Welcome to 2012. I hope that everyone had a happy holiday season and was able to share it with your family and friends. I am proud of all the clubs this past year with the service they gave helping those less fortunate, especially last month with donating food baskets, new clothes, toys and parties for children and adults. We continue this month with our International President Dr. Tam’s Global Service Action Campaign “RELIEVING HUNGER” helping out at a shelter, food pantry, Meals on Wheels, etc. This is again our opportunity as Lions to bring together communities and connect through a common goal…provide food and nourishment…to hungry children and adults. Also January 9-13 is LCIF Week, January 13-Melvin Jones Birthday, Glaucoma Awareness Month and Martin Luther King Jr. Day on January 16. This is also another way we can give service to community projects being held in schools and centers.

Let us also continue in this New Year Dr. Tam’s Goals by strengthening our membership, bringing young people into our family of Lions and expanding service. “I BELIEVE” our clubs can meet these goals by working together and contacting our District Leadership and Membership Teams who are there to assist you. I am looking forward to visiting the remaining clubs in the next several months [no snow please]. We will be having our District Convention and election of new officers for Lion year 2012-2013 on April 27-28. Anyone who wishes to run for office must have your club’s endorsement to me by January 15, 2012 so that we can publish them in our February Announcer. International Director Eugene M. Spiess from South Carolina will be our guest speaker. We will have Bio on him in our February Announcer and information on our District Convention. Also mark your calendar for our State Convention to be held in Gettysburg on May 17-20.

Yours in Lionism

DG Gerri