K-Family - Circle K Metro Division Training - September 17, 2011
The Metro Division of Circle K is having a training and DCM on Sunday, September 18 from 11am - 5 pm. It will be in Gardena at the Nakaoka Center (1670 W. 162 St.). There will be workshops aimed at the Circle K club officers and committer chairs, such as the Secretary workshop, Public Relations workshop, etc. -------------------------- Thank you Grace Chi for helping our sponsored youth!
Service - Local Women and Kids Shelter -September 10, 2011
Join us at a local women and kids shelter as we plant shrubs and do some basic gardening to improve their facility. We will be there from 10am to about 4pm and we will provide lunch. Bring gloves and shovels if you have it.
For safety reasons, we will give out the address closer to the date. For more information, email V.K. Shah - [email protected].
------------------------------------------ Thank you to Helen, Grace, Stephanie, Antonio, Kim, and V.K. for planting trees and making the play area safer. We'll post pictures soon!
Service - Children's Institute - September 10, 2011
The Children's Institute will host a back to school event on September 10th from 9:30am - 12:30pm. The event will provide kids with free haircuts, free school supplies, health screenings, library preview and after school program sign-ups!
For more information, contact Zully Chan - [email protected]. -------------------------------------------- Thank you to Eva, Lori, and Zully for helping to get kids ready for school!
K-Family - District Convention - August 18 - 20, 2011 - San Diego
The California Nevada Hawaii District will hold its annual convention in San Diego from August 18-20. It's a fun filled weekend with many Kiwanians. Celebrate and educate yourself about what's going on with Kiwanis.
-------------------------- Thank you to Mondo Velazquez and Camille Goulet for representing our club at the convention!
Service - Orange County Food Bank - August 13, 2011
Join CAYP in Orange County at the Food Bank!
Saturday, August 13 from 11AM-1PM OC Food Bank 11870 Monarch Street Garden Grove, CA 92841 We'll be sorting through food at the OC Food Bank. To sign up, please contact Peter Yu ([email protected]) ----------------------------------------- Thank you to Peter Yu, Natalie Platon, and our fellow Kiwanis Family members for helping at the food bank.
Service - Tree Planting in Orange County - July 16, 2011
Driving directions: Halfway between the 405 and Pacific Coast Highway. If you are going south on Golden West, pass Slater and turn right at Ellis, go about one block to the dip in the road. There is a chain-linked area to the right. We will be at the top of the hill in and around the chain linked area. If you are lost, look for the highest point in that area ... that is where we will be. You can park at the top of the hill, just come up the driveway. -------------------------- Thanks to all of the great volunteers for attending the event. We had several members and several Kiwanis family Circle K members attend. Thank you to Peter Yu for organizing the event!
K-Family - International Convention - July 7 - 10, 2011 - Geneva
Join fellow Kiwanians on a trip of a lifetime! Start planning now to experience the amazing scenery and breathtaking beauty of Geneva, Switzerland, for the 96th Annual Kiwanis International Convention.
Take in the sights and sounds of your gateway to Europe, and reconnect with your closest Kiwanis friends while making new ones as well. ----------------------------------- Thank you to Hebron Viray for representing CAYP at the International Convention!
Social - July 9, 2011 - Fountain Valley
Join us for a summer BBQ social in Fountain Valley. It will take place at Peter Yu's house/ on Saturday, July 9 at 5pm. More information to be announced, but make sure you let us know you're coming. ---------------------------------- Thank you Peter for hosting a wonderful BBQ and CAYP social. We had many members, potential members, and lots of good food!
Service - July 9, 2011 - Los Angeles Regional Food Bank
This is one of our continuous community involvements. We will be assembling food packages that go to women with infants, children, and senior citizens in Los Angeles County. Food packages include canned fruit, cereal, rice, and other non-perishable food items.
Thank you to Nancy Xu and Helen Cheng for the continued support at the LA Regional Food Bank.
Service - Superstart at the Children's Institute - April 23 - June 18, 2011
This is a basic skills reinforcement program for children in first and second grade. It’s basic math and reading with the kids who are falling a little bit behind on their level. It’s actually a 6 week program. The first session is Saturday May 7th, through their graduation at June 18. Don’t worry if you can’t commit to all six weeks, just sign up for as many days as you’re available. You can even sign up to be a substitute. It’s just really great to be one on one with the kids, which they don’t get in the classroom.
