Fellow Lions, 

Well summer vacations are over and the kids are back in school.  Fall is here once again.  We must once again rededicate ourselves to our mission, “We Serve”.  The need for our support and services has never been greater. 

We had a very good response to the Sight & Hearing Screen van at the Falls Church Fall Festival on September 13^th.  I don’t have the latest count on total number of people we screened but I think it was the busiest I have ever seen it.  Thanks to Brian Fleck’s children, Becky and Greg, for helping out and those of you from the club that were able to support. 

The District 24-A Fall Conference is coming up October 3^rd & 4^th in Fredericksburg, Virginia.  I forwarded some e-mails with the details on the conference.  For those who did not receive the e-mails additional information can be found at http://www.valions.org/. 

Lion Sue will be attending the USA/Canada Leadership Forum in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.  I am sure she will find a lot of good programs and fellowship there.  I found my trip last year to the USA/Canada Leadership Forum in Grand Rapids, Michigan to be very helpful during my first term as your president.  Probably time for me to revisit some of my notes! 

Congratulations to Lion Bob Porter on his 90^th birthday and a successful back surgery.  He is now back at home and doing fine. 

Sincerely yours in Lionism,