Preferred Charities
Service Partners
• March of Dimes
• STUFH (Students Team Up to Fight Hunger)
• UNICEF
– Six Cents Initiative
– The ELIMINATE Project
Better World Books
• No longer a preferred charity of the Kiwanis Family
– They are now for profit
• Your club can still hold book drives through them
though!
– Consider donating your book drive money to one of the
other preferred charities
March of Dimes
• Leading nonprofit organization
for pregnancy and baby health
• Founded in 1938 by Franklin D.
Roosevelt
• Mission: To improve the health
of babies by preventing birth
defects, premature birth, and
infant mortality
Facts
• Premature birth is when a baby is born too early
(before 37 weeks)
– Typical pregnancy lasts 40 weeks
– More newborns die from premature birth than any other
cause
• 1 in 8 babies are born early in the U.S.
• 13 babies will die today from complications of their
early birth
How Can We Help?
• Help in a local Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
• Awareness Ribbons
• Letter Campaigns
• Make cards for families
• Donate
• Signature Chefs auction
• Assist at March for Babies
Signature Chefs Auction
• Creative chefs from the area
create signature dishes
• Must buy a ticket to attend
• Items also get bid on during
live and silent auctions
March for Babies
• More than 20,000 companies participate in March
for Babies each year
• Walk is usually a 2-6 mile course
• Reasons for walking
– Raise money
– Celebrate, honor, or remember the little ones
• Create a team today!
Upcoming Events in Our Areas
Date
Course
Length
Location
Winona
Saturday, April 20th 3 miles
Lake Lodge Foot of Main St.
Rochester
Saturday, April 27th 6 miles
Eagle’s Club
Mankato
Sunday, April 28th
Wheeler Park, N. Mankato
4.5 miles
Grand Rapids Saturday, April 13th 3.5 miles
Civic Center
Duluth
Saturday, April 27th 3 miles
DECC
Fargo
Saturday, April 13th 3 miles
Scheels Sports Arena
Rapid City
Saturday, May 11th
Storybook Island
3 miles
Where Does the Money Go?
•Support programs in communities that help
mom have healthy, full-term pregnancies
•Funds research and vaccines
Students Team Up to Fight Hunger
• U.S. National nonprofit
organization
• Purpose: To put food in the
mouths of those who need it most
• Mission: To increase the gathering
of food at college campuses
throughout the country, which
will link the hearts and souls of
college students with their less
fortunate hungry neighbors
Facts
• Nearly 15% of U.S. households experienced some food
insecurity in 2011
• In the U.S., 14 million children live in a household
where people have to skip meals or eat less to make
ends meet
• Throughout the world, 24,000 people die every day
from hunger and related causes
• Over 20 million people in the U.S. seek emergency
food assistance
How Can We Help?
• Encourage your club, school, K-Family, and friends to
skip one meal. Give the money to your local Food Bank.
• CANtribute, CANstruct a masterpiece out of cans, and
have a CANpetition
• Grow greens and donate them to your local soup
kitchen
• STUFH the Bus Food Drive
• Have a Week of STUFH
• “Food Fight” with another college, club, etc.
Regional STUFH Food Banks
• Minnesota
– Second Harvest Heartland, St. Paul
– ECHO Food Shelf, Mankato
– Second Harvest Food Bank of the Northern Lakes,
Duluth
– Channel One Food Bank, Rochester
– North Country Food Bank, Crookston
Regional STUFH Food Banks
• North Dakota
– Great Plains Food Bank, Fargo
• South Dakota
– Second Harvest Food Bank of SD, Sioux Falls
– Black Hills Regional Food Bank, Rapid City
Saving Lives: The Six Cents Initiative
•More than 2.6 billion people lack even the most
basic sanitation facilities and safe drinking water
sources
•One in five children in developing countries is
susceptible to diseases caused by bacteria that grow in
unsafe waters—and 5,000 die every day
What Is It About?
• At a cost of only 6 cents, a mixture of sugar
and salt called oral rehydration salts (ORS)
offers the most effective and cheapest way to
save lives during dehydration
• CKI is working with UNICEF to provide these
rehydration salts to those in need
What Is It About?
• With the money raised, UNICEF also is working to
provide long-term solutions for the problem, which
includes providing clean water resources through the
installation of filtration and sanitation systems
• Water filters installed in schools and communal areas
can benefit entire communities
Ways For Your Club to Get Involved
• Set up a booth at your school and take donations!
• Happy Change!
• Penny Wars!
• Organize a Charity Race!
• Hold a Charity Festival!
Contact Information
Circle K clubs and members wishing to make donations
to the “Six Cents Initiative” should direct checks to the
Kiwanis International Foundation (3636 Woodview
Trace, Indianapolis, IN 46268) with a notation that it is
for UNICEF/water and sanitation programming.
Fundraising Ideas
• Dance to Eliminate (Winona)
• Tappy Hour (Mankato)
• Book drive (SDSMT, ICC)
• Trick or Treating for UNICEF (Gustavus, Mankato)
• Run to Eliminate (District Event)
• Signature Chefs Auction (Mankato, CSS)
• Make and sell bracelets for Eliminate (ICC)