For more information, contact Zully Chan ([email protected]). Sign up here: http://bit.ly/hib661 -------------------------------- Thank you to JP, Emi, and Nina for helping the kids. You really made a difference for these kids.
Service - Career Day 122 Street Elementary School - June 10, 2011
Fundraiser/Social - Mulligans Fun Center - May 15, 2011
Mulligan Family Fun Center 1351 W. Sepulveda Blvd Torrance, CA 90501 (310) 325-3950 www.MulliganFun.com
Come join CAYP at the Mulligan Family Fun Center. For a $20 presale ticket, you get unlimited access to their Go Karts, Lazer Tag, Mini Golf, Rock Wall, Jungle Gym, Paddle boats, and batting cages. The price also includes 2 pizza slices and a soda. This is a place with fun for all ages. This will be a fundraiser to support CAYP projects.
Purchase tickets by emailing Grace Chi at [email protected] ------------------------------------------- Thanks to our members, Culver City Kiwanis, LA Kiwanis, Phil-am Kiwanis, UCLA Circle K, and friends for showing your support. We had a great time with 35 guests and raised money for the club. We were having so much fun on the go-carts, mini golf, lazer tag, rock wall, and batting cages, that we did not take many pictures. But trust us, it was a great time!
Service - Cinco de Mayo Half Marathon - May 1, 2011
We’ve formed a team, “Just Keep on Running”, which is at the Irvine Spectrum. It’s also in celebration of Cinco de Mayo. You can join the team and participate in however long of a race you want to. There’s a registration fee, right now it’s $38. But all the proceeds go to Pediatric Cancer Research Group. If you can’t go, but want to help with the effort, feel free to visit the link on the sign up sheet, and you can donate as much as you can. The deadline to register is April 15. After that the fee goes up.
For more information, contact Nancy Xu at [email protected] --------------------------------- Thank you to all of our members who ran, walked and biked. It was a great way to keep in shape and raise money and awareness for a great cause.
Service - Paint Your Heart Out - April 2 and 16, 2011 - Kiwanis One Day
We finished preparing the house on April 2nd and now it's time to paint it! Join us on April 16 as we re-paint an eldery lady's home. The mobile home is located in Placentia and this done through the Paint Your Heart Out Foundation.
This is our largest service project of the year and we hope too all of our members there. More information will be posted soon, but if you need details, contact Nancy Xu ([email protected]). To sign up, click here: http://bit.ly/gecqT5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Wow!!! Thank you to our many members, Kiwins, and Circle K friends that joined us in painting the home. Check out the photos below. But first, see what others said about the service event.
Here is what V.K. thought of Paint Day: It was the third year in a row that
we’ve done it. It was a mobile home in Placentia – there were about 20-25
people there, and we painted the house.
It went really well, we finished by 1pm, and the owner of the house was
really happy. I personally think it made
everything look a little nicer to give the home a fresh coat of paint. We’ll most likely continue this next year as
it seems to be a big hit with the members.
Here is what Brent Powers and Nanxy Xu thought of the prep day: Brent: It had a good turnout. Once we all finally found the house, we went around and cleared the rocks out, washed the sides of the house, trimmed the plants and more. We ended up completing the project in only an hour and a half. So it was a quick good project. It was my first time meeting some members like VK, Rupa, Norma, and others.
Nancy: We had 7 people there from CAYP. JP Antonio, VK, his wife, Brent, Norma, Grace, and myself. We’re looking forward to the actual paint day, where we’ll have more work to do. This time we only took until 10:30, when we were originally scheduled to be there until 2!
Service - Central California - Kiwanis One Day - April 2, 2011
Service - Northern Cal - Kiwanis One Day - April 2, 2011
Who: Since it's Kiwanis One Day, mostly Key Clubbers and Kiwanians - and hopefully we have some CAYP members representing!
What:
In short, trail / creek beautification! We
will be doing creek clean up, trail maintenance, weed abatement, litter
pick up, and turning of bark under play ground equipment. There are a number of
hiking trails that have become overgrown with vegetation and need to be
trimmed back, and trails widened. As of now, there are 175 people signed up (mostly Key
Clubbers) but there is enough work for up to 300 volunteers - so our participation would definitely be helpful! ;)
Where: Alum Rock Park - registration will be at the Visitor's Center Ranger Office. Enter the
park from the main entrance (the one at Penetencia Creek Road; the Alum Rock
Road entrance is only for pedestrians). The Visitor's Center is about 1.5 miles
down the windy, turning road.
