Service
Join me in my efforts to support CKI and
UNICEF's Six Cents Initiative
http://inside.unicefusa.org/goto/alcapitaldivision
In order to stay healthy, it is important to drink 1.5 to 2 liters of clean water every day. We may think clean water is readily available, but not everyone enjoys such conveniences. More than 1 billion people do not have access to clean water. More than 2.6 billion people around the globe lack even the most basic sanitation facilities. That means one in five children in developing countries are susceptible to diseases caused by bacteria that grow in unsafe waters—and 5,000 children die every day.
But there is hope!
As a Circle K member, I have joined CKI and the U.S. Fund for UNICEF’s Six Cents Initiative. This initiative helps children get the rehyrdating salts they need to survive dehydration spells and help UNICEF provide long-term solutions toprovide safe water and hygiene practices, and supplies to produce safe water in communities.
With contributions to UNICEF, here’s what CKI can help provide:
- 6 cents can provide one packet of oral rehydration salts for one child to treat severe dehydration
and diarrhea, a leading cause of death among young children.
- $1 can provide 40 children with one liter of water or one child with 40 liters of water.
- $61.00 can provide a small scale micro-filter, water purifier, and disinfectant used to eliminate harmful micro-organisms in turbid water in cases of emergency.
- $130.00 can provide a family hygiene kit containing detergent, soap, wash basin, towels, bucket, toothbrushes, and toothpaste for 10 families.
If we raise just SIX CENTS we can save a child from severe dehydration. If we raise more, we can save more kids. It’s that simple. More money means putting more preventative measures into place so that no children are forced to drink contaminated water. Please join me to help reach our goal and to help save lives.
Sign up to donate to UNICEF and CKI's Six Cent's Initiative
- http://www.unicefusa.org/sixcentsonline
Focusing on the Future: Children
The CKI service initiative is Focusing on the Future: Children. This initiative encourages members to address the issues facing children and to find solutions through service.
There are three major emphasis areas of the Service Initiative, and these rotate every four months. The emphasis areas and dates are:
- After-school programs: Turn off TV, Turn onto Life, August 1 through November 30.
- Educating Children: Open a Book, Show Them the World, December 1 through March 31
- Health and Safety Issues: On Call for the Future, April 1 through July 31
Download the Service Initiative Guide for more information.
How to Turn off TV, Turn on to Life
The CKI Service Initiative emphasis for August 1 through November 30 is Turn off TV, Turn on to Life!
Your CKI club can provide opportunities for children ages 6 to 13 to play, learn, and socialize with adults and peers during non-school hours by establishing fun after-school activities.
Here are a few project ideas:
- Get out and PLAY day!
Host an afternoon of field games at a local elementary school (duck, duck, goose; tug of war, etc.) - Hop-Skip-Jump-A-Thon
This is a great way to get kids active and also raise money for a worthy cause such as the Six Cents Initiative. - Frisbee workshop
Host a Frisbee workshop to teach children how to throw a Frisbee. This is a great interclub to do with your on-campus Frisbee club as well! - Read and Lead
Work with your local Key Club on establishing a weekly Read and Lead program at your elementary school library. - Be a leader and serve
Sponsor an after-school program to teach kids how to be volunteers. This is a great stepping stone to help chartering a K-Kids or Builders Club, but most importantly, it's a safe and meaningful way to keep kids active after school.
Tips provided by the 2008-09 CKI Board of Representatives.