Sunday, January 26, 2014

BUG- Bring Up Grades!



A great program to get involved with through K-Kids or even without K-Kids, is the BUG or Bring Up Grades Program!

What is BUG?

BUG is a recognition program for elementary students who raise their grades and maintain them from one grading period to the next.

How can YOU get involved?

Your Kiwanis Family group can provide financial assistance, youth/adult mentors, or even start a program! You can provide tutoring at a local elementary school or community center and provide incentives such as the "BUG Honor Roll!"


For more information check out the BUG website at: http://kiwaniskids.org/en/BUG/Home.aspx

Sunday, January 19, 2014

Announcing K-Kids Month!

To further promote the Kiwanis Family within Circle K International, the Kiwanis Family Relations Committee has decided that January will be K-Kids promotional month!

What is K-Kids?

K-Kids is an international elementary school service organization sponsored through Kiwanis International. Their motto is "We Build" and they focus on working together to serve their schools/communities, developing leadership skills, moral character, and encouraging loyalty to school, community and nation.

My favorite K-Kids Memory:

During my term as a Key Club Lieutenant Governor, I had the privilege of a personal connection with a local K-Kids member. One could say, a Kiwanis "family" connection. My little brother was a member of the Hillside K-Kids Club in Ashburn, Virginia. My favorite memory of K-Kids was the Liver Life Walk that encouraged my brother to join K-Kids! We got to work together in a Kiwanis Family "two-fold" with our parents and our local Kiwanis Family members to raise money for the American Liver Foundation! 

Our Kiwanis Family members and my biological family members at the Liver Life Walk! 


Learn their pledge!

As A K-Kid, I promise to serve my neighborhood and my school
I will show respect toward my environment 
And I will try to make the world a better place in which to live 

How does my club get involved?

-Your club can co-sponsor a club with your local Kiwanis Club 
-You can start a BUG program at a local elementary school (BUG information coming later this month)
-Start a Terrific Kids program at a local elementary school (Terrific Kids also coming later this month!)

Look out for more info on the youngest branch of the Kiwanis Family throughout the rest of the month of January! Questions? Contact K-Kids Ambassador Nicole Tardif at nltardif@gmail.com OR check out the website at kiwaniskids.org.