Doing Service During the Summer

Being members of CKI, we are all addicted to service. We can all see that by the thousands of hours of service that we all put in every year. With the school year coming to a close, we all have two words on our minds: SUMMER VACATION. For many of us, that involves being hundreds or even thousands of miles away from our campus where we do service. Even though we are away from the place we know and love to do service, that does not mean that we have to stop doing service. Here are some great ways to stay involved during the summer.

One way that will work for the first part of the summer is to find a CKI club where you are during the summer and do service with them. This will only work if that school is not out for the year. It would be amazing if this happened, and it would allow CKIers from different schools to meet!

You can also find a local Kiwanis club and attend some of their service projects. Kiwanians always love to hear about CKI, and there is no better way than to do service with them. In fact, I am going to be helping out a local Kiwanis club this summer with their fireworks stand they put on every year.

A third option if you are near your school is to organize a summer project and let all of your members know. There may still be members around campus during the summer, and this would be a great way to interact during the summer.

Don't forget, there is LSSP and the blood drive before ICON to get that little dose of service. Yes this is a plug, but a worthy one none the less.

No matter where you are this summer, find some people and do some service. I just gave you a few ideas on how to go about this, but there are obviously many more ideas you can take advantage of to do service this summer. Just remember one word over the summer: SERVICE.

Written By: Cale Middleton