When: * 8:00am: registration
* 8:30am: project starts!
* 11:30am: cleanup
* 12:00pm: bbq lunch (provided!)
* 1:00pm: volleyball
What to wear:
* work gloves
* closed-toe shoes
* long pants
* long-sleeved shirt
* hat
* sunscreen
Please bring your own water containers, as the city will not
allow the providing of individual water bottles due to environmental
reasons.
Please let me know if you would like to attend, so you can be included
in the head count for food after the event! Also, if you have any ideas
of projects that you would like to do, feel free to send me an email! I
would be happy to set something up for all of us to do :)
It's
that time again.... time for elections! CAYP is an amazing
organization to be a member of, and by joining the board you can have
more input on how we want to shape our community. The following
positions are open:
Vice President/President elect (2 year position) Secretary Treasurer
We
also elect board members who run as a "Director" with a position assigned
later. The positions vary but tend to include Service, Membership, K
Family, Public Relations, and Socials.
The last day of nominations is this Sunday, April 3. You can nominate yourself or have someone
else do it.
All candidates will have to call in for the conference call on April 3
to speak about why they want to be part of the board. Only members
who call in on April 3 will be allowed to vote that week.
For more information, contact any of the current Board or Directors. The term starts October 1.
Update: Thank you to all who called in last Sunday and participated in our elections. I am proud to announce the newly elected California Young Professionals Kiwanis 2011-2012 Board members who will begin their terms on October 1st:
President: V. K. Shah Vice President: To be Appointed Secretary: Emi Kiyoizumi Treasurer: Grace Chi Directors: Antonio Arrellano, J.P. Weaver, Nina Tran, Patrick Ballecer, Monica Alegre, Hazel Koons, Brent Powers, Norma Vithayanonth, Hebron Viray Congratulations to the new board!
Kiwanis Family - Carthage Pullman Award
For the 3rd straight year, CAYP presented the prestigious Carthage Pullman Award to a worthy Circle K member at the 2011 District Convention. This year's recipient is Shawn Holloway from UC Riverside. Congratulations!
Kiwanis Family - Circle K District Convention - March 25 - 27, 2011
Join CAYP as we help out at the Circle K District Convention. We be hosting workshops, meeting potential members, and promoting CAYP. The convention will be held at the Burbank Marriot Hotel. For more information, contact Peter Yu ([email protected])
We will also give a graduating senior the Carthage Pullman award. Brent Powers was presented with the award at last year's convention.
Update: Thanks to our members for hosting workshops and making the Circle K District Convention great. Thanks to JP, Emi, Ron, Peter, Patrick, and VK.
A special thanks to Camille Goulet and Armando Velazquez for District Administrator and Assistant Administrator for their work in Circle K.
From Camille Goulet: It was a great DCON – it was terrific to have so many students so enthusiastic about their service. It really embraced issues of integrity and service hours, and keeping candidates accountable and having real questions to them about their leadership. I have to say the student convention committee did an awesome job, so much so, that by the end of the weekend they were so exhausted! But it went really well. But it points out that the growth of the organization, which is at about 2,000 people compared to 3 years ago with a membership of 1,200, we have some growing pain issues, which are good ones to have.
Fund Raiser - Anaheim Ducks vs LA Kings - April 8, 2011
Join the California Young Professionals of Kiwanis and watch the Anaheim Ducks take on the LA Kings in the final home game of the season!!! This could be a battle for playoff positioning, so don’t miss it!
When: Friday, April 8 at 7pm Where: Honda Center in Anaheim Cost: $40 (normally $50 with fees) Seats: Section 430, Rows H & J
To get your tickets, contact Grace Chi at [email protected] or any board member.
All proceeds go to support CAYP sponsored projects --------------------------- Thanks to those who purchased tickets for the games and raise money for the club!
Fund Raiser - March Madness Tournament - March 12 - 16, 2011
2. We
will send you a link to pay via PayPal - $5 for CAYP members and $7 for
non-members. (You can enter up tp 3 teams per account but each time
will need a registration fee)
3. Once we receive your payment, we will send you a link to register through CBS Sportsline.
4. You can start making your selections on March 13, but all decisions are final on March 17!
For any questions, contact V.K. Shah at [email protected]. ------------------------------------------------------- Thank you to the 17 people who participated in our fundraiser. It' was a great tournament!
