, Barbados
• Colombia: August, 1996; Circulo K Club Zipaquira, Zipaquira,Colombia
• Antigua
• Ecuador
• Malaysia
• Nigeria
• St. Lucia
• Dominica
• Taiwan
  

While Circle K has had clubs from other countries throughout our history, the above represents the nations with current (2005) active clubs.

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K-FAMILY
The K-Family is comprised of four major organizations:

• Kiwanis International: Business and professional leaders
• Circle K International: College Students
• Key Club International: High School Students
• Builders Club: Junior high and middle school students
• Aktion Club
• K-Kids

Like Circle K International, Key Club International and Builders Club arealso Sponsored Programs of Kiwanis International. All branches of theK-family work to accomplish the same goals and objectives. As the fourorganizations coordinate their service endeavors within the community, theimpace they can make together is tremendous. Circle K'ers, in workingwith area Key Clubs and Builders Clubs, can facilitate their club'smembership recruitment in years to come. Circle K'ers should be activecontributors to the K-family relationship.

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PLEDGE
I plege to uphold the objects of Circle K International, to fostercompassion and goodwill toward others through service and leadership, todevelop my abilities and the abilities of all people, and to dedicatemyself to the realization of mankind's potential.

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OBJECTIVES OF CIRCLE K

• 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 educationalinstitutions of which the clubs are a part;
• To encourage participation in group activities;
• To promote good fellowship and high scholarship;
• To develop aggressive citizenship and the spirit of service forimprovement of all human relationships;
• To afford useful training in the social graces and personalitydevelopment;
• To encourage and promote the following ideals:
• To give promacy to the human and spiritual rather than to the materialvalues of life;
• To encourage the daily living of the Golden Rule in all humanrelationships;
• To promote the adoption and the application of high social, business,and professional standards;
• To develop, by precept and example, a more intelligent, aggressive,and serviceable citizenship;
• To provide through Circle K clubs a practical means to form enduringfriendships, to render altruistic service, and to build bettercommunities;
• To cooperate in creating and maintaining that sound public opinion andhigh idealism which makes possible the increase of righteousness, justice,patriotism, and good will

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For more information on Circle K, please visit the Circle K International website.