1. Preferred Charities

2. Service Partners March of Dimes STUFH (Students Team Up to Fight Hunger) UNICEF –Six Cents Initiative –The ELIMINATE Project

3. 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

4. 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 March of Dimes

5. 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 Facts

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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!

9. Upcoming Events in Our Areas DateCourse Length Location Winona Saturday, April 20 th 3 milesLake Lodge Foot of Main St. Rochester Saturday, April 27 th 6 milesEagle’s Club Mankato Sunday, April 28 th 4.5 milesWheeler Park, N. Mankato Grand Rapids Saturday, April 13 th 3.5 milesCivic Center Duluth Saturday, April 27 th 3 milesDECC Fargo Saturday, April 13 th 3 milesScheels Sports Arena Rapid City Saturday, May 11 th 3 milesStorybook Island

10. Where Does the Money Go? Support programs in communities that help mom have healthy, full-term pregnancies Funds research and vaccines

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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.

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. Set up a booth at your school and take donations! Happy Change! Penny Wars! Organize a Charity Race! Hold a Charity Festival! Ways For Your Club to Get Involved

20. 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. Contact Information

21. 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)