Weeklong celebration touts service

If University of California, Berkeley students and faculty didn’t know before what Circle K was, they certainly do now.

Circle K’ers were seen all over campus during Community Service and Awareness Week, conducted this past February. All Circle K clubs are encouraged to stage daily service projects and awareness campaigns during the week, and the Berkeley Circle K’ers stepped up with several projects.

“We conducted a week of activities in the central hangout of the Berkeley campus to promote the spirit of service and to publicize Circle K,” says member May Cooc.

On Stress Management Day, Circle K’ers promoted health and stress awareness—and it couldn’t have come at a better time. Most students on campus were engrossed in the early midterm season.

Members also made Valentine’s Day cards for seniors in a retirement home, staged a campus cleanup, baked treats for a pediatric trauma prevention fundraiser, and endured a jump rope-athon. The week ended with the California-Nevada-Hawaii District Large Scale Service Project, when more than 50 Circle K’ers restored eroded land by planting seedlings along a hillside. By the end of the week, the Circle K’ers had logged more than 210 service hours.

“I’m always excited to promote the awesome work of Circle K International to the rest of the campus and community,” says May. “Having students stop by our tables to participate or ask about Circle K was the reward of the week of events.”