DOGWOOD'S NEWS MISSIVE

Kings Dominion Campground

10061 Kings Dominion Blvd.

Doswell , VA 23047

May 15-17, 2009

By Sue Nicolella

Friday night 10 coaches arrived at Kings Dominion Campground for the State Meeting. Several of our members played Bingo, while others relaxed. It is our honor to announce that Diane Zimmerman, a local nurse and one of our members, was the recipient of the Governor's Award for her ongoing efforts for Community Service and Volunteerism. Diane was selected from among more than three dozen nominees for her work in raising tens of thousand of dollars for cancer research.

On Saturday after our Chapter Meeting we attended a presentation and video given by a representative from Victory Junction, which is the State Charity for this year, After the State General Meeting the Peninsula Winnies had a hot dog lunch for sale with all the proceeds going to Victory Junction. Later we socialized and played games. After dinner the Cardinal Winnies had racing for Victory Junction where you raced match box cars on a track (all proceeds going to the Victory Junction Charity), everyone had a lot of fun.

Sunday morning we gathered for breakfast, afterwards we had the drawing for the Early Bird paid reservation for the 2009 State Rally. The winner was David & Lorraine Brown from Hawley , PA of the New Jersey Gateway Winnies. The Brown's will receive a full refund of their entry fee and free attendance at the 2009 Virginia State Rally. Everyone said their farewells until the next campout in June, which will be held at the Cozy Acres Campground. We want to thank our hosts the Virginia Coasters for a great fun filled weekend.

John McMillan

President

804-744-1857

www.dogwoodwinnies.org