• A few Winchelsea Lions members will be off to the District Convention in Camperdown
• The Chuck Wagon will be at the Barwon Park Rabbits Day (11th October), marking 150 years since the release of rabbits into Australia
• Lions members put in 14 hours of recycled-paper sorting & bundling, 21 hours of chuck-wagon at the Gun Club, 64 hours bagging and distributing sheep manure (the price of sheep manure will be increasing to $5 to reflect the increased costs to the Club for this activity). Another bagging working bee was arranged at Turkeith.
  
• The next dinner meeting (7th October) will host the District Governor, and is to be held at the Winchelsea Tea Rooms. The Club hopes to induct three new members.
• Financial support was agreed for "Operation Smile", a multi-district appeal to send medical personnel and resources overseas to assist with the surgical correction of child deformities - changing lives one smile at a time.
  
• The Chuck Wagon is in for a busy time, booked in for the Neighbourhood Watch awards event at the Winchelsea Primary School, the Winchelsea Festival, Barwon Park's Rabbit Day, and Murdeduke Open Garden Day. The Chuck Wagon will also be providing food at this year's Walk To Wurdale fundraiser on the 1st November.

November 2009 sees the 33rd Lions District 201V2 Convention hosted by the Lions Club of Camperdown - the "Lakes & Craters Convention". The Camperdown Lions Club also happens to be 30 years old in 2009.

For full details, see the the Convention information on the Camperdown Lions website.

There will be a "Fantasyland & Nursery Rhymes" themed banquet, short trips to the Twelve Apostles and Loch Ard Gorge, or a Cheese or Chocolate Factory, a Whiskey Distillery, or a local Winery or for the really energetic, the Otway Fly (rainforest walk). There will also be the opportunity to check out the whales at Warrnambool or tackle some of (or all) the newly opened Timboon-Naroghid Rail Trail by bike or foot. For further details on the planned activities, see Camperdown Lion's Activities webpage.

The closing date for registration is 30 September 2009 - so if you're going to go and haven't yet registered, no is the time!

Contact Bob Badham (Convention Chairman) ;

PO Box 6062
Highton
VIC 3216

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• Members and partners enjoyed a special dinner at the Winchelsea Tearooms, in honour of Japanese youth exchange student Yuriko. Yuriko was staying with Gary and Debbie Drayton for three weeks. The dinner had an "Australian" theme with everyone asked to wear something Australian, and with an Australian trivia quiz. Yuriko was undertaking an intensive tour of southwest Victoria including visits to the zoo, Melbourne CBD, the Great Ocean Road, and many other of the sights and experiences on offer. Several Lions members assisted in this regard. Yuriko also paid a visit to Winchelsea Primary School and enjoyed a couple of footy games Winchelsea's Eastern Reserve grounds.
  
• About $1,200 and a further $1,100 have been raised from the sale of sheep manure and the Lions chuck wagon recently.

Paper recycling continues to produce excellent levels of income. Apparently, the sorting and bundling of the paper (mainly by Lion Hugh McCallum) is what has led to such excellent prices for the recycled paper.

Planning continues for this year's Walk To Wurdale fund-raiser.

The Winchelsea Lions Club recently donated a novel gift to the residents at Hesse Rural Health's Chelsea Lodge - a Nintendo Wii games console. With wireless remote controls that feature movement sensors, the Wii includes games such as bowling, tennis, golf, and baseball. The games are easy to learn, and can be played either standing up or sitting down, and require fairly natural movements that simulate the real thing.

Hesse Rural Health Director of Nursing, Ann Davis, thanked the Lions Club for the generous support. The Wii games will be incorporated into the current activity program at Chelsea Lodge. The Wii will also be available for shared activity between generations when children and grandchildren visit.