Greetings Lions and Leos,

 I hope that each of you had a very nice Christmas, and I wish you the best in 2012.
As we reflect upon the past six months, I would like to thank all Lions for their services to their communities, our district, our multiple district and to LCI. I especially want to thank all Lions who supported the Dan Dague Memorial Car Show. Thirty-eight (38) out of the forty-five (45) clubs in our district supported this wonderful project for the WVLSCF. Also, a special thanks to all Lions who sold the beef raffle tickets to support LCIF. A total of $8,476.00 was raised by MD 29L and our district sold $2,690 .00.
IP Dr. Wing-Kun Tam would like for each of us to continue one of his global action campaigns by feeding the hungry during the month of January. Local food pantries appreciate all the support that you can give to them. It would also be good to team up with other organizations and help them with soup kitchens or do other similar activities.
Our third cabinet meeting will be hosted by the Brookhaven Lions Club on January 15, 2012 from 2:00-4:00 pm. The Brookhaven Community Building is located at 408 Brookhaven Road, Morgantown, WV. Cabinet members: please send your report to me by January 07, 2012. Reservations are due to PDG Eva Dague by January 07, 2012. Email: evadague@aol.com or telephone: 304.845.7647.
I would like to encourage all Lions to attend the West Virginia Lions Leadership School which will be held January 27-29, 2012 at the Lakeview Resort and Conference Center in Morgantown, WV. (See registration form in this newsletter).
Our District 29 L Conference will be held on March 9-10, 2012 at the Blennerhassett Hotel in Parkersburg. Plan now to attend! Parkersburg Lions Club will be celebrating their 90th Anniversary on March 9th. This should be an exciting weekend for all Lions. Our fourth cabinet meeting will start at 9:00 am on Saturday, March 10th. Seminars (TBA) will follow in the afternoon. Conference Chairperson Is Lion Dave Roberts. (Please contact Lion Dave at H/304-428-0088, B/304-428-3377, or C/304-482-2419 OR E-MAIL parkersburgbenefits@suddenlink.net for more information).

I would like to thank all clubs who have planted trees this year. You have responded well to IP Tam’s request to improve our environment by planting trees. He asked for lions to plant one million trees and we are well over 5.7 million trees and still planting. Some clubs have their tree planting activity scheduled for Arbor Day. Keep up the great work.
Thanks to all clubs/individuals who have donated to the measles initiative. Let’s continue to work on this project and prevent childhood blindness. It is much easier to prevent blindness than to treat it.
Membership continues to be a concern for our district. I encourage each Lion to support your club’s membership drive. One of our district goals is for each club to have a net gain in membership. Let’s all work together and increase our district membership numbers. "Each one ask one". I believe you can do it.

“WE BELIEVE IN SERVICE AND YOUTH”

DG Patty Nutter
304.628.3747 / 304.643.4552
Or e-mail: pnutter7@zoominernet.net