Social - Ugo Wine Bar - March 12, 2011
Join CAYP for our March social at Ugo Wine Bar in Culver City. Whether
you're a wine snob or a wine novice, buying wine by the ounce is just
plain fun.
Sat, March 12, 8:00pm – Sun, March 13, 1:30am 3865 Cardiff Avenue Culver City, California 90232 (310) 204-1222 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for Emi K, JP, Antonio, Sonia, Elyse, VK and Rupa for attending our March social.
Service - Marathon Kids - March 6, 2011
On Saturday, March 6, we will be helping out with Marathon Kids. It’s a great organization that encourages kids to be physically active. Our shift is 7am - 11am at UCLA’s Drake Field. For more information, contact Nancy Xu ([email protected])
Check out pictures from previous Marathon Kids below ------------------------------------------
Thanks to Nancy Xu for attending this event with her guest to help kids keep active!
Social - Korean BBQ - February 27, 2011
Join us for an awesome all you can eat Korean BBQ meal! During our last social at Cocary Shabu Shabu, the group of us that were there all agreed that Korean BBQ would be the logical pick for our next gathering. If you didn't go last time, join us this time for meat, side dishes & drinks!
----------------------------------- Thanks to Antonio, Lily, Helen, Grace, Zully, and friends for attending our social.
K-Family - Mid Year Conference - February 19, 2011
Thanks to Emi K, Peter Yu, Camille Goulet, Armando Velazquez, and V.K.
Shah for attending the Mid Year Conference in San Diego. It was very
informative. Cal-Nev-Ha has posted the presentation from the
conference online for download:
Peter, Emi, Helen, Evelyn, Brett, Antonio, and Grace showed up along with about 25-30 Circle K members from Long Beach,
UCLA and others. They packaged
oranges, cabbages and other foodstuffs and it benefited 10,000 families, which
is great.
Peter Yu "I really enjoyed it and
I think everyone else did too".
Below are more photos.
Service - Rose Float Lunch - December 18, 2010
Every year Division 1 has fed the SLP volunteers that come out in droves to Pasadena to assist with the Kiwanis Rose Float decoration. December 18th is our designated day to serve lunch. For more about the Rose float, click here: www.kiwanisrosefloat.com/2010_float.htm
-------------------------- Thanks to Grace, Antonio, Emi, JP, and Derek for helping make the Kiwanis Rose Float beautiful.
Service - Children's Institute (CII) Holiday Party - December 10, 2010
This big bash is an annual event held for the children and families that Children's Institute serves. The Children's Institute is dedicated to children who have been affected by violence in their homes or communities. Since 1906, CII has been serving at-risk children and families throughout Los Angeles County. The agency provides healing and support so traumatized children can recover and lead healthy lives. This is a great opportunity to give back to a community of children who have gone through so much already in their young lives.
Traditionally CAYP Kiwanis has assisted with the Toy Giveaway, where each volunteer is paired up with a child who gets to select their choice gift! Other activities available include games, arts & crafts, petting zoo, and distributing food. ------------------------------------- Thanks for JP, Helen, Mondo, Grace, Zully, Antonio, and Lily for attending.
Service - We Give Thanks - November 25, 2010
In addition to providing a Thanksgiving Day feast to the homeless and less fortunate, The We Give Thanks Thanksgiving Dinner has become a meeting point where anyone not wanting to spend this festive time of year alone can come and enjoy a great meal, entertainment, and the friendly company of thousands of others from Southern California.
"Tuesday & Wednesday are food preparation days. CAYP Kiwanis will be assisting with registering volunteers that come out in droves to prepare for the big feast. Thursday -- CAYP Kiwanis in the past has also also assist with registering volunteers that come out to pass food out at the Honda Center. More information TBA!" ----------------------------------------- Thanks to Armando, Lily, Grace, Zully, Peter, and Helen for attending.
CAYP Fall Banquet and Blanket Making - November 12, 2010
Thanks to our members, fellow Kiwanians, Kiwins, Circle K members, and other guests for joining us in at our Fall banquet. It was an eventful night with a casino night, retirement of officers, installation of new officers, and a great service project. For the service project, we made 20 blankets to keep the less fortunate warm over the holidays.
Service - Rebuilding Together - October 2, 2010
Thanks to Nina, Nancy, Grace, and Peter for continuing our partnership with Rebuilding Together. We helped renovate a church and after care program at the Messiah Baptist Church in Los Angeles.