• The 2012 Walk to Wurdale raised around $2,000, with these proceeds going towards the netball change rooms at the Eastern Reserve.
• The Lions Club Monster Christmas Stocking raffle tickets went on sale, from various shops and a Lions stall most days.
• Linda & John Carter joined the Winchelsea Lions Club, transferring from Anglesea.
• The Winchelsea Lions Santa was scheduled to appear at the Winchelsea kindergarten.
• The Club Christmas dinner was to be help at Moriac pub.
• A School Scholarship was awarded to Murphy Floyd for outstanding leadership, plus a donation made to Winchelsea Primary School for its Reading Cafe. Lions Neville Mawson & President Russell Holloway presented these at the school's graduation dinner. Also present were the 2 Winchelsea Ward Councillors,  RSL representative Steve Woods, & Helen Verity on behalf of Neighborhood Watch.
• The Winchelsea clock tower is to move as part of the highway redevelopment and addition of a 3rd bridge over the Barwon River - the clock tower will be nearer to the pool.
• 23 tonnes of recycled paper raised well over $4,000 for the Winchelsea Lions.
• Santa was going to be in town on Saturday for the Raffle draw.
• An ambulatory BP monitor for Hesse Hospital (for use at the clinic) was agreed to be purchased and donated.

Sunday the 4th November saw a beautifullly sunny day, perfect for the annual Winchelsea Lions Club fundraising event, the "Walk To Wurdale". For 2012, the proceeds go towards female change rooms at the Eastern Reserve community facilities, which include a state-of-the-art netball court but missed out on modern change facilities for women.

• The Lions Club of Winchelsea made a donation to the Drug Awareness Foundation for its ongoing education campaign.
  
• Winchelsea Lions attended the Barwon Park Mansion "Emirates Melbourne Cup Tour Family Day", providing the chuck wagon food & drink services. Lions also entered not one but two hobby-horse teams for a re-enactment of the 1863 Melbourne Cup, which was won by Thomas Austin (who built Barwon Park.). The actual 2012 solid-gold Melbourne Cup was available to see and hold too, worth $175,00.
• It was noted that the V2 Lions District, which includes Winchelsea, has the 2nd largest membership in Australia with a growth of 38 members so far this year, 27% being ladies. Winchelsea Lions welcomed its first female member this year.
• The Lions Christmas Raffle has been granted approval, and will take place between 19th November and 22nd December (being drawn on the 22nd December). Watch for raffle ticket outlets and the Lions stall soon.
• Lions Christmas Cakes will also be on sale in the near future, and will include the usual small and large size cakes but new this year will be limited numbers of Christmas Puddings too.
• The Trick Or Treat Kidz Fest organisers have invited the President of Winchelsea Lions, Russell Holloway, to officially open the event on the 28th October.
• Winchelsea Lions would like to publicly acknowledge the very large contribution to the Winchelsea community by Kathleen Lomaz, who sadly recently passed away. Kathleen was active in a number of areas including the footy club.