New Projects Created by Clubs

Hello, service officers! Are you looking to bring a new service project to your club? Do you want to find more ways to unify your members through service? Then you’re in the right place! Implementing new service projects in your club can be a little nerve-wracking because you don’t know how successful the project will be. Lucky for you, other service officers have also experienced these same feelings, and they’ve shared their experiences here! This document contains information from service officers all across CNH regarding cool new service projects that they have successfully implemented in their clubs. As you look over this document, we, the District Service Committee, hope that you can also be successful in implementing new service projects in your clubs. If you have any projects you would like to add then please contact one of the District Service Committee members or email Cailey Barnes at cbarnes.cki@gmail.com

*Quick Note*

If one of the projects below interest you and you are planning on working with other schools outside your home club you must fill out an Event Request Form or ERF to ensure the proper permission is granted and correct number of chaperones/advisors are available for the event. ERF’s take some time to fill out so please allow AT LEAST one month before the event to fill out all the required sections. ERF’s can be found on the CNH website in the Resource Database tab or at the link below http://resources.cnhcirclek.org/category/2-policies_forms_and_manuals/

• Project names
  • 1. Plan Your Own Tabletop Service Project  
    • Description: Plan Your Own Tabletop Service Project is a unique opportunity for club members to further their leadership skills by allowing them to plan and execute a tabletop service project of their choosing. Participants will both plan and execute this project by utilizing the resources provided to them by their club with the assistance of the VPS and other club members. The main purpose of this project is to foster further passion and dedication to leadership through service. While this opportunity was originally designed to give general members the opportunity to enhance their service, leadership, and fellowship skills, any member, including board members, can participate in order to further enrich their experience in Circle K International.
    • Things to Consider: While every club’s specific needs will vary, some things to consider while executing this project are deciding an appropriate budget for the project, when and where the project will take place (on campus, off campus, etc.), how long the project should last, and what kind of resources will be needed in order plan and execute the project successfully.
    • Examples of Tabletop Service Projects: Fleece Dog Toys, Catnip Balls, No Sew Blankets, Hygiene Kits, Bookmarks, Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches, and more!     
    • Personal Experience With the Project: While this project is still fairly new to my club, I can honestly say that it has been very successful thus far. Members get excited about being able to use their creativity in a way that significantly impacts their community, and they enjoy getting to create something totally new on their own. It’s also a great tool to get some of your more reserved members to break outside of their comfort zones and start figuring out their own leadership capabilities.
  • 2. Service in 60
    • Description: Service in 60 is a tabletop service project that lasts for 60 minutes. This project works great before or after club or board meetings, during club socials, and any other time you want to have a quick, engaging service project for all members to attend. This project can be lead by the VPS or any other club member.
    • Things to Consider: While every club’s specific needs will vary, some things to consider while executing this project are deciding an appropriate budget for the project, when and where the project will take place (on campus, off campus, etc.), how long the project should last, and what kind of resources will be needed in order plan and execute the project successfully.
    • Examples of Tabletop Service Projects: Fleece Dog Toys, Catnip Balls, No Sew Blankets, Hygiene Kits, Bookmarks, Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches, and more!     
    • Personal Experience With the Project: This has been a very successful service project in my club ever since I first joined over two years ago. We usually host these projects after our general club meetings in the same room as our meetings. Because most members have already set aside a specific time slot for the meeting, they are also free after the meeting for a quick service project. Members like that the service project doesn’t take up too much of their time and that they do not have to travel to another location in order to participate.  

• 3. Impact Teams

• Description: Impact Teams is a program that utilizes the power of the general members to amplify the service output and quality of the service officer involved. By inspiring leadership-based service within the leaders of Circle K, general members can do the following: create large scale service events in close knit teams that harness their passions and interests; pass down and increase their leadership skills to new heights; harness the potential of older members’ extensive Circle K leadership experience; perpetuate the evolution of a new, leadership-based service culture.
• Things to Consider: Resources available to your club and ensuring the culture of Impact Teams transitions smoothly into your club.
• Examples of Impact Team Projects: Mental Health Awareness Week, Environmental Clean-Up Projects, Adopt-a-Dog Showcase, etc.
• Personal Experience With the Project: Impact Teams first flourished in UCSD Circle K and we’ve had 2 Impact Teams and one ongoing one. The program has reached out to the potential of our most experienced members and brought out the potential of all sorts of members in our club. Each team has done fantastic work and the quality and quantity of service in UCSD has dramatically increased! As a past Vice President of Service, implementing Impact Teams has made an impact stronger than what I could have done as an individual.

*For more information on Impact teams, please look at the separate section labeled Impact Teams to find out more information as well as the process for implementing the program within your club!*