IOWA LIONS DISTRICT 9NC

To all Lions, Lionesses and Leos of 9NC!!

It has been a great pleasure to serve as your District Governor in this year of 2008-2009. I have visited all of your 55 clubs and what a privilege and honor that has been.

I am so proud of all of you and your clubs and the “Miracles through Service” that you are accomplishing. I am amazed at the great variety of service projects and fundraisers that you and your clubs achieve. Each of the clubs is unique and that is wonderful. To have a degree of diversity in our clubs is a wonderful thing!

Increasing membership in our district, by getting new members or starting new clubs, will always be an issue that we all need to address.

Our membership goal for this year was called Project 55. Each of your clubs was challenged to end up with a net gain of at least one more members on June 30 that what each club began with July 1, 2008. Some of the clubs took this challenge to heart and really worked on increasing membership. To those clubs, I say “Thank You.” Please continue your membership efforts. Every member that we gain has an additional pair of hands to help with the miracles of service.

My partner-in-service, Ron, and I are very grateful for the hospitality and kindness given to us this year. It has been a year of wonderful experiences that we will never forget. The year has flown by and I think it must be true that when you are having fun, the time flies!

At each of my official visits, I recited a slogan that I came across during my DG training. It goes like this “Superior service comes not from duty or obligation; it comes from the heart.” Please keep on thinking and doing with your heart!

Thank you, District 9NC Lions, Lionesses and Leos!

Thanks for all the memories!!!

DG Judy and